Turlapaty Kutumba Rao
Indian writer
Turlapaty Kutumba Rao (1931 – 11 January 2021) was an Indian journalist and orator.[1] He was known for his journalism in the Telugu language.[2][3] He was said to have written 4,000 biographies and delivered over 16,000 public speeches which has been recorded by the Telugu Book of Records[4][5] as a world record.[2]
He was honored by the Government of India, in 2002, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri[6] making him the first journalist from the state of Andhra Pradesh to receive the award.[3]
Rao died on 11 January 2021 in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh at the age of 89.[7]
References
change- ↑ "Turlapaty Kutumba Rao". YouTube video. Chaitanya Kurada. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Telugu Times". Telugu Times. 2014. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Vivid Bharati". Google Blog. Vivid Bharati. 23 September 2013. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ "Telugu Book of Records to be released". The Hindu. 1 January 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ↑ "TBR". TBR. 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Padma Awards. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- ↑ Padma Awardee Turlapati Kutumba Rao passes away
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