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{{Short description|Indian lawyer, freedom fighter, and politician (1866–1948)}}
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| birth_date = 1866
| birth_place = [[Guntur]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| death_date = 1948
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| office = [[Madras Legislative Council]]
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| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = Venkata Subbamamba
| children = 6; 2 boys and 4 girls
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'''Konda Venkatappayya''' or '''Konda Venkatappaiah''' [[Bachelor of Laws|B.L.]] (1866–1948) was a noted Indian lawyer, [[Indian freedom fighter|freedom fighter]], and politician from what is now [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>[http://www.aponline.gov.in/Quick%20links/hist-cult/history_modern.html Freedom struggle, History and Culture of Andhra Pradesh in APOnline.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926211417/http://www.aponline.gov.in/quick%20links/hist-cult/history_modern.html |date=26 September 2011 }}</ref><ref>[http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr98/fe0798/PIBF0707982.html Freedom Movement in Andhra Pradesh, V. G.. Balakrishna.]</ref> He was one of the founders and the first editor of ''[[Krishna Patrika]]'', a leading weekly [[Telugu language|Telugu]] magazine during the early 20th century.

==Early life==
He was born in a [[Brahmin]] family in [[Guntur|old Guntur]] to Kotayya and Butchamma in 1866.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stoddart |first=Brian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CVITAwAAQBAJ&dq=Krishna+Patrika+founded&pg=PT24 |title=Land, Water, Language and Politics in Andhra: Regional Evolution in India Since 1850 |date=2014-03-14 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-80974-6 |language=en}}</ref> He studied at the Mission high school, Guntur, and [[Madras Christian College]]. He graduated B.L.

==Career==
Venkatappayya started practising law in [[Machilipatnam]]. After the division of the [[Krishna district]] and formation of the [[Guntur district]], he moved to Guntur.<ref>Venkatappaiah Konda, Luminaries of 20th Century, Part II, Potti Sriramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005, pp. 694-5.</ref> He was allied with the [[Mylapore clique]].

===Krisna Patrika===
He founded the ''Krishna Patrika'' in 1902 along with Dasu Narayana Rao and edited the weekly magazine till 1905. He had given the editorial responsibilities to [[Mutnuri Krishna Rao]] when he moved to Guntur.

===Indian Freedom Movement===
He left the practice and joined the Congress party. He was secretary of the first [[Andhra Mahasabha]] conference held at Bapatla in 1913 and president of the Nellore conference in 1917. He was president of Guntur district congress committee and rose to the position of secretary of All India Congress Committee in 1923. He was president of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee between 1918 and 1923. He actively participated in various activities of the Indian freedom movement and was jailed in 1930, 1932 and 1942.

He translated "The Rise of the Dutch Republic" (1856) by [[John Lothrop Motley]], into the Telugu language in 1922, while a prisoner in Cuddalore jail.<ref>[http://www.yabaluri.org/TRIVENI/CDWEB/thetriplestreamjan52.htm Deshabhakta on Himself at The Triple Stream by K. Ramakoteswara Rau.]</ref> He was drawn to the heroic saga of the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] led by [[William the Silent]] in 16th century against the Spanish. He also wrote his autobiography in two volumes. He wrote ''Adhunika Rajyanga Samsthalu'', which was published in 1932.

When [[Mahatma Gandhi]] launched the [[Civil disobedience movement]] in 1930–31, he was president of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee and in charge of the movement in the State.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-Z8OzIyGt0MC&dq=Konda+Venkatappaiah+Madras+assembly&pg=PA73 History of India by N. Jayapalam at Google books online.]</ref>

He was elected to the [[Madras Legislative Council]] from Guntur-Tenali constituency in 1937 and worked as Secretary of the Congress party.

==Family==
Venkatappayya married Venkata Subbamma. They had 6 children, four girls and two boys. Two boys and two girls died in their early life. His two daughters are Konda Buchi Laxmamma and Konda Parvathi Devi. His daughter Konda Parvathi Devi has graduated from [[Benares Hindu University]]. She was elected at Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council.<ref>Desabhakta Konda Venkatappaiah, Luminaries of Andhra Pradesh, Dr. S. Shridevi, Andhra Pradesh Sahithya Akademi, Hyderabad, 1976, pp: 42-50.</ref> She has donated the "Desa Bhakta Bhawan" to Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti in the year 1987.<ref>[http://www.nliguntur.org/aboutnli.html Navodaya Leadership Institute, Guntur]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It has a historical monument and leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Annie Besant, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Patel and others stayed in this building during [[Indian freedom movement]].

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://archive.org/details/adhunikarajyanga025633mbp Full Text of Adhunika Rajyanga Samsthalu (1932) in Telugu by Konda Venkatappayya] at [[Internet Archives]].

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