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Andhra Pradesh commemorate 61st death anniversary of Potti Sreeramulu
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Andhra Pradesh Commemorate 61st Death Anniversary of Potti Sreeramulu, Fighter For Statehood of AP. Today Andhra Pradesh celebrates 61st death anniversary of Potti Sreeramulu. It is known that the revolutionary fighter for statehood of Andhra State died on 16 December 1952, following an indefinite hunger strike that last for 56 days.
Today Andhra Pradesh celebrates 61st death anniversary of Potti Sreeramulu. It is known that the revolutionary fighter for statehood of Andhra State died on 16 December 1952, following an indefinite hunger strike that last for 56 days. He was well-known as a devout follower of Mahatma Gandhi, who worked for most of his life for humanitarian causes. He was also known for his contributions for the Dalit community.Sreeramulu is honored as Amarajeevi in the Andhra region for his self-sacrifice for the Andhra cause, which literally means immortal being. He became famous for undertaking a hunger strike in support of the formation of an Indian state for the Andhrites, who were the Telugu speaking population of Madras Presidency and even lost his life for the noble cause.
He went on an indefinite strike for the separate statehood for Andhra people of Madras state with Madras as its capital. Although the centre was in acceptance for a separate state of Telugu speaking people of Madras state, it didn’t accept Madras as its capital. For this very cause Potti Sriramulu went on hunger strike and lost his life after 56 days on 16 Dec 1952.
In his death procession, people shouted slogans praising his sacrifice, and later the procession broke into a riot. As the news spread, disorder broke out. After three days of his death, on December, 19, the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru announced that a separate Andhra state would be formed with Kurnool as its capital.
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