Turlapaty Kutumba Rao (1933 – 2021) was an Indian journalist and orator, known for his service to journalism in Telugu language.
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He is reported to have written over 4000 biographies and delivered over 16000 public speeches which has been recorded by the Telugu Book of Records as a world record.
He was a secretary to T. Prakasham, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and was known to have mooted the idea of demarcating states on the basis of language in 1947, when India became independent.
He was a recipient of the title of Guardian of Telugu from C. Rajagopalachari, then Governor of Andhra Pradesh.
He was honored in 2002, with the Padma Shri making him the first journalist from the state of Andhra Pradesh to receive the award.
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