Dubagunta rosamma biography of william

Dubagunta Rosamma, the woman who was responsible for enforcement of total prohibition in undivided Andhra Pradesh in the mid 90s through her sustained mass movement, died of prolonged illness on Sunday at the age 0f

She was suffering from kidney failure for over two years and was completely bedridden for the last two months.

Rosamma’s surname is Vardhineni.

But, she became popular as Dubagunta Rosamma as she had launched the movement from her native Dubagunta village in Her movement had hit the headlines of national media and was highlighted across the world.

The movement began on a small scale when Rosamma organised a meeting of those who had drunkards in their families and were suffering because of that.

Rosamma herself had been a victim of the social evil.

Her husband had died of alcoholism when her two sons were young, and when they grew up they too succumbed to the addiction and died.

She drew inspiration from an adult literacy c