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1. Early life

   Born in Komararam village

   Born into an economically disadvantaged family in Komararam village, Illandu Mandal, in the erstwhile Khammam district.

   Illandu, Khammam

2. Childhood

   Shaped by rural struggles and revolutionary ideals

   The hardships of farmers and labourers, the ideals of Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and Subhas Chandra Bose, and the songs of Gaddar shaped his outlook.

3. Youth

   A Bhagat Singh statue for Komararam

   With his village youth group he put up a statue of Bhagat Singh in Komararam, about 24 years before he shared a photograph of it in 2023. It was the first of many statues he would later help bring to villages.

   Komararam

4. Student years

   Children’s associations and student rights

   Took part in children’s associations and initiatives for students’ educational rights and social equality.

5. Student activism

   Joins the Progressive Democratic Students Union

   As a member of the PDSU, he became active in student movements on educational rights and social equality.

6. Early 2000s

   Into the Telangana statehood movement

   After the Telangana Rashtra Samithi was formed in 2001, he became increasingly involved in the movement, studying regional disparities in resources, jobs and water-sharing.

7. 2004

   Working with the movement’s leaders

   Developed associations with prominent leaders of the Telangana movement.

8. 2005

   Telangana Jagarana Sena

   Took part in establishing and expanding the Telangana Jagarana Sena, building grassroots organisational structures.

9. 2009–2019

   Leading the Telangana Praja Front

   Led the Telangana Praja Front, a federation of more than 200 organisations established in 2009: its state general secretary by 2014, president in 2016–17, and later state vice-president.

10. During the Telangana movement

    State committee member, Telangana Joint Action Committee

    Served on the state committee of the Telangana Aikya Karyacharana Committee.

11. During the Telangana movement

    Million March, Chalo Assembly, Sagara Haram

    Took part in the movement’s major programmes, including the Million March, Chalo Assembly, Sagara Haram and Vanta Varpu.

12. 14 February 2017

    Keynote against uranium mining in Nallamala

    As president of the Telangana Praja Front, he gave the keynote at a Hyderabad round table that demanded the withdrawal of permits for uranium mining in the Nallamala forest.

    Hyderabad

13. Research and writing

    Osmania Velugulo

    After nearly a decade of research, wrote Osmania Velugulo, a history of the Telangana student movement and the people who shaped it, up to 2013.

14. Social initiatives

    Education support and more than 60 statues

    Supported underprivileged students with scholarships, financial help and materials, and personally funded more than 60 statues of historical and revolutionary personalities in villages.

15. 2026

    The Dr. Nalamasa Krishna Foundation begins its programmes

    Chaired by Smt. Nalamasa Sandhya, the foundation ran a school general knowledge competition, a state-level cricket tournament, Bahujana Bathukamma celebrations and statue work in villages.

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Osmania Velugulo

ఉస్మానియా వెలుగులో · The Telangana Student Movement. A history of the students, intellectuals, activists and people’s organisations of the Telangana movement, written after nearly a decade of research.

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