<span style="color: #222222;">Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today remembered Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu, a great freedom fighter and statesman on his birth anniversary.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In a series of tweets, Mr Naidu said Pantulu served as the Chief Minister of the Madras Presidency, and subsequently became the first Chief Minister of Andhra State.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Naidu said he was an accomplished barrister and was well known for his legal acumen.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said the exemplary courage he displayed during the anti-Simon commission agitation earned him the title of 'Andhra Kesari'-the lion of Andhra.</span><br />