Malluru - History

History

Mr.Papanna, a freedom fighter who died 15 years ago, dedicated his life to the development of villages through cooperative movement, which people embraced. He has set up nearly 10 cooperative institutions for milk producers,wool producers,silk producers, village development, healtcare etc most of which are inactive today. The cooperative movement was very successful fro decades,till recently the development of the village was administered by the village development cooperative society. The village had its own health center which was governed and run by the cooperative with St. Johns hospital of Bengaluru as medical partner. Recently the collaboration stopped mostly for reasons due to village politics. During the freedom movement more than 50 villagers participated in the struggle. Every household had a member participating in the struggle for independence. One noted participant was Mr. Muniyappa, also called Ayya by the villagers, who is now more than 90 years old and still in good health. He participates in educating school children informing them about the fight for freedom and the importance of the freedom movement. This village is also known for its resident's interest in politics which decreased the participation of the cooperative movement, because of this the active participation of the community in politics is believed to be an obstacle to a sustainable development of the villages.