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was shifted to another building against it. Now it is a big school with a strength of 800-900 students.

Their sons and daughters also participated in the movement. Elder son Krishna Bikshu (Kichhappa) was a very good writer in Telugu as well as Sanskrit. He do participated in movement. Second son, Subrahmanyam, was a lawyer in Nellore. He continued his work as lawyer and helped the participents of the movement legally. Third son Ramachandraiah was History Professor in Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. He was prisoned for a period of 9 months in the then famous Kakinada bomb explosion case. Their last son, my grand father Venkateswara Sarma, studied at Benaras Hindu University. He was a very good poet.

He was accompained, in the movement by, Sri Vennelakanti Raghavaiah garu, Sri Puchalapalli Sudaraiah garu. He was prisoned for more than 1 year. Then he started an Aurvedic hospital at Pallipadu village, near Nellore, and researched for new madicines. He treated the villagers for nothing and got a lot of experience in formulating new medicines. He did got good fame in district.

His wife, Annapurnamma, did gave him a good help during his work in movement. She also participated in the movement, along with, Ponaka Kanakamma and others. She started a school at Nellore, Kasturiba Girls School, and taught telugu to the students. This school was first started in one of the three houses owned by her husband. After a few months the school