Retirement
Gurajada took retirement in 1913 with a pension of Rs.140. Madras University honoured him by making him a "Fellow." His health started deteriorating slowly. He constructed a new house worth Rs. 139 and moved into it in 1915. He was left with nothing but a rupee. After a few months of illness and poverty, Gurajada died in 1915.
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