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Freedom fighter Bidap is dead

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Bidar: Freedom fighter and Karnataka unification movement leader Rachappa Veerabhadrappa Bidap died of a prolonged illness in Bangalore on Sunday. He was 85. People in his home district of Bidar mourned his death on Monday.

Mr. Bidap was sent to Yerwada jail along with leaders such as Keshavrao Pawar for participating in the Quit India Movement in 1942. He participated in the anti-Nizam movement and was arrested.

Mr. Bidap was later made in charge of the civil disobedience movement in Hyderabad Karnataka region. A group led by Mr. Bidap declared 13 villages free from Nizam's rule in 1947.

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