A French Metropolitan Decree, dated 12 March 1880 adopted a six-year term of office for Mayors (''Maire''), municipal councillors (''Conseil municipaux'') and commune
panchayat
The Panchayat raj is a political system, originating from the Indian subcontinent, found mainly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. It is the oldest system of local government in the Indian subcontinent, and historical ment ...
s (''
commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
s''). Thus French India has seen a French system of municipal administration. In the past, municipal administration was virtually the pivot of the whole administrative machinery in French India. It had several features that could serve as a role model for hassle-free administration.
Then a total of 10 communes were formed in which Yanaon became one commune with a strength of 12 Municipal Councillors (''conseillers municipaux''). First elections were held on 30 May 1880. The 26 January 1974 Commune Panchayat Act provides for a two tier system of Panchayat administration, one at the Village level and the other at the Commune level. The Mayors and Deputy mayors ceased to function with effect from that date. All the executive powers of the Mayors stood transferred to the Commissioners appointed under these Acts.
Present Chairman and Vice-chairman of Yanam Municipal Council was Gidla Chandra Rao and Pendem Surya Prakash.
List of Mayors
*French commune (1880–1954)
**BEZAWADA Bapanaya Naidou (1880–1883)
**PAINDICONDALA Subbaya (1883–1885)
**BEZAWADA Bapanaya Naidou (1885–1886)
**SAMATAM Venkatasubbaraidu (1886)
**BEZAWADA Bapanaya Naidou (1886–1891)
**KONA Narasaya (1891–1897)
**...(1897–1903)
**BEZAWADA Bapanaya Naidou (1903–1912)
**
BEZAWADA Bapa Naidou
Bezawada Bapanaya Naidou Jr was a grandson of Bezawada Bapanaya Sr., the first Mayor of Yanam, and was himself the mayor from 1925 to 1930. He was one of the two powerful political leaders in Yanam during French rule. It was told that he was ver ...
(1925–1931)
**
KAMICHETTY Venougopala Rao Naidou
Kamichetty Venougopala Rao Naidu better known as ''The Grand Old Man of Yanaon'' was Mayor and MLA of Yanaon during French rule in first half of 20th century. He was one of the two powerful political leaders in Yanam during French rule. His oppo ...
(1931–1937)
**...(1937–1948)
**MADIMCHETTY Satianandam (1948–1954)
**
SAMATAM Kistaya
Monsieur Samatam Krishnayya (Samatam Kistaya) (Yanam c. 1875 – 13 June 1954) was a poet, historian and ayurvedic doctor. He wrote many books in Telugu. He was a loyal pro-French politician.
Life
During 1954, Monsieur Maddimsetti fled from ...
(1954)
*Indian municipality (1954–1974)
**CAMIDI Vincanna (c.1961-c.1964)
**
KAMICHETTY Savithri
Kamisetty Savithri (also spelled as Kamichetty Savithri; born 26 February 1923, date of death unknown) was an Indian politician from Yanam and was first MLA after de facto transfer from that constituency, between 1959 and 1964. She was also form ...
(c.1964-c.1967)
List of Municipal Chairpersons
Gidla Chandra Rao (2006-till date)
See also
*
Yanam Municipality
Yanam Municipality (''Municipalité de Yanaon'') was created by a French Metropolitan Decree dated 12 March 1880. Yanaon municipality had 12 seats (''Sièges''). Citizens from each ward elect one representative for Yanam Municipal Council (''C ...
*
Municipal Administration in French India
*
Pondicherry Municipality
Pondicherry (), now known as Puducherry ( French: Pondichéry ʊdʊˈtʃɛɹi(listen), on-dicherry, is the capital and the most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the sout ...
References
External links
Official District website of YanamFuture of French India, by Russel H. Fifield (Associate Professor of Political Science at University of Michigan
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20080409232005/http://pondicherry.nic.in/ Official website of the Government of the Union Territory of Puducherrybr>Indian Ministry for External Affairs - 1956 Treaty of CessionTHE FRENCH AND PORTUGUESE SETTLEMENTS IN INDIA
{{Puducherry
Local government in Puducherry
Yanam
Yanam (Telugu: ''యానాం'') is a town located in the Yanam district in Puducherry. It has a population of 35,000 and is entirely surrounded by Andhra Pradesh. It was formerly a French colony for nearly 200 years, and, though united wi ...
*
Puducherry district councillors