Potti Sreeramulu (16 March 1901 – 15 December 1952), was a freedom fighter and revolutionary. Commenting on Sreeramulu’s dedication and fasting ability, MahatmaGandhi once said, “If only I have eleven more followers like Sreeramulu I will win freedom [from British rule] in a year. PottiSriramuluquit his job in the Great India Peninsular Railway in 1927 to join Mahatma Gandhi’s Non-Cooperation Movement.

    He enrolled in Sabarmati Ashram, participated in various agitations along with the Mahatma and earned the latter’s appreciation. Seeing his grit and determination and pursuing things till their logical end, the Mahatma had remarked, “India would have attained Independence long back, if only it had a few stalwarts like him.”

     ' Amarajeevi’ Potti Sriramulu sacrificed his life for the sake of statehood for Andhra. He took up the emancipation of Harijans as a....