Yashodhara Dasappa

Yashodhara Dasappa (1905-1980) was an Indian independence activist, Gandhian, social reformer and a Minister in the state of Karnataka. She was politically aligned with the Indian National Congress and served as a Minister in the Karnataka state governments headed by S. R. Kanthi and S. Nijalingappa (1969).

Personal life Yashodhara Dasappa was born on May 28, 1905, in Bangalore to a Vokkaliga family. She was the daughter of K.H.Ramaiah, a well-known social worker, important founder of vokkaligara sangha. Despite being born in a well-to-do family chose to become a social activist and join the Indian freedom struggle. She was a student of London Mission School and later in Queen Mary's College in Madras. Yashodara was married to H. C. Dasappa, a former minister in the ministry under Jawaharlal Nehru and the younger son of the couple, Tulasidas Dasappa, was a Union Minister of state, in the Charan Singh ministry. and the Vidurashwatha episode of 1938 where 35 people were killed in a police firing. For partaking in this movement, she was jailed.

Her home was a meeting point for underground Satyagrahi (independence struggle) activity. She wrote and gave many aggressive speeches against the government when it decided to name a building after Hamilton, who was known for his brutality against the protesters agitating for freedom.