T.V Prakasam as a Freedom Fighter
S. Krishnaveni
Abstract:
Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu was an Indian politician and freedom fighter, Chief Minister of the
Madras Presidency, and subsequently became the first Chief Minister of the new Andhra State, created by
the partition of Madras State along linguistic lines. He was also known as Andhra Kesari (literally, the
"Lion of Andhra").The Andhrapradesh Government issued G.O on 10-AUG-2014 declaring his Birth
Anniversary as state festival.
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Conference Name: UGC Sponsored National Level Workshop on Impact of National Movement in the Intellectual History of Madras Presidency
Conference Date: 30, January 2015
Pages: 36-38
Paper ID: inmihmd07
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