P.C. Jakati

Mr. Jakati is a member of the illustrious family of Veera Rani Chennamma of  Kitoor, who thrice inflicted a humiliating defeat on the English army. The same heroic blood runs in his veins.

He was born at Bailhongal in 1904. He was educated at the Sardar High School, Karnatak College and Rajaram College. As a student he did not allow his brain to go woolgathering. With unshaken consistency he organized he organized the students movement. He founded the Amateur Association and his dramatic talents brought him to the fore. Mr. Jakati is a fervent patriot. The C.D. movement ramified in Karnatak due to his incessant efforts. He was appointed the Director of Kanatak. During the struggle he was twice convicted. He made Karnatak the political laboratory at high drive and the center of a ranging warfare.

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P. C. Jakati

He presided over the Virasaiva Nationalist Conference held at Bijapur. At his instance the conference adopted a resolution expressing its loyalty to the Congress. He is one of the luminaries in the firmament of Nationalist Lingayats. For many years he is a member of the K.P.C.C and the District Congress committee. He is elected to the Assembly from the Belgaum South.

His career is an unceasing record of dispassionate labours. Under adverse circumstances he has translated his will into action so formidably. In 1920 Karnatak was the storm center of the Congress activities and the Non Brahmin movement. Mr. Jakati, a lingayat by birth but a patriot by instinct, bitterly denounce the non-Brahmin movement as reactionary, retrograde and highly detrimental to the very vital interests of the Nation.

He is an example of a genial and lofty character united to a firm and temperate judgment.

Source: Haripura Congress Souvenir, 1938