Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu (23 August 1872 – 20 May 1957) was an Indian politician and freedom fighter,
chief minister of the
Madras Presidency, and subsequently became the first chief minister of the new
Andhra state, created by the partition of
Madras State along linguistic lines. He was also known as
Andhra Kesari (literally, the "Lion of Andhra"). The Andhra Pradesh government issued G.O on 10 August 2014 declaring his birth anniversary a state festival.