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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Vemula Kurmayya<br />
| image = Vemula Kurmayya.png<br />
| birth_date = 1903<br />
| birth_place = Mallavaram, Gudivada Taluk, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India<br />
| death_date = <!-- Date of death --><br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| occupation = *Freedom Fighter<br />
*Politician<br />
*Social Reformer<br />
| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start = 1936<br />
| term_end = <!-- End date of term --><br />
| constituency = Bandar, General Rural (Scheduled Castes) Constituency<br />
| office2 = Minister for Rural Development<br />
| term_start2 = 1947<br />
| term_end2 = 1949<br />
}}<br />
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'''Vemula Kurmayya''' (born 1903) was an [[Indian independence activist]], [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] party leader, and social reformer from the [[Krishna district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He played a role in India's struggle for independence and worked for the upliftment of marginalized communities.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rao |first=Duggaraju Srinivasa |date=2022-11-14 |title=Sundru Venkaiah, pre-Independence Dalit leader from Andhra |url=https://thesouthfirst.com/andhrapradesh/sundru-venkaiah-pre-independence-dalit-leader-from-andhra/ |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=The South First |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Vemula Kurmayya was born in 1903 in Mallavaram, a village in [[Krishna district]], [[Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh.]] Started being involved in political activism during the [[Non-Cooperation Movement]] of 1921. he discontinued formal education and joined the [[Gandhi National School]] in [[Vijayawada]].<ref name="indianculture">{{Cite web|url=http://indianculture.gov.in/node/2823595|title=Vemula Kurmayya|website=INDIAN CULTURE}}</ref><br />
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Kurmayya became an apprentice in spinning and weaving at [[Sabarmati Ashram]] from 1925 to 1927.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-07 |title=Remembering a social movement in 1917 against untouchability in coastal Andhra |url=https://arisebharat.com/2022/11/07/remembering-a-social-movement-in-1917-against-untouchability-in-coastal-andhra/ |access-date=2023-08-31 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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During the [[Civil Disobedience Movement]] of 1930 and the Individual [[Satyagraha]] Movement of 1940, Kurmayya's active participation in these movements led to multiple imprisonments.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kshīrasāgara |first=Rāmacandra |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Wx218EFVU8MC&pg=PA365&lpg=PA365&dq=Vemula+Kurmayya&source=bl&ots=8zct2ZRk-h&sig=ACfU3U24f9ctEBCDzd-1locdSP79SfsNAg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjv3NOl5oaBAxV7UGwGHRjcBkU4ChDoAXoECAcQAw |title=Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders, 1857-1956 |date=1994 |publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd. |isbn=978-81-85880-43-3 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Vemula Kurmayya's contributions to the independence struggle led him into a leadership role within the Indian National Congress. He was elected four times to the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] and emerged as a significant figure in both the State and Central Committee.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
*''Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders, 1857-1956''<br />
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[[Category:Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
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