Portrait courtesy of Vasavi Clubs International
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K.C. Gupta
Freedom Fighter & Founder of the Vasavi Movement
1 September 1919 — 25 October 2001
A need was strongly felt to bring all Vysya Community to a common platform and to enable them to exchange ideas and views, and also to felicitate Arya Vysyas who were qualified as IAS, Doctors, Engineers, and Advocates, as well as those who visited foreign countries. With these modest aims and objectives, the FIRST VASAVI CLUB was started on 1 October 1961 with eleven members at Hyderabad by Late Sri Kalvakuntla Chandrasena Gupta (K.C. Gupta), Freedom Fighter — regarded as not only the Founder but also the "Father of the Vasavi Movement."
A Life of Service
1919
Born in Hyderabad
1 September 1919
1930s
Andhra Mahasabha
General Secretary for twin cities unit
1938
Satyagraha & Publishing
Active in State Congress; published histories in English, Telugu & Urdu
1939
Akhila Bharatha Vysya Yuvajana Sangham
Founded; published Ana Grandha Mala
1941–1951
Communist Party & Quit India
Served ten years; imprisoned for publishing Quit India resolutions
1942–1947
Hyderabad Vimochana Porata Samithi
Only Vysya participant; imprisoned 39 months
1961
Vasavi Club Hyderabad
Founded 1 October with eleven members — birth of the Vasavi Movement
2001
Passed away
25 October 2001, aged 82
Bio-Data
As recorded by Vasavi Clubs International
- Father's Name
- Late Kalvakuntla Ramanna Gupta
- Mother's Name
- Late Lakshmamma
- Education
- B.A. from Osmania University; LL.B.
- Spouse
- Smt. Annapurna
- Profession
- LIC Agent & Book seller
- Date of Marriage
- 18 May 1940
- Family Address
- Smt. K. Annapurna (Wife), K. Srinivas (Son) — 4-7-324, Esamia Bazar, Hyderabad – 500 027
Founded
1961
First club
Hyderabad
Members
11
Political Life
- Only Vysya to participate in Hyderabad Vimochana Porata Samithi (1942–1947), imprisoned for 39 months.
- Active member in State Congress; participated in Satyagraha in 1938.
- Participated in Congress Mahasabha as member.
- General Secretary of Andhra Mahasabha for twin cities unit in the 1930s.
- Joined the Communist Party in 1941; served the organization for 10 years in different capacities.
- Formed a Vysya freedom fighters association to publish a book on 2,000 freedom fighters from Hyderabad state in the Quit India movement.
- Imprisoned on several occasions; held in Hyderabad, Warangal, Gulbarga Central Prisons & Sangareddy Sub Jail.
Organisations Founded
- Akhila Bharatha Vysya Yuvajana Sangham (1939)
- All India Vysya Samaj
- AIVS Club
- Vasavi Club Hyderabad (1961)
- Rashtra Vysya Samsthala Samakya
Social Roles
- Hon. Superintendent of Vysya Hostel for 20 years
- Associated with many Social, Cultural, and Publishing Associations
- President, All India Vysya Freedom Fighters Association, Bihar
- Vice President, All India Vysya Federation, Delhi
Publications
- Ana Grandha Mala (1939) — sold for one ana (six paisa); banned by the Nizam Government.
- Life history of Subhash Chandra Bose (1942), including AICC Quit India resolution — imprisoned 6 months.
- Life history of Alluri Sitarama Raju in Urdu — banned by the then Government.
- Gupta Masa Patrika — monthly Vysya magazine run for 16 years.
- Many books on the history of Andhras in English, Telugu & Urdu (1938–1947).
Awards & Honours
- Tamara Patra from Government of India, presented at his residence by the Collector of Hyderabad
- Sanghasri title — All India Vysya Conference, Davanagere
- Vysya Bandhu title — Rashtra Vysya organisations federation
- Darsi Chanchaiah Award
- Felicitations from Governors of Andhra Pradesh and U.P.
- Felicitations from Central Cabinet Minister Sri Pendekanti Venkata Subbaiah
- Freedom fighter pension from the Central Government
Books Dedicated to Him
- Madhuvanam — Kaviratna Sri Neela Jangaiah
- Chandruniki Noolupogu — Kaviratna Sri Bijinepalli Lakshmi Kantham