Potti Sreeramulu — MCQs with Answers (Set 1)

Telugu people call him Amarajeevi, the Immortal Being. T. Prakasam was the one known as Andhra Kesari.

His fasts at the Venugopalaswamy Temple in Moolapeta, Nellore, won temple access for Dalits in 1946.

His fast began on 19 October 1952. It ended with his death on the night of 15-16 December 1952, after 58 days.

Andhra State’s first capital was Kurnool, before Hyderabad became the capital after the 1956 merger.

His first two fasts won Dalits access to the Venugopalaswamy Temple. His later two fasts, in 1948 and 1949, demanded a different goal: a weekly day of service for Dalit welfare.

His death forced Nehru’s hand; Andhra State, India’s first linguistic state, was formally created on 1 October 1953.

Sreeramulu began his fast on 19 October 1952 and died on the night of 15-16 December 1952, after 58 days without food.

His sacrifice set the precedent for the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, which redrew India’s internal state boundaries along linguistic lines nationwide.

He trained as a sanitary engineer and worked for the Great Indian Peninsular Railway in Bombay, before resigning in 1931 to join Gandhian work.

His three fasts in Nellore won Dalits access to a local temple, years before his more famous fast for Andhra statehood.

Andhra State was formally created on 1 October 1953, with Kurnool as its capital, following Nehru’s 19 December 1952 announcement.

He fasted for 58 days, dying on the night of 15-16 December 1952, demanding a separate Telugu-speaking state.

Andhra State’s creation directly influenced the government’s decision to set up the States Reorganisation Commission, which later recommended reorganising all states by language.

In 1952, Sriramulu began a fast unto death to press his demand for a separate Telugu-speaking state.

Potti Sriramulu campaigned for a separate Telugu-speaking state, to be carved out of the Madras Presidency.