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dated December 17, 1952: Fasting Sriramulu passes away

Mr. Potti Sriramulu (51), on a fast unto death from October 19 pressing for the immediate forming of a separate Province for the Andhra people, died in Madras on December 15, the 58th day of his ordeal.

Potti Sriramulu was born in Madras City, qualifying himself as a sanitary engineer, he took employment with the G.I.P. Railway in Bombay. After resigning his job in 1930, Sriramulu participated in the Salt Satyagraha movement started by Gandhiji and continued to do constructive work on Gandhian lines. He was in the Sabarmati Ashram till 1938, Sriramulu was imprisoned for 18 months in Rajkot during the Individual Satyagraha movement.

Later he took part in the Quit India movement launched by the Mahatma in 1942.

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