Describe the Shivpur Dhwaja Satyagraha.
The first conference of Mysuru congress was conducted in 1938 at Shivapura. The conference has decided to organize a great satyagraha in Shivapura. T. Siddlingaiah was elected as the president of the committee for the satyagraha. Realising the trouble, the Mysore administration banned any meeting within three kilometers from the city and prohibited the hoisting of tricolour flag. On 8th April 1938, Siddlingaiah was taken in procession in a bullock cart in which around 10000 people participated. The participants proclaimed their faith in the leadership of Gandhiji. The flag was hoisted on 9th April 1938 by Siddhlingaiah. He was then arrested by the police. This incident is known as the Shivapura Dhwaja Satyagraha.