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'''Kambhampati Gnana Satyamurthy''' (15 July 1931 - 17 April 2012), popular as K. G. Satyamurthy''',''' was a [[Dalit]] naxalite leader and writer from [[Andhra Pradesh]], India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2012-04-18 |title=Former PW leader K.G. Satyamurthy dead |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/former-pw-leader-kg-satyamurthy-dead/article3327806.ece |access-date=2025-07-08 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He was one of the founders of [[People's War Group]]. He was an associate of [[Kondapalli Seetharamaiah]], the founder of PWG.<br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Satyamurthy was born on 15 July 1931 at Shankarampadu village, [[Nandivada mandal]], Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh. He did his schooling at Gudivada and completed his post graduation in political science at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. He married Manemma and together they had two sons and two daughters, Anupama and Sridevi.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=archive |first=From our online |date=2012-05-16 |title=PWG co-founder KG Satyamurthy is no more |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2012/Apr/18/pwg-co-founder-kg-satyamurthy-is-no-more-359691.html |access-date=2025-07-08 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Satyamurthy was active in student politics and was involved with the Community Party of India. He was also the leader of the Rickshaw Karmika Sangham at Gudivada during his college days. After his post-graduation, he joined as a sub-editor in [[Visalaandhra]] Telugu daily at Guntur. Then, he also served as the editor of ''Yuvajanam'', a daily in Guntur, for a short period. Later, he became a lecturer at [[Warangal]] where he met Kondapalli Seetharamaiah, a Hindi teacher in 1960. Influenced by [[Marxism]], they became friends.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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In 1966, he led the '''Visakha Ukku, Andhrula Hakku''<nowiki/>' agitation for demanding a Steel Plant in [[Visakhapatnam]]. He was influenced by the [[Naxalbari uprising|Naxalbari]] movement and along with K. Seetharamaiah founded the People's War Group in 1968. In 1972, he was arrested and was only released in 1975.<ref name=":1" /> He was the general secretary of PWG when Seetharamaiah was arrested from 1980.<ref>{{Cite web |last=GSrikanth |date=2022-04-17 |title=ఒకచేత గన్ను, మరోచేత పెన్ను పట్టిన ధీరుడు KG సత్యమూర్తి ప్రస్థానమిదే! {{!}} Latest Telugu News |url=https://www.dishadaily.com/telugunews/kg-satyamurthy-played-an-important-role-in-bahujan-politics-123830 |access-date=2025-07-08 |website=www.dishadaily.com |language=te}}</ref> Later, he left the party due to internal differences on issues.<br />
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=== Writer ===<br />
Satyamurthy used the pen name, Sivasagar and wrote many poems including '<nowiki/>''Udyamam Nela Baludu''<nowiki/>', '<nowiki/>''Ambedkar Suryudu''<nowiki/>' and '''Guerrilla''<nowiki/>', a collection of poems. Some of his writings became popular in the Telugu revolutionary literature. All his poetry was published in the form of a magazine by Virasam leader [[Varavara Rao]].<ref name=":1" /><br />
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=== Death ===<br />
He died on 17 April 2012, at the home of his son K. Prasanna Siddhant in Kandulapadu village, [[G. Konduru mandal|G Konduru mandal]], [[Krishna district]], Andhra Pradesh.<ref>https://apnewslive.com/k-g-satyamurthy-is-dead/</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pratap |date=2012-04-17 |title=అస్తమించిన ఉద్యమం నెలబాలుడు- శివసాగర్ లేడు |url=https://telugu.oneindia.com/news/2012/04/17/andhrapradesh-poet-revolutionary-movement-founder-kg-satyamurthy-aid0070.html |access-date=2025-07-08 |website=Telugu One India |language=te}}</ref> Before coming to Kandulapadu, he stayed with his younger daughter for a long in Visakhapatnam. His body was cremated in [[Vijayawada]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=archive |first=From our online |date=2012-05-16 |title=Final red salute to comrade Satyamurthy |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2012/Apr/19/final-red-salute-to-comrade-satyamurthy-360007.html |access-date=2025-07-08 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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