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	'''~~Amarajeevi~~ Potti Sreeramulu''' ([[IAST]]: ''Poṭṭi Śreerāmulu''; 16 March 1901 ― 15 December 1952), was an Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary. Sreeramulu is revered as ''Amarajeevi'' ("Immortal Being") in the Andhra region for his self-sacrifice for the Andhra cause. He became famous for undertaking a [[Fasting#Political fasting and hunger strikes\|hunger strike]] for 58 days in support of having separate state for Andhra Pradesh; he died in the process. His death sparked public rioting and Indian Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] declared the intent by the newly liberated nation to form [[Andhra State]] three days following the death of Sreeramulu. He contributed his life for the formation of a separate Telugu-speaking state from the dominant Tamil-speaking state of ~~Madras~~ presidency ~~(now Tamil Nadu)~~. His struggles led to the formation of separate Telugu-speaking state called "Andhra Pradesh".		'''Potti Sreeramulu''' ([[IAST]]: ''Poṭṭi Śreerāmulu''; 16 March 1901 – 15 December 1952), was an Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary. Sreeramulu is revered as ''Amarajeevi'' ("Immortal Being") in the Andhra region for his self-sacrifice for the Andhra cause. He became famous for undertaking a [[Fasting#Political fasting and hunger strikes\|hunger strike]] for 56 days in support of having separate state for Andhra Pradesh; he died in the process. His death sparked public rioting and Indian Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] declared the intent by the newly liberated nation to form [[Andhra State]] three days following the death of Sreeramulu. He contributed his life for the formation of a separate Telugu-speaking state from the dominant Tamil-speaking state of tamil nadu presidency. His struggles led to the formation of separate Telugu-speaking state called "Andhra Pradesh".

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Sriramulu was born to Guravayya and Mahalakshmamma in 1901 at Padamatapalli in a district that once was itself a region within Nellore district. He was born in a [[Hindu]] family of [[Komati (caste)\|Komati]] caste.<ref>{{Cite book\|~~last~~=Gupta\|~~first~~=C. Dwarakanath\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e8BGAAAAMAAJ~~&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=potti+sreeramulu+komati~~&q=potti+sreeramulu+komati~~&hl=en~~\|title=Vysyas: A Sociological Study\|last2=Bhaskar\|first2=Sepuri\|date=1992\|publisher=Ashish Publishing House\|isbn=978-81-7024-450-9\|language=en}}</ref> Later, their family was shifted to Madras as [[famine in India\|famine conditions]] prevailed in this region. They later lived in [[Nellore]], [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{Citation \|last=Murthy\|first=Chippada Suryanarayana\|title=Andhra martyr amarajeevi Potti Sreeramulu\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xahAAAAAMAAJ\|year=1984\|publisher=International Telugu Institute\|page=5}}</ref><ref name=guha/><ref name=HinduPotti>{{cite news\|last=Guha\|first=Ramchandra\|title=The battle for Andhra\|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2003/03/30/stories/2003033000040300.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114132230/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2003/03/30/stories/2003033000040300.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=14 January 2012\|access-date=21 December 2012\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=30 March 2003}}</ref><ref>[http://eemaata.com/history/telugu_literary_homepage/Writers/PALANA/potti_sriramulu.html Sri Potti Sriramulu]. Eemaata.com. Retrieved on 2018-11-26.</ref> He completed his high school in Madras and joined the [[Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute]] in [[Bombay]] to study sanitary engineering.<ref>{{Citation \|last=Murthy\|first=Chippada Suryanarayana\|title=Andhra martyr amarajeevi Potti Sreeramulu\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xahAAAAAMAAJ\|year=1984\|publisher=International Telugu Institute\|page=1}}</ref> After his college education, Sreeramulu joined the [[Great Indian Peninsular Railway]], Bombay. In 1929, Sreeramulu lost both his wife and his newborn child. Two years later, he resigned from his job and joined [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi\|Gandhi's]] [[Sabarmati Ashram]] to serve the struggle for Indian Independence.<ref name=guha>{{Citation \|last=Guha\|first=Ramachandra\|title=India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8FKepYC6wzwC&pg=PA188\|year=2011\|publisher=Pan Macmillan\|isbn=978-0-330-54020-9\|page=187}}</ref>		Sriramulu was born to Guravayya and Mahalakshmamma in 1901 at Padamatapalli in a district that once was itself a region within Nellore district. He was born in a [[Hindu]] family of [[Komati (caste)\|Komati]] caste.<ref>{{Cite book\|last1=Gupta\|first1=C. Dwarakanath\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e8BGAAAAMAAJ&q=potti+sreeramulu+komati\|title=Vysyas: A Sociological Study\|last2=Bhaskar\|first2=Sepuri\|date=1992\|publisher=Ashish Publishing House\|isbn=978-81-7024-450-9\|language=en}}</ref> Later, their family was shifted to Madras as [[famine in India\|famine conditions]] prevailed in this region. They later lived in [[Nellore]], [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{Citation \|last=Murthy\|first=Chippada Suryanarayana\|title=Andhra martyr amarajeevi Potti Sreeramulu\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xahAAAAAMAAJ\|year=1984\|publisher=International Telugu Institute\|page=5}}</ref><ref name=guha/><ref name=HinduPotti>{{cite news\|last=Guha\|first=Ramchandra\|title=The battle for Andhra\|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2003/03/30/stories/2003033000040300.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114132230/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2003/03/30/stories/2003033000040300.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=14 January 2012\|access-date=21 December 2012\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=30 March 2003}}</ref><ref>[http://eemaata.com/history/telugu_literary_homepage/Writers/PALANA/potti_sriramulu.html Sri Potti Sriramulu]. Eemaata.com. Retrieved on 2018-11-26.</ref> He completed his high school in Madras and joined the [[Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute]] in [[Bombay]] to study sanitary engineering.<ref>{{Citation \|last=Murthy\|first=Chippada Suryanarayana\|title=Andhra martyr amarajeevi Potti Sreeramulu\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xahAAAAAMAAJ\|year=1984\|publisher=International Telugu Institute\|page=1}}</ref> After his college education, Sreeramulu joined the [[Great Indian Peninsular Railway]], Bombay. In 1929, Sreeramulu lost both his wife and his newborn child. Two years later, he resigned from his job and joined [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi\|Gandhi's]] [[Sabarmati Ashram]] to serve the struggle for Indian Independence.<ref name=guha>{{Citation \|last=Guha\|first=Ramachandra\|title=India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8FKepYC6wzwC&pg=PA188\|year=2011\|publisher=Pan Macmillan\|isbn=978-0-330-54020-9\|page=187}}</ref>

	==<span lang="hi" dir="ltr">Independence</span> Movement and Dalit upliftment==		==<span lang="hi" dir="ltr">Independence</span> Movement and Dalit upliftment==
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	===Aftermath===		===Aftermath===
	On 1 October 1953, the Telugu speaking [[Andhra State]] was established with its capital in [[Kurnool]]. Later, the Telugu-speaking districts of Hyderabad State, called [[Telangana]] was merged with Andhra State to form Andhra Pradesh. [[Hyderabad]] became the capital city which was formed on 1 November 1956.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Murthy\|first=Chippada Suryanarayana\|url=https://books.google.com/books~~/about/Andhra_Martyr_Amarajeevi_Potti_Sriramulu.html~~?id=xahAAAAAMAAJ\|title=Andhra Martyr Amarajeevi Potti Sriramulu\|date=1984\|publisher=International Telugu Institute\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|~~last~~=Ramach\|~~first~~=ByVarun\|last2=ra\|date=2015-07-13\|title=Linguistic States in India\|url=https://takshashila.org.in/linguistic-states-in-india/\|access-date=2020-09-05\|website=The Takshashila Institution\|language=en-US}}</ref>		On 1 October 1953, the Telugu speaking [[Andhra State]] was established with its capital in [[Kurnool]]. Later, the Telugu-speaking districts of Hyderabad State, called [[Telangana]] was merged with Andhra State to form Andhra Pradesh. [[Hyderabad]] became the capital city which was formed on 1 November 1956.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Murthy\|first=Chippada Suryanarayana\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xahAAAAAMAAJ\|title=Andhra Martyr Amarajeevi Potti Sriramulu\|date=1984\|publisher=International Telugu Institute\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last1=Ramach\|first1=ByVarun\|last2=ra\|date=2015-07-13\|title=Linguistic States in India\|url=https://takshashila.org.in/linguistic-states-in-india/\|access-date=2020-09-05\|website=The Takshashila Institution\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	==Legacy==		==Legacy==
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	*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030628004428/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2003/03/30/stories/2003033000040300.htm ''The battle for Andhra'']. The Hindu. 30 March 2003.		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030628004428/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2003/03/30/stories/2003033000040300.htm ''The battle for Andhra'']. The Hindu. 30 March 2003.
	*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030701130051/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/11/11/stories/2002111101540200.htm The Martyr of Telugu Statehood]. The Hindu, 11 November 2002		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030701130051/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/11/11/stories/2002111101540200.htm The Martyr of Telugu Statehood]. The Hindu, 11 November 2002
	*[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/12/14/stories/2002121401100902.htm Appeal to Potti Sreeramulu]		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030818201227/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/12/14/stories/2002121401100902.htm Appeal to Potti Sreeramulu]
	*[https://archive.today/20130125044356/http://hindu.com/2002/12/10/stories/2002121001060900.htm Sreeramulu's Condition Grave 10 December 1952]. The Hindu, 10 December 2002		*[https://archive.today/20130125044356/http://hindu.com/2002/12/10/stories/2002121001060900.htm Sreeramulu's Condition Grave 10 December 1952]. The Hindu, 10 December 2002

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'''Amarajeevi Potti Sreeramulu''' ([[IAST]]: ''Poṭṭi Śreerāmulu''; 16 March 1901 ― 15 December 1952), was an Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary. Sreeramulu is revered as ''Amarajeevi'' ("Immortal Being") in the Andhra region for his self-sacrifice for the Andhra cause. He became famous for undertaking a [[Fasting#Political fasting and hunger strikes|hunger strike]] for 58 days in support of having separate state for Andhra Pradesh; he died in the process. His death sparked public rioting and Indian Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] declared the intent by the newly liberated nation to form [[Andhra State]] three days following the death of Sreeramulu. He contributed his life for the formation of a separate Telugu-speaking state from the dominant Tamil-speaking state of Madras presidency (now Tamil Nadu). His struggles led to the formation of separate Telugu-speaking state called "Andhra Pradesh".

==Early life==
Sriramulu was born to Guravayya and Mahalakshmamma in 1901 at Padamatapalli in a district that once was itself a region within Nellore district. He was born in a [[Hindu]] family of [[Komati (caste)|Komati]] caste.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gupta|first=C. Dwarakanath|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e8BGAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=potti+sreeramulu+komati&q=potti+sreeramulu+komati&hl=en|title=Vysyas: A Sociological Study|last2=Bhaskar|first2=Sepuri|date=1992|publisher=Ashish Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7024-450-9|language=en}}</ref> Later, their family was shifted to Madras as [[famine in India|famine conditions]] prevailed in this region. They later lived in [[Nellore]], [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Murthy|first=Chippada Suryanarayana|title=Andhra martyr amarajeevi Potti Sreeramulu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xahAAAAAMAAJ|year=1984|publisher=International Telugu Institute|page=5}}</ref><ref name=guha/><ref name=HinduPotti>{{cite news|last=Guha|first=Ramchandra|title=The battle for Andhra|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2003/03/30/stories/2003033000040300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114132230/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2003/03/30/stories/2003033000040300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 January 2012|access-date=21 December 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=30 March 2003}}</ref><ref>[http://eemaata.com/history/telugu_literary_homepage/Writers/PALANA/potti_sriramulu.html Sri Potti Sriramulu]. Eemaata.com. Retrieved on 2018-11-26.</ref> He completed his high school in Madras and joined the [[Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute]] in [[Bombay]] to study sanitary engineering.<ref>{{Citation |last=Murthy|first=Chippada Suryanarayana|title=Andhra martyr amarajeevi Potti Sreeramulu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xahAAAAAMAAJ|year=1984|publisher=International Telugu Institute|page=1}}</ref> After his college education, Sreeramulu joined the [[Great Indian Peninsular Railway]], Bombay. In 1929, Sreeramulu lost both his wife and his newborn child. Two years later, he resigned from his job and joined [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Gandhi's]] [[Sabarmati Ashram]] to serve the struggle for Indian Independence.<ref name=guha>{{Citation |last=Guha|first=Ramachandra|title=India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8FKepYC6wzwC&pg=PA188|year=2011|publisher=Pan Macmillan|isbn=978-0-330-54020-9|page=187}}</ref>

==<span lang="hi" dir="ltr">Independence</span> Movement and Dalit upliftment==
Sreeramulu took part in the [[Indian Independence Movement]] and was imprisoned for participating in the 1930 [[Salt Satyagraha]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sarkar |first1=Asmita |title=Remembering India's forgotten heroes on 70th Independence Day: 7 freedom fighters that you need to know about |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/remembering-indias-forgotten-heroes-70th-independence-day-7-freedom-fighters-that-you-need-know-689939 |access-date=15 August 2018 |work=International Business Times, India Edition}}</ref> Between 1941 and 1942, he participated in the individual satyagraha and the [[Quit India movement]] and was imprisoned on three occasions. He was involved in the village reconstruction programmes at [[Rajkot]] in [[Gujarat]] and Komaravolu in [[Krishna district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He joined the Gandhi ashram established by [[Yerneni Subrahmanyam]] in [[Komaravolu]]. Commenting on Sreeramulu's dedication and fasting ability, Mahatma Gandhi once said, "If only I have eleven more followers like Sreeramulu I will win freedom from British rule in a year."<ref name="Win"/>

Between 1943 and 1944, he worked for the widespread adoption of ''[[Charkha (spinning wheel)|charkha]]'' textile-spinning in [[Nellore district]]. He was known for taking food provided by all households, regardless of [[caste system in India|caste]] or creed. He undertook three fasts, during 1946-1948, in support of [[Dalit]] (a heterogenous group of oppressed Hindu castes then referred to by [[Gandhi]] and his supporters by the contentious, though well intentioned, term ''[[Harijan]]'') rights to enter holy places, such as the temples of [[Nellore]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Indian|first=The Logical|date=2017-06-28|title=Andhra Pradesh: Dalits Suffering From Social Boycott By Upper Caste Villagers For Two Months|url=https://thelogicalindian.com/news/dalit-boycott/|access-date=2020-09-05|website=thelogicalindian.com|language=en}}</ref> He fasted in support of Dalit entry rights to the Venu Gopala Swamy Temple in Moolapeta, Nellore, rights which were eventually secured. He again fasted to receive favourable orders, passed by the Madras government, to further uplift the [[Dalit]] community.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=santhosh|date=2021-04-02|title=Potti Sreeramulu 16 March 1901 – 15 December 1952|url=https://mydigitalnews.in/2018-03-16-potti-sreeramulu|access-date=2021-04-02|website=My Digital NEWS.in|language=en}}</ref>

As a result, the government instructed [[District Collector]]s to attend to measures of Dalit upliftment for at least one day per week. During the last stages of his life, Sreeramulu stayed in Nellore and worked for Dalit upliftment, walking the city with slogan placards calling for Dalit upliftment, barefoot and with no umbrella against the sun. Some locals thought him insane, and he was chastised by the [[forward caste|upper-castes]] and his own [[Komati caste|Komati]] community for his [[solidarity]] with the Dalit cause.<ref>{{Cite web|last=by|date=2017-12-19|title=Famous Personalities of Andhra Pradesh|url=https://andhrapradesh.pscnotes.com/andhrapradesh-polity/famous-personalities-of-andhra-pradesh/|access-date=2020-09-05|website=Andhra Pradesh PCS Exam Notes|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Statehood for Andhra==
In an effort to protect the interests of the [[Telugu people]] in [[Madras Presidency]], and to preserve the culture of Andhra people, he attempted to force the government to listen to public demands for the separation of the Andhra region from the [[Madras Presidency]], based on linguistic lines and with Madras as its capital. He went on a lengthy fast, stopping when Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru promised to support creation of Andhra State. Despite this concession, little progress was made on the issue, largely due to the Telugu people's insistence on retention of Madras as their future capital. The JVP (Jawahar, Vallabhbhai, Pattabhi) committee, headed by [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Vallabhbhai Patel]] and [[Pattabhi Sitaramayya]], would not accept that proposal.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-31|title=Potti Sriramulu, The Martyr Who Breathed Life Into Andhra|url=https://english.sakshi.com/andhrapradesh/2019/10/31/potti-sriramulu-the-martyr-who-breathed-life-into-andhra|access-date=2020-09-05|website=Sakshi Post|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Express|first=Shodhganga|date=2001|title=His fast upto death for a separate Andhra State|url=https://sg.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/94022/16/16_chapter%2011.pdf|website=Shodhganga}}</ref>

With the Andhra State still not granted, Sreeramulu resumed his hunger strike, at the Madras house of [[Maharshi]] [[Bulusu Sambamurti]] on 19 October 1952, despite the entreaties of supporters who stated that retention of Madras was a futile cause.<ref name="Should">{{cite web|title=Andhrulu Aalochinchali ("Andhras should think") |url=http://www.andhrajyothy.com/EditorialShow.asp?qry=2012/dec/7/edit/7edit4&more=2012/dec/7/edit/editpagemain1&date=12/7/2012|work=Lavanam|publisher=Andhra Jyithy|access-date=7 December 2012}}</ref> Despite the Andhra [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] committee's disavowal of the fast, this action captured the public attention.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shodhganga, 2005|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/102829/10/10_chapter-v.pdf|website=Shodhganga}}</ref>

Despite strikes and demonstrations by the Andhra people, the government made no clear statement regarding the formation of the new state, and Sreeramulu died during the night of 15 December 1952. Only one person before him in modern Indian history, [[Jatin Das]], actually fasted to death; all the others either gave up or were arrested and force fed or hospitalised.<ref name="Win">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930115057/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,822565-2,00.html ''Fast and Win'']. Time, 29 December 1952</ref>

In his death procession, people shouted slogans praising his sacrifice, with thousands more joining as the procession reached Mount Road, Madras. The procession broke into a riot and accompanying destruction of public property. As the news spread, disorder broke out in [[Vizianagaram]], [[Visakhapatnam]], [[Vijayawada]], [[Bhimavaram]], [[Tadepalligudem]], [[Rajahmundry]], [[Eluru]], [[Guntur]], [[Tenali]], [[Ongole]], [[Kanigiri]] and Nellore. Police fatally shot seven people in [[Anakapalle]] and Vijayawada. The popular agitation continued for three to four days disrupting normal life in Madras and Andhra regions. On 19 December 1952, Prime Minister Nehru announced that a separate Andhra state would be formed.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-08-05|title=Potti Sriramulu: Little-Known Freedom Fighter Who Sacrificed His Life for Andhra!|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/190778/potti-sriramulu-andhra-pradesh-telugu-linguistic-reorganisation-history-india/|access-date=2020-09-05|website=The Better India|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-11-30|title=About Potti Sreeramulu(Founder of Andhra)|url=https://jillellareddy.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/about-potti-sreeramulufounder-of-andhra/|access-date=2020-09-05|website=jillellareddy|language=en}}</ref>

===Aftermath===
On 1 October 1953, the Telugu speaking [[Andhra State]] was established with its capital in [[Kurnool]]. Later, the Telugu-speaking districts of Hyderabad State, called [[Telangana]] was merged with Andhra State to form Andhra Pradesh. [[Hyderabad]] became the capital city which was formed on 1 November 1956.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Murthy|first=Chippada Suryanarayana|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Andhra_Martyr_Amarajeevi_Potti_Sriramulu.html?id=xahAAAAAMAAJ|title=Andhra Martyr Amarajeevi Potti Sriramulu|date=1984|publisher=International Telugu Institute|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ramach|first=ByVarun|last2=ra|date=2015-07-13|title=Linguistic States in India|url=https://takshashila.org.in/linguistic-states-in-india/|access-date=2020-09-05|website=The Takshashila Institution|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Legacy==
[[File:Potti Sreeramulu 2000 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|Sreeramulu on a 2000 stamp of India]]
The house where Potti Sreeramulu died is 126 Royapettah High Road, Mylapore, Chennai; it has been preserved as a monument of importance by the state government of [[Andhra State]].

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Potti Sreeramulu}}
*[http://india.eu.org/2258.html A write-up on the political scenario in Andhra Pradesh in 2004]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030628004428/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2003/03/30/stories/2003033000040300.htm ''The battle for Andhra'']. The Hindu. 30 March 2003.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030701130051/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/11/11/stories/2002111101540200.htm The Martyr of Telugu Statehood]. The Hindu, 11 November 2002
*[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/12/14/stories/2002121401100902.htm Appeal to Potti Sreeramulu]
*[https://archive.today/20130125044356/http://hindu.com/2002/12/10/stories/2002121001060900.htm Sreeramulu's Condition Grave 10 December 1952]. The Hindu, 10 December 2002

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