Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu (23 August 1872 – 20 May 1957) was an Indian politician and freedom fighter, chief minister of the Madras Presidency, and subsequently became the first chief minister of the new Andhra state, created by the partition of Madras State along linguistic lines. He was also known as Andhra Kesari (literally, the "Lion of Andhra"). The Andhrapradesh government issued G.O on 10 August 2014 declaring his Birth Anniversary as state festival.