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The past history of this august
community rightly and proudly displays spectacular records of monumental
victories in almost all fields of human action. The list enshrines multitudinous
towering personalities who kept aloft the proud banner of this illustrious
community by their mighty contribution like Bhadragosha, Muladeva, Varunamitra,
Pushpasri, Gotimitra, Honna, Agrasena, Pranatiraj etc. as kings in nearly eight
parts of India; Vasthupal, Vagbhatt, Bhamasha etc. as ministers, Magha,
Sitaramcharan Gupta, Jaisankar Prasad, Sripada, Hemachandra Suri, Maithilicharan
Gupta etc. as redoubtable poets, Devasuri, Uajraswamy, Hemachandrasuri etc. as
venerable peetadhipathis; Tuladar, Vairati, Kamadeva, Kalvann sreshti, Tukaram,
Vira Maharshi etc. as ardervt devotees; Lalalajpat Roy, Rammanohar Lohia, Darsi
Chenchiah etc. as rebel leaders of independent struggle; Atmuri Lakshminarasimha
Somayaji, Thumpudi Bhagavantha Gupta, Mamidi Venkatacharyulu etc. as humanist
social workers; Mohan Dharia, P.C. Sethi, Pendikanti Venkata Subbiah, Sitaram
Kesari, Krishna Kamal Goel, Satishchandra Agarwal, Santi Bhushan etc. as central
ministers; K. Rosiah, B. Gurumurii, P. Subbarama Setty etc. as state ministers;
C.B. Gupta, Mohanlal Sukhadia, Banarsidas, Veerendra Chalkesha etc. as state
Chief Ministers; A. Ranganathan Setty, P. Sriramulu, Y. Venkateswara Rao etc. as
High Court Judges; Smt. Prabhavathi Agarwal, Smt. Yasodhara Bajaj, Smt. Nagamma
Kesavamurti as lady ministers; Dr. K. Venkatramaiah, G. Lakshminarayana as
Vicechancellors; Mohanlal Sukhadia, P. Venkata Sdbbiah as Goverors; S.V. Setty
etc. as scientists; Birlas, Potedars, Dudwalas, Goenkas, Dalmias, Bangdas etc.
as industrialists etc. etc. etc.
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