Komaragiri Narayana Rao
Hyderabad State Congress worker from Khammam (1915–1978). He worked in the Andhra Mahasabha from 1930, joined the State Congress in 1938, and was jailed at Warangal for nine months in the Quit India movement of 1942–43. He later worked for land reform and the Bhoodan movement and wrote books in Telugu and English on Hyderabad.
Komaragiri Narayana Rao was a worker of the Andhra Mahasabha and the Hyderabad State Congress from Khammam.1 He was jailed in the Quit India movement of 1942.1 He was born on 15 May 1915 and died on 28 February 1978.1 The Who’s Who of Freedom Struggle in Andhra Pradesh (1980) is the main source for this page.1
The Andhra Mahasabha and the State Congress, 1930–1942
He was the son of Jagannadha Rao and was a farmer and social worker.1 From 1930 he took part in the work of the Andhra Mahasabha.1 In 1938 he joined the Hyderabad State Congress.1
Quit India, 1942–1943
In the Quit India movement he offered satyagraha (non-violent protest by breaking a law and accepting arrest) at Warangal.1 He was imprisoned in the Central Jail, Warangal, from 5 December 1942 to 10 September 1943.1 Sarojini Regani names “Komaragiri Narayan Rao” among those arrested in the Quit India satyagraha in Hyderabad.2
The campaign for joining India, 1947–1948
In 1947 the State Congress split into two groups.3 Regani names “Komargiri Narayan” among the Telangana leaders who supported the group of Swami Ramananda Tirtha.3 The Who’s Who says he took part in the campaign for joining India in 1947–48.1
Later work
He was joint secretary of the Hyderabad State Congress for two terms and its office secretary from 1953 to 1955.1 From 1951 he worked in the Sarvodaya movement.1 He walked in the second Bhoodan (land gift) march of Vinoba Bhave in Hyderabad State.1
The Who’s Who lists four books by him:1
- Neti Hyderabad (1938)1
- Telugu Palle (1941)1
- On Hyderabad Land Reforms (1953)1
- Viplava Purogamanam (1958)1
On 24 March 1974 the Government of India gave him a tamrapatra (copper plaque honouring freedom fighters).1
Footnotes
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Sarojini Regani (ed.), Who’s Who of Freedom Struggle in Andhra Pradesh, Vol. II (1980), p. 109 (archive.org (opens in a new tab)). ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14 ↩15 ↩16 ↩17 ↩18 ↩19
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Sarojini Regani, Highlights of the Freedom Movement in Andhra Pradesh (1956), p. 195 (archive.org (opens in a new tab)). ↩
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Regani, Highlights (1956), p. 199 (archive.org (opens in a new tab)). ↩ ↩2
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