The Man Who Created the Leaders Who Created Telangana — Santhapuri Raghuveer Rao, Freedom Fighter and Senior Journalist
By S. Vamshi Krishna, son raghuveerraosanthapuri.blogspot.com Santhapuri Raghuveer Rao was arrested for the first time at the age of sixteen. He was arrested for the second time at thirty-seven. Between those two arrests, he built the Telangana movement. After the second arrest, he kept building it. He was never corrupt. He was never bought. He was never given what he was owed. He died on 5 February 2015. His wife Ramadevi was beside him. His son was beside him. That was the room. The world should know his name. The world should know what he did. The world should know what it cost him. Born 16 November 1932 At his mother's elder sister's home in Kunoor Village, Warangal, Telangana. His parents were Yashodamma and S. Tirumala Rao. He was the eldest of six children. He lost his mother to tuberculosis when he was fourteen. He was devastated. But he did not stop. Under the guidance of his paternal uncle, he continued his education and carried forward what sh...