Kasinathuni Nageswara Rao

Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao
A postage stamp of Nageswara Rao Kasinadhuni
Born	Yelakurru, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Died	11 April 1938
Nationality	Indian (Telugu)
Other names	Nageswara Rao Pantulu Garu
Occupation	Entrepreneur, Journalist, Publisher, Politician, Nationalist, Theologian, Social Reformer
Title	Desoddhaaraka, Desabandhu, Viswadatha, Kalaprapoorna

Kasinadhuni Nageswararao, better known as Nageswara Rao Pantulu, was an Indian, journalist, nationalist, politician, and a staunch supporter of Khaddar movement.

He participated in the Indian independence movement and in the Indian National Congress party, including Mahatma Gandhi’s civil disobedience movement through salt satyagraha.

He was conferred with the title Desabandhu (uplifter of the masses) by the people of Andhra Pradesh. In 1935, the Andhra University honoured him with Kalaprapoorna, an honorary doctorate of Literature.

Nageswararao Kasinadhuni, popularly known as Nageswararao Pantulu Garu, was born on 1 May 1867 in Elakurru village, Pamarru mandal in Krishna district of Andhra to a Brahmin couple, Bucchaiah and Syamalamba.

He received his early education in his native place and later at Machilipatnam. He graduated from Madras Christian College in 1891.Kandukuri Veeresalingam’s articles in Vivekavardhini journal influenced him.

After a brief stint in business in Madras, he went to Calcutta to work in an apothecary business for some time. Later, he went to Bombay to work in an office. But, he was restless and interested in starting his own business. He founded Amrutanjan Limited in 1893 and invented Amrutanjan pain balm, which soon became a very popular medicine and made him a millionaire.