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<div>{{Short description|Mayor and pro-French leader}}<br />
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{{Infobox Politician<br />
| name = ''Samatam Kistaya''<br />
| image =<br />
| caption = Last [[Maire de Yanaon]]<br />
| birth_date = 1870s<br />
| birth_place = &nbsp;[[Yanam, French India|Yanaon]], [[Inde française]]<br />
| death_date = 13 June 1954<br />
| death_place = &nbsp;[[Yanam, French India|Yanaon]], [[Inde française]]<br> ([[Coup d'État de Yanaon]])<br />
| party = <br />
| residence = {{Flagicon|India}}&nbsp;[[Yanam, French India|Yanam]], [[India]]<br />
| nationality = {{Flagicon|France}}&nbsp;[[France|French]]<br />
| relations =<br />
| spouse = <br />
| children = <br />
| office2 = [[Conseiller Municipal]]<br />
| term_start2 = June 1951<br />
| term_end2 = 13 June 1954<br />
| predecessor2 = <br />
| successor2 =<br />
| constituency2 =Pydicondala, [[Yanam, French India|Yanaon]]<br />
| office = [[Maire de Yanaon]]<br />
| term_start = April 1954<br />
| term_end = 13 June 1954<br />
| predecessor = Madimchetty Satianandam<br />
| successor = Maddimsetti Satianandam <br />
| constituency =[[Yanam, French India|Yanaon]] ([[Inde française]])<br />
| footnotes = He was killed during [[Coup d'État de Yanaon]]<br />
}}<br />
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Monsieur '''Samatam Krishnayya''' ('''Samatam Kistaya''') ([[Yanam, French India|Yanam]] c. 1875 – 13 June 1954) was a [[poet]], [[historian]] and [[ayurveda|ayurvedic doctor]]. He wrote many books in [[Telugu language|Telugu]]. He was a loyal pro-French politician.<br />
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==Life==<br />
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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 became the Mayor of Yanam (interim) who was the lone pro-French leader to fight against pro-merger leaders.<br />
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==Death==<br />
He died during the [[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, French India|Yanam]]. But it is still a mystery about the actual causes and real persons behind his death.<br />
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==Major view about his death==<br />
On the day of the coup, he fought a lone battle to maintain French sovereignty 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. The death of Monsieur Samatam is still considered by the French even now as a political [[Conspiracy (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.<br />
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A popular view{{citation needed|date=May 2019}} 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]].<br />
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==French patriot==<br />
The [[French Government]] identified him as a [[patriotism|patriot]] of [[France]] with ''Citation à l’Ordre de la Nation'' on 19 November 1954.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://cidif2.go1.cc/index.php/lettres-du-c-i-d-i-f/40-lettre-n-28-29/194-28-057-samatayam-kristaya-yanaonais-mort-pour-la-france | title=Samatayam Kristaya, Yanaonais mort pour la France }}</ref><br />
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==Titles held==<br />
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{{Succession box | before= ? | title=Membre du [[Conseil Municipal de Yanaon]]| after=defunct<br> ([[Coup d'État de Yanaon]]) | years=June 1951&ndash;13 June 1954}}<br />
{{Succession box | before= Maddimsetti Satianandam | title=[[Maire de Yanaon]] <br> (Acting) | after=Maddimsetti Satianandam<br> ([[Coup d'État de Yanaon]]) | years=April 1954&ndash;13 June 1954}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Yanam, French India]]<br />
*[[Dadala Rafael Ramanayya]]<br />
*[[Diwan (title)|Diwan]] [[Bouloussou Soubramaniam Sastroulou]]<br />
*[[Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu]]<br />
==References==<br />
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[[Category:1870s births]]<br />
[[Category:1954 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Yanam]]<br />
[[Category:People from French India]]<br />
[[Category:French people of Telugu descent]]<br />
[[Category:French Hindus|Krouschnaya, Samatam]]<br />
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