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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Thota Narasayya Naidu<br />
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| caption = Thota Narasaiah Naidu<br />
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| birth_place = [[Pagolu]], [[Machilipatnam]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| other_names = Flag Hero, [[Freedom Fighter]]<br />
| known_for = [[Salt March]] in [[Machilipatnam]]<br />
| occupation = Wrestler<br />
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'''Thota Narasayya Naidu''' (also spelled as '''Thota Narasaiah Naidu''') was an Indian freedom fighter and a resident of [[Pagolu|Pagolu taluk]], [[Machilipatnam]] (present-day [[Andhra Pradesh]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT UNDER THE ZAMINDAR RULE IN CHALLAPALLI ESTATE|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/8104/11/11_chapter%204.pdf}}</ref> He was a wrestler by profession and served in the court of the [[Challapalli]] [[Zamindar]].<br />
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On 6 May 1930, there was rioting across India due to the arrest of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] for leading the [[Dandi March]]. In Machilipatnam, Naidu, along with other leaders, led a protest against this arrest.<ref>{{cite web|title=An Absorbing Account Of The Vibrant Town MACHILIPATNAM|date=13 March 2014 |url=http://jonnalagaddanarasimha.blogspot.in/2014/03/an-absorbing-account-of-vibrant-town.html}}</ref><br />
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Naidu, along with two other leaders, tried to hoist the [[Swaraj flag]] at the top of a tall pillar located at the center of the Koneru Center.<ref>{{cite web|title=Koneru Center|url=http://wikimapia.org/17492132/Koneru-centre}}</ref> To stop the protest and the flag hoist, the police started to rain severe blows on them. They lost their grip and were severely bruised; however, they continued to chant slogans. Naidu took the flag and hoisted it on top of the pillar. After 45 minutes of being beaten by the police, he collapsed from the top of the pillar and suffered severe injuries.<ref>{{cite web|title=An Absorbing Account Of The Vibrant Town MACHILIPATNAM|date=13 March 2014 |url=http://jonnalagaddanarasimha.blogspot.in/2014/03/an-absorbing-account-of-vibrant-town.html}}</ref><br />
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