Tagaduru Ramachandra Rao (Aged 91) was born in 1898 in Mysore, Karnataka, India. He was a veteran freedom fighter and social activist from Karnataka (erstwhile Mysore state). He is noted as the founder of Swarajya Mandir and Satyagraha Ashram at Tagadur village in Mysore district in 1921. Ramachandra Rao was born in a Halenadu Karnataka Brahmin family in a place called Tagaduru, which is in Nanjangud Taluk of Mysore district.
Although his ancestors were once affluent zamindars, by the time Ramachandra Rao became a young boy, the family property was considerably reduced. Ramachandra Rao was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and deeply influenced by the Satyagraha movement. He was called the “Father of Political Unrest” in princely Mysore.
Ramachandra Rao was arrested for opposing the visit of the Simon Commission to India in 1928 and became the first political prisoner in Mysore State. He was popularly known as Mysore Gandhi. In 1925, Ramachandra Rao founded the Khaddar Sahakara Sangha. Due to his influence and efforts, Mahatma Gandhi visited Mysore State in 1932 and visited Tagadur and a nearby village called Badanavalu village in Nanjangud Taluk of Mysore district. He passed away in 1989.
Tagaduru Ramachandra Rao
(1898 – 1989) – (Karnataka)
Tagaduru Ramachandra Rao (Aged 91) was born in 1898 in Mysore, Karnataka, India. He was a veteran freedom fighter and social activist from Karnataka (erstwhile Mysore state). He is noted as the founder of Swarajya Mandir and Satyagraha Ashram at Tagadur village in Mysore district in 1921. Ramachandra Rao was born in a Halenadu Karnataka Brahmin family in a place called Tagaduru, which is in Nanjangud Taluk of Mysore district.
Although his ancestors were once affluent zamindars, by the time Ramachandra Rao became a young boy, the family property was considerably reduced. Ramachandra Rao was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and deeply influenced by the Satyagraha movement. He was called the “Father of Political Unrest” in princely Mysore.
Ramachandra Rao was arrested for opposing the visit of the Simon Commission to India in 1928 and became the first political prisoner in Mysore State. He was popularly known as Mysore Gandhi. In 1925, Ramachandra Rao founded the Khaddar Sahakara Sangha. Due to his influence and efforts, Mahatma Gandhi visited Mysore State in 1932 and visited Tagadur and a nearby village called Badanavalu village in Nanjangud Taluk of Mysore district. He passed away in 1989.
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