Chamala Yadagiri Reddy dead

  • | Friday | 20th April, 2018

Minister for Energy and SC Development G. Jagadish Reddy recollected the efforts of Yadagiri Reddy in setting up a building for freedom-fighters in Nalgonda town. Chamala Yadagiri Reddy, veteran freedom-fighter from Nalgonda died here on Thursday. A group of veterans and family members said the body of Chamala, as per his last wish, was donated to a hospital. “The district is deprived of the elderly support with his death,” he said. A prominent name in united Nalgonda district, he was active in Hyderabad Liberation struggle alongside Swami Ramanand Tirtha, and was an activist with Acharya Vinobha Bhave in Bhoodan Movement in 1951 in Pochampally in the district.

more-in Chamala Yadagiri Reddy, veteran freedom-fighter from Nalgonda died here on Thursday. He was in his late 90s. A prominent name in united Nalgonda district, he was active in Hyderabad Liberation struggle alongside Swami Ramanand Tirtha, and was an activist with Acharya Vinobha Bhave in Bhoodan Movement in 1951 in Pochampally in the district. His activities were crucial in Telangana freedom struggle and he later served as Sarpanch of Shaligouraram village for nearly two decades and remained the district president for Freedom-Fighter's Association till recently. A group of veterans and family members said the body of Chamala, as per his last wish, was donated to a hospital. Minister for Energy and SC Development G. Jagadish Reddy recollected the efforts of Yadagiri Reddy in setting up a building for freedom-fighters in Nalgonda town. “The district is deprived of the elderly support with his death,” he said.

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