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Sadanand lived with Mahatma Gandhiji
for six months in Wardha, when he was 19. Afterwards, he
returned to his native and studied Sanskrit, Hindi and
other subjects for one year and his uncles as his teacher.
He participated in the Quit India Movement in 1942 and was
imprisoned for 6 months and kept in Alipuram jail.
After his return from the jail, he worked with Dr.
Pattabhi Sitaramayya, for the AICC, Machilipatnam. Later
on he started his own monthly journal and came to Madras
and joined Andhra Patrika as a Journalist. He resigned
from Andhra Patrika in 1947 and joined as personal staff
of Mr.B. Gopala Reddy, the then Finance Minister of the
Madras Presidency. After three years he started
bookselling with the help of Mr.DAVID GREEN of the
MACMILLANS. He opened his bookstore in 1953 called THE
PERSONAL BOOKSHOP at the Congress Buildings, where the
showroom is located. Till 1977 he was importing Science
and Technical Books and was supplying to various libraries
all over India. He started his own publishing unit in 1977
called SAMATA BOOKS and so far published 26 titles of
which "COMPLETE WORKS OF ADI-SANKARACHAYA" in the Original
Sanskrit in 10 Volumes is a Masterpiece.
V.Krishna s/o Late Shri.Sadanand, is now the CEO of Samata Books
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