Tanguturi Prakasam

Tanguturi Prakasam
T. Prakasam commemorative stamp
1st Chief Minister of Andhra State
In office 1 October 1953 – 15 November 1954
Governor	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
Deputy	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Preceded by	Office established (C. Rajagopalachari as Chief Minister of Madras State)
Succeeded by	President's rule
3rd Prime Minister of Madras Presidency
In office 30 April 1946 – 23 March 1947
Governor	Henry Foley Knight Archibald Nye
Preceded by	Governor's rule
Succeeded by	O. P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar
Personal details
Born	Tanguturi Prakasam (1872-08-23)23 August 1872 Vinodarayunipalem, Madras Presidency, British India (now Andhra Pradesh, India)
Died	20 May 1957(1957-05-20) (aged 84) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India (now Telangana, India)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Hanumayamma
Profession	Freedom Fighter Lawyer Politician Writer Statesman
Nickname	Andhra Kesari

Tanguturi Prakasam popularly known as Prakasam Pantulu (23 August 1872 – 20 May 1957), was an Indian jurist, political leader, social reformer, and anti-colonial nationalist who served as the Prime Minister of the Madras Presidency. Prakasam subsequently became the first chief minister of the erstwhile Andhra State, created by the partition of Madras State along the linguistic lines. Prakasam was known as "Andhra Kesari" which translates to "Lion of Andhra". The Andhra Pradesh government issued G.O RT-2500 on 10 August 2014 declaring his birth anniversary a State holiday.^[1]