Govt Highs School for Boys (Training College), Rajahmundry

Independence movement and Rajahmundry:
1885 - 1905:
Indian National Congress conducted its first meeting in the year 1885 in Bombay(Now Mumbai). Mr.Nyapathi Subba Rao and Mr.Kandukuri Veeresalingam were the important person from Rajahmundry. Mr.Subba Rao was the first president of Rajahmundry Bar Association which was established in the year 1895. He was the founder of "Hindu Samaj" in Rajahmundry. He was also one of the six founders of the Englishdaily "The Hindu" at Madras(Now Chennai). He was the secretary of Congress comittee of AP in 1915-1916. He was the leader of the team who met Montague for the formation of AP as a separate state.
The first person to state after Mr.Subba Rao is Mr.Mocharla Ramachandra Rao who worked as Junior with Mr.Subbarao.He worked as Rajahmundry Muncipal Chairman for 2 yrs. Rajahmundry Municipality is the oldest Muncipality in AP. It used to have an annual income of 50,000/- to 60,000/- during 1899.
Some Memorable years in the Rajahmundry History :
1867 - Establishment of Sub-collector's office.
1885 - Establishment of Secondary grade college.
1893 - Railroad construction between Rajahmundry and Vijayawada.
1894 - Establishment of Govt Training college
1898 - Establishment of Gowtami Grandhalayam(Library) by Mr.NalamKrishna Rao and Vaddadi Subbaraidu.



Vandaemataram Movement - Rajahmundry :

Vandaemataram movement was started in the year 1905 against the partition of Bengal. During this period Rajahmundry was famous for Homerule movement. Those days Bipin chandra paul travelled all over Andhra Pradesh for canvassing of this movement. He visited Rajahmundry in April, 1905 for the same. During his visit from April 19, 20, 21 in 1907 he was accompanied by Mr.Mutnuri Krishna Rao. During his visits to Rajahmundry he used to address the public in "PaulChowk"(the present Kotipalli Bustand).