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[[File:Statue of Kakani Venkata Ratnam at Akunuru Village, Krishna District, A.P.jpg|right|thumb|Commemorating Statue of Kakani Venkata Ratnam at his native village Akunuru of [[Krishna District]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]]]]<br />
'''Kakani Venkata Ratnam''' was a former cabinet [[Minister (government)|minister]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]] in [[India]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/16/stories/2004031606240300.htm|title= Aspirants beware! Voters tilt the scales here | location=Chennai, India |work=[[The Hindu]]|date=16 March 2004}}<br>- {{cite news|url=http://www.andhracafe.com/index.php?m=show&id=16085|title="Jai Andhra" now in momentum|website=Andhra Cafe|date=26 December 2006|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707141302/http://www.andhracafe.com/index.php?m=show&id=16085|archivedate=7 July 2011|accessdate=15 April 2021}}</ref> <br />
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==Life==<br />
He was born in Akunuru, [[Krishna district]] of Andhra Pradesh,{{cn|date=August 2013}}, where he was educated up to primary level. He learned Sanskrit and Hindi languages from a tutor at a neighbouring village, Kunderu. He was attracted to the then freedom struggle movement started by [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. As a student youth leader he mobilised youth to join the movement along with others including Pidikiti Madhava Rao, Rebala Buchi Ramaiah Shresty, Kalapala Surya Prakash Rao and Peta Brahmaiah. They organised a meeting at Vijayawada in 1923 which was addressed by Gandhi and later the place was named Gandhi Nagar municipal grounds. He worked in support of the Khadi movement too. Gandhi also visited Akunuru and spent the night he spent at Vuyyuru. Ratnam accompanied Gandhi in his tour programme which stretched up to Mudunuru. Gradually, he became a popular Congress leader and chairman of the Krishna district Congress committee for a long duration.{{fact|date=October 2018}}<br />
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He died of a heart attack on 25 December 1972 at the height of the [[1972 Jai Andhra movement|Jai Andhra]] movement. His sudden death subsided the Jai Andhra movement.<ref>Lucien D. Benichou, ''From Autocracy to Integration: Political Developments in Hyderabad State, 1938-1948'' (Orient Longman, 2000), p. 282.</ref><br />
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There is a statue commemorating Ratnam in the Benz circle of [[Vijayawada]]. There is also a library in his name in Vijayawada on Bandar Road and a marriage function hall in Hanuman Junction. His also has statues in [[Visakhapatnam|Vizag]] and the [[Tanuku]] Andhra Sugar factory.{{fact|date=October 2018}}<br />
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His death was on the same day as India's ex-president C. Rajagaoplachary's. His death ceremony was performed with state rituals attended by the then prime minister and other national leaders.{{fact|date=October 2018}}<br />
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