Dukkipati Nageswara Rao
Dukkipati Nageswara Rao was an Indian independence movement activist from Krishna District.[1]
Rao was sent to prison 16 times. He also met Mahatma Gandhi in his home town Peyyeru about 30 miles from his village Nandamuru during the Quit India Movement in 1942. The Government of Andhra Pradesh posthumously tried to give him 10 acres of land and a Tamra Patra (Certificate) which was given in accordance with the struggle that he fought for the freedom against the British. My late Grandmother Savithri refused to accept it and said my grandfather did it for the country and not for any monetary benefit or fiscal gain. Apart from serving in several prisons in Andhra Pradesh he also had the privilege of meeting Late Sarvepalli Radhakrishna during the independence struggle. He was also in many noteworthy prisons like Bellary Jail, Tiruchirapalli Jail, and Vellore prisons during the freedom struggle.
References
- B. Seshagiri Rao. History Of Freedom Movement In Guntoor District 1921-47. Prasanna Publications. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
Sarojini Reqani, GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, WHO’S WHO OF FREEDOM STRUGGLE IN ANDHRA PRADESH Volume two THE STATE COMMITTEE FOR THE COMPILATION OF THE HISTORY OF THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE IN ANDHRA PRADESH MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, HYDERABAD Topics IIIT (https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.223885/2015.223885.Who-Is_djvu.txt)
Collection digital library India; texts
Language English Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.223885
Congress hand-book, 1946, Dukkipati Nageswara Rao (pg 18) Indian National Congress, All India Congress Committee, 1946
The History of Freedom Fighters in Krishna District, Krishna Zilla Swathantra Samarayodula Sangam, (Page 106). Printers Swathantra Samaraydula Smaraka Bhavanamu, Vijayawada – 5200024 | Category: Indian independence activists Category: Telugu people