Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao - Andhra Patrika

Andhra Patrika

He approached Telugu people in Mumbai, associated with them and worked for the welfare of Telugu people. He attended the National Congress meeting in Surat in 1907 and joined the freedom movement. He recognized the need for a Telugu language journal to campaign effectively for the freedom struggle and founded a weekly Andhra Patrika in 1909 in Mumbai. Within a short time andhra patrika gained popularity among Telugus. In 1914, he moved the journal from Mumbai to Chennai and introduced it as a daily newspaper. Later, in 1969, Andhra Patrika established its own office in New Delhi with senior Telugu Journalist from Chennai T.V. Krishna taking the lead to set up an office there.

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