Amaravati, March 7 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will unveil a 58-foot bronze statue of Potti Sriramulu here on March 16, marking the leader's 125th birth anniversary.
Sriramulu had undertaken an indefinite fast demanding the creation of a separate Telugu state from the then Madras state.
He died on December 15, 1952, after fasting for 58 days, a sacrifice that led to the creation of the Andhra state.
"On the 125th birth anniversary of Potti Sriramulu on March 16, Chief Minister Chandrababu will unveil his bronze statue," said Minister S Savitha in an official release.
The statue, to be called the 'Statue of Sacrifice', will be installed on a 6.8-acre plot in the Greenfield capital city of Amaravati.
Savitha inspected the statue at Thulluru village in Amaravati today.