Belonging to the last generation of those who took part in the freedom movement, veteran freedom fighter Rupakula Visalakshi breathed her last on Thursday.
94-year-old Visalakshi passed away at the nature cure hospital in Visakhapatnam where she had been undergoing treatment for some time. As said in the reports, she is survived by a son and two daughter.
According to the information available, Visalakshi was born in Maharanipeta in the city.
She joined the freedom struggle as a child along with her father Sishtla Dakshinamurthy, husband Subrahmanyam and father-in-law Ramakrishnaiah. She actively took part in the Salt Satyagraha and Quit India agitation. She was arrested and served in prisons at Rajahmundry and Bellary.
