POTTI SRIRAMULU: THE FIGHTER FOR ANDHRA
POTTI SRIRAMULU: THE FIGHTER FOR ANDHRA Many freedom fighters fought for the freedom of India and lost their lives. But one of them fought after the freedom of India, for the statehood of Andhra Pradesh, popularly known as “Amarjeevi”. Potti Sreeramulu or “Amarjeevi” was born on 16th March 1901 in the Madras presidency of the British era. His parents were Guravayya and Mahalakshamma. He completed his school in Chennai and later went to Mumbai for his higher studies. He worked for the Great Indian Peninsular Railway. In 1929 when he was 25, he lost his wife and newborn child, he resigned from his job and went to Sabarmati Ashram. CONTRIBUTION TO THE INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT Sreeramulu also participated in the independence revolt of India. He was also sent to jail for his participation in the “Namak Satyagraha” (Dandi March). In the year 1946, he returned to Nellore, where he started working for the betterment of Dalits and the promotion of the khadi and villa...