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Monday, March 14, 2011

Statues On Tank Bund Demolished

Tankbund road on 12th march in hyd


In a stunning act of vandalism, the "Million March" in Hyderabad resulted in Telangana activists demolishing the statues of Telugu icons on Tank Bund.

Statues On Tank Bund Demolished - Hyderabad News on fullhyd.com,10th Mar, 2011:
The 12 statues damaged were those of of Krishnadevaraya, Sir Arthur Cotton, Tallapaka Annamacharya, Kandukuri Veeresalingam Panthulu, Gurajada Appa Rao, Yerrapragada, Raghupati Venkatratnam Naidu, Siddhendrayogi, Brahma Naidu, Mutnuri Krishna Rao, Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Chaudhari and Bellary Raghava. Other statues desecrated were those of Shalivahana, Nannaya Bhattaraka, Vemana, Kshetrayya, Sri Sri, Jashua and C R Reddy.
On the same shelf:
A vandalised statue on Tank Bund in Hyderabad after the Telangana activists let loose mayhem during the
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  • Telangana issue: ‘Million march' cripples city life
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  • Tv9 - Statue destruction represents the death of our self-respect - Lagadapati
  • March 10 ‘dark day' in history
  • Row over re-installation of demolished statues of Telugu icons
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