 Siddamma Patil (of the Revadi family of Gajendragad) was close to the Nehru family and a very close associate of Andanappa Doddameti (in whose house Mahatma Gandhi stayed for a night – in the village of Jakkali.After independence Gajendragad supported the Indian National Congress.Late Andanappa Kundaragi from Gajendragad became the President of the Dharwad District Congress Committee.