Why potti sriramulu fasting

Potti believed in Gandhian methods of agitation to such an extent, that even his mentor was exasperated at times. His earlier fast for Harijan entry into temples in was drawing considerable attention away from the independence movement in Andhra and Gandhi forced him to break it.

I know he is a solid worker, though a little eccentric. And so on October 19, , with this description from his mentor who was no longer there to stop his fasts and exasperated by the evasive nature of Nehru, Potti Sreeramulu began the hunger fast in the house of Bulusu Sambamurthy in Mylapore adjacent to Vidyamandir School.

The fast soon caught the attention of people. Trains were stopped by angry mobs shouting slogans against Rajaji and Nehru. On the 56th day, he passed into a coma and his body gave way soon thereafter. On the intimation of the news, singer Ghantasala, rushed to the place, composed and rendered a song in his honour. Thousands joined the funeral procession and raised slogans hailing Sreeramulu. Halfway, they went into frenzy and resorted to violence.

Sign Up. Edit Profile. Subscribe Now. Your Subscription Plan Cancel Subscription. Home India News Entertainment. While other Congressmen were focussed on breaking free from the British, Sriramulu undertook a fast unto death demanding that all temples in the Madras Province be open to the Dalit community. He continued the fast until Gandhi persuaded him to break it. The second, in December of the same year, lasted nineteen days and demanded the opening of all the temples in Nellore to Dalits.

Although the movement for a separate Telugu-speaking state goes way back to the early s, it was on 15 August when Congressman Swami Sitaram launched a fast-unto-death for the creation of a separate Andhra state. For 35 days, the Central government did nothing until Acharya Vinoba Bhave warned Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru of the potential consequences, if these demands were not met.

Both leaders eventually met Sitaram and promised the creation of Andhra Pradesh. Unfortunately, this promise never materialised because Nehru was strongly against the idea of creating states along linguistic lines.

Later, their family shifted to Madras as famine conditions prevailed in this region. Sriramulu took part in the Indian Independence Movement and was imprisoned for participating in the Salt Satyagraha.