Samatam Kistaya

Infobox Politician
name = "Samatam Kistaya"


caption = Last Maire de Yanaon
birth_date = 1870s
birth_place = Yanaon, Inde française
death_date = 13 June 1954
death_place = Yanaon, Inde française
(Coup d'État de Yanaon)
party =
religion = Hindu
residence = flagicon|France Yanaon, Inde française
nationality = flagicon|France French
relations =
spouse =
civil partner =
children =
office2 = Conseiller Municipal
term_start2 = June 1951
term_end2 = 13 June 1954
predecessor2 =
successor2 =
constituency2 =Pydicondala, Yanaon
office = Maire de Yanaon
term_start = April 1954
term_end = 13 June 1954
predecessor = Madimchetty Satianandam
successor = Maddimsetti Satianandam
constituency =Yanaon (Inde française)
footnotes = He was murdered during Coup d'État de Yanaon

Birth

Monsieur Samatam Krishnayya (Samatam Kistaya) was born in Yanam in and around 1875.

Life

He was poet, historian and ayurvedic doctor too. He wrote many books in Telugu. He was staunch pro-french politician in his days.

During 1954, Monsieur Maddimsetti fled from Yanam to join pro-merger group, which brought anger in its people that led to pillage of his home. Then a 78 year old, Monsieur Samatam Krouschnaya was became the Mayor of Yanam (interim) who was the lone pro-French leader to fight against pro-merger leaders.

Death

He died during during Coup d'État de Yanaon on Sunday, 13 June 1954 at the age of 78 years. It was declared that he was killed by Indian Military while seizing Yanam. But it is still a mystery about the actual causes and real persons behind his death. Had he was alive when the coup happened, Yanaon still would exist as French colony.

Major view about his death

On the day of the coup, he fought a lone battle to maintain French Sovereinty in Yanam against all the pro-merger groups. When he was trying to jump from a wall (at Pydikondala house) and take shelter, he was shot by Maddimchetty Satianandam who had a pistol which had been given to him by one of his close friends. It was known that Maddimchetty thought that because of Monsieur Samatam that only his house had been pillaged.The 78 year old, Acting Mayor Monsieur Samatam collapsed mortally wounded, but even as he was dying he did not stop shouting Vive la France. It was declared that Monsieur Samatam was killed by shots fired by the Indian Military which brought tears to many people in Yanam. Had Monsieur Samatam survived that day, it is thought that the Coup d'État de Yanaon would have been a complete failure. The death of Monsieur Samatam is still considered by the French even now as a Political Conspiracy perpetrated by the Indian side. For locals of Yanam, it is still a mystery, who was the real murderer of their beloved leader.

A popular view is that, it was only personal interests that drove the leaders to help in the merger of Yanam rather than that of the cause of Indian nationalism.

French patriot

The French Government identified him as a patriot of France and even commemorated him with a statue which exists in Paris even today. They used to garland his statue in the remembrance of his lone sacrificial fight on the day of Coup d'État de Yanaon to defend France.

Titles held

ee also

*Yanaon
*Dadala Rafael Ramanayya
*Diwan Bouloussou Soubramaniam Sastroulou
*Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu