Kasinathuni Nageswara Rao

Kasinathuni Nageswararao, better known as Nageswara Rao Pantulu, was an Indian journalist, nationalist, politician, and a staunch supporter of ' Khaddar movement '. He participated in the Indian independence movement and in the Indian National Congress party, including Mahatma Gandhi’s civil disobedience movement through 'salt satyagraha'. He was conferred with the title 'Desabandhu '(uplifter of the masses) by the people of Andhra Pradesh. In 1935, the Andhra University honoured him with 'Kalaprapoorna', an honorary doctorate of Literature.

Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao Garu

Name : Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao.
Date of Birth: 1-May-1867.
Date of expiry: 11-April-1938.
Fathers Name : Bucchaiya.
Mothers name : Shyamalamba.
Place of Birth :Yelakurru, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Profession : Businessman.
Chairman of Amrutanjan Limited .
Graduated from Madras Christian College.

Dessoddharaka-
He was one of the founders of Andhra movement for a separate Andhra Pradesh from the Madras Presidency. He wrote and published several articles on the need for a separate Andhra Pradesh State. He was the author of many of these articles.

Andhra Ghanta Mala-
Besides being a journalist, Nageswara Rao was also a publisher of Telugu Literature In 1926, he launched a publishing house known as the "Andhra Grandha Mala". This institution published as many as 20 books besides reproducing many Telugu classics as well as modern writings. Its output was low-priced in order to bring it within reach of the common man.
Because of his exertions during the first two decades of the century, as many as 120 libraries came into being in Andhra districts.

Sribagh Pact-
Sribagh Pact as it is known is an agreement signed at the Sri Bagh Residence on 16 November 1937 and signatories to the agreement were K. Koti Reddy, Kalluri Subba Rao, L.Subbarami Reddy, Bhogaraju Pattabhi Seetharamayya, Konda Venkatappyya, Pappuri Ramacharyulu, R.Venkatappa Naidu, H.Seetharama Reddy. This was an agreement for development of Rayalaseema Region at par with coastal areas and part of the effort to bring in consensus among all the regions before formation of Andhra Pradesh carving out Telugu speaking areas from Composite State of Madras and unifying the areas of Nizam rule post independence of India. The agreement can be changed by mutual agreement.

Recognition-
A postage stamp has been issued to commemorate him.

Politics-

Nageswara Rao was president of the Andhra State Congress Committee for four terms between 1924 and 1934.
He was involved in the salt satyagraha of the 1930s, led by Gandhi, and spent six months in prison for this. While in prison, Rao he wrote an exposition on the Bhagavad-Gita, a sacred text of India. He argued in this that the Bhagavad-Gita1 did not belong to a particular religion but rather to the entire humanity as a scripture of yoga for the spiritual enlightenment and prosperity of the entire world.

Death-
Nageswararao Kasinathuni died on 11 April 1938. After his death his son-in law and nephew (sister's son) S.Sambhu Prasad(Sivalenka SambhuPrasad) took over the reins of Andhra Patrika group of publications and Amrutanjan company.

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