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Vegunta Mohan Prasad
Vegunta Mohan Prasad, (5 January 1942 – 3 August 2011) was a Telugu poet, critic, translator and writer. He was known by his pen name 'Mo'. Personal life and career Mohan Prasad was born in Lam, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh. He completed schooling in Andhra Pradesh and graduated with a B.A from the Andhra Christian College, Guntur. He obtained his Master of Arts in English from the Banaras Hindu University and PGDTE from Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages (CIEFL). In 1967, he married Sujata, the daughter of Bondalapati Sivaramakrishna and Sakuntala Devi of Desi Kavita Mandali. Mo taught English literature as a profession. He was the Head of the Department of English in P. B. Siddhartha College of Arts and Science in Vijayawada. Mo had deep interest in literature and upon his retirement, he took up the role of Director of Anusrijana, the translation wing of Dravidian University, where he organized translations of about a hundred classic works from regiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh
Guntur district is one of the twenty six districts in the Coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative seat of the district is located at Guntur, the largest city of the district in terms of area and with a population of 670,073. It has a coastline of approximately on the right bank of Krishna River, that separates it from Krishna district and NTR district. It is bounded on the south by Bapatla district and on the west by Palnadu district. It has an area of and with a population of 20,91,075 as per 2011 census of India. The district is often referred to as the ''Land of Chillies''. It is also a major centre for agriculture, education and learning. It exports large quantities of chillies and tobacco. Etymology The district derives its name from its district headquarters, Guntur. There are several opinions on the meaning and origin of the word Guntur. The word owes its origin to words like gundu (a rock), gunta (a pond) and kunta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahidhara Rammohan Rao
Mahidhara Rammohana Rao was an Indian writer from Andhra Pradesh. His Telugu book ''Kollayi Gattitenemi?''(What if he wears loin cloth only?) written in early 1960s won Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Academy award in 1969. The story of the book revolves around Congress lead Indian Independence movement. This book is translated into English with the title ''Swarajyam'' by Vegunta Mohan Prasad. He worked as a Sub-editor for the Andhra Communist Party mouthpiece Visalandhra in 1960s. His son Mahidhara Nalini Mohan is also a writer. Personal life Rammohan Rao was born on 1 November 1909 in Munganda, East Godavari district of Madra Presidency. He was born in a highly orthodox brahmin family though this father Mahidhara Surya Narayana was a follower of Brahmo Samaj. Surya Narayana named his eldest son after a famous social reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy. He started going to school from the age of 5 years. Inspired by revolutionary spirit of his family, at the age of 10 Mahidhara abandoned his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Indian Poets
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People From Guntur District
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Telugu Poets
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Poets From Andhra Pradesh
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Writers From Vijayawada
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2011 Deaths
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1942 Births
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Arunachal Front
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Dainik Jagran
''Dainik Jagran'' ( Hi:दैनिक जागरन , , ) is an Indian Hindi language daily newspaper. It was ranked 5th in the world and 2nd in India by circulation in 2016. In 2019 Quarter 4, according to Indian Readership Survey, Dainik Jagran reported a total readership of 6.86 crore (68.6 million) and was the top publication. It is owned by Jagran Prakashan Limited, a publishing house listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India. History Origins ''Dainik Jagran'' was established in Jhansi, a district town in United Provinces (later renamed Uttar Pradesh), by Puranchand Gupta and first published in 1942. Prior to this, Gupta was worked as the managing editor of a local magazine since 1939 and would frequently visit Bombay to secure advertisements to publish in the magazine, which gave him the required connections and confidence to start a daily newspaper. However, soon after its establishment, the newspaper suspended its publication ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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