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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Tallapragada Prakasarayadu<br />
| image = Tallapragada Prakasarayadu profile 75.jpg<br />
| birth_date = 15 April 1893<br />
| birth_place = Unguturu, Andhra Pradesh<br />
| death_date = 28 February 1988<br />
| death_place = Hyderabad, Telangana<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| alma_mater = Calcutta University<br />
| occupation = Freedom fighter, social reformer, educationist, writer<br />
}}'''Tallapragada Prakasarayudu''' (April 1893 – Feb 1988) was an Indian social reformer, freedom fighter, educationist, and writer. He was a prominent [[Gandhism|Gandhian]] and a distinguished exponent of [[Brahmoism]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Veṅkaṭēśvararāvu|first1=Nārla|title=Studies in the History of Telugu Journalism|publisher=Narla Shashtyabdapurti Celebration Committee}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Freedom Struggle in Andhra Pradesh (Andhra): 1932-1947|date=1974|publisher=Andhra Pradesh State Committee Appointed for the Compilation of a History of the Freedom Struggle in Andhra Pradesh (Andhra)}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Sharma|first1=I. Mallikarjuna|title=In Retrospect: West India|date=2003|publisher=Ravi Sasi Enterprises|isbn=9788190113946}}</ref> India has produced a few great men who led exemplary lives and silently influenced the lives of other men. Shri Prakasarayadu exemplifies the values of supreme self-sacrifice, personal rectitude, quiet efficiency and a desire to avoid lime light. His services in the cause of education are inestimable.<br />
Dedicated wholly to the [[Gandhism|Gandhian principles]], Shri Prakasarayadu lived an unostentatious life. He grew cotton and spun on [[Spinning wheel|Charkha]] since 1921, devotedly performing the 'Sutra Yagna' of Gandhiji in spirit and action. After the [[independence of India]], he continued his freedom struggle to leave no stone unturned to attain real freedom which consists in social justice and economic equality. He discharged his duties to all constructive programmes connected with national integration, social reform, religious harmony, propagation of [[Khadi]], [[prohibition]], basic education, [[Anti-dowry law in India|anti-dowry]] movement, removal of [[untouchability]] and eradication of [[casteism]].<br />
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TPR Charkha.jpg|Prakasarayadu spinning cotton on his charkha<br />
TPR with Veeresalingam Pantulu 1911.jpg|Tallapragada Prakasarayadu (top right) with his teacher and mentor, Sri Kandukuri Veeresalingam Pantulu (centre) (1911)<br />
TPR at Ananda Niketan Ashram.jpg|Tallapragada Prakasarayadu (seated on chair, second from left) at the Ananda Niketan Ashram he established in 1924 (picture from 1928)<br />
TPR and Gandhi.jpg|Tallapragada Prakasarayadu, aged 90, speaking to students about Gandhian thought at the Andhra Mahila Sabha (1983)<br />
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[[Category:1893 births]]<br />
[[Category:1988 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Gandhians]]<br />
[[Category:Indian social reformers]]<br />
[[Category:People from West Godavari district]]<br />
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Andhra Pradesh]]</div>->Wouterhagens