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A true Gandhian
Mrs. A.V.N. College in Visakhapatnam and M.R. College in Vizianagaram were the two colleges that existed in the erstwhile Visakhapatnam District, which extended from Itchapuram to Payakraopeta. The MPC (mathematics, physics and chemistry) department in M.R. College enjoyed a good reputation in the then Madras province. In order to seek admission for the 1947 intermediate batch in the MPC department, I landed up an hour before the admission time. On approaching the clerk concerned, I was informed that I would have to wait till the arrival of the principal. Taking advantage of the time in hand, I loitered around the campus. At that time, my eyes unwittingly fell on an aged gentleman wearing khadi dhoti, a turban and a coat, who was busy caressing the flowers in the garden outside the administrative block. After some time, I once again approached the clerk and was directed towards the principal’s office. Observing the formalities, as I stepped into the principal’s chamber I was wonderstruck to find the same old man in the principal’s chair. I was later informed that he was Dr. K.R. Subrahmanya Ayyar, the principal of the college. Being the principal, he was not only a staunch Gandhian but was quite cordial and unassuming.
Dr. Ayyar was greatly shocked on hearing the assassination of Gandhiji and he immediately applied for leave. He mourned silently in his house paying little interest to his colleagues who visited him. Unable to take the grief further, he died on February 6, 1948, a week after Gandhiji’s assassination. (Contributed by B.V. Ramamurty)
Revolt by Korra Malliah
The history of Vizianagaram district is sprinkled with frequent rebellions. The rebellions against the British rule goes back to 1830s when the people of the district, particularly the tribals, rose in frequent rebellion (fituris) unable to bear the oppression. This led to the establishment of a separate administrative system known as "Agency Administration" under the India Act XXIV of 1839.
The most noteworthy rebellion was that of Korra Malliah. He was a tribal chief in the Salur agency area and he rose against the rule in 1900. The District Magistrate dispatched reserve police to suppress the revolt, which was fiercely resisted by Malliah’s men. In the skirmishes that followed, many were killed. Korra Malliah along with his son was arrested and kept in jail, where he died subsequently.
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