Prajashakthi Publishing House

“Prajashakthi Publishing Book House” was started in Vijayawada in 1942, along with “Prajashakthi newspaper”, an official journal of the then undivided communist party of India(C.P.I). Then onwards, the publishing house has been publishing several books.

In 1944, it published auto-biography and other works of Kandukuri Veeresha Lingam, an eminent social reformer. Later, it published “Mutyala Saralu” and other works of Gurujada Venkata Appa Rao, an eminent dramatist and poet in Telugu. In 1945, it published biography of Gidugu Ramamurthy Panthulu, written by his son. Later, it published books of famous writers like Koku(Kondavaganti Kutumba Rao), Chaso and Bollimuntha Shivarama Krishna. However, its activities were completely disturbed after 1948 because of the then political scenario and the book house remained completely inactive for a long time.

In 1960s, a publishing house by name “Marxist Pracharanalu” was established as a successive organization of “Prajashakthi Publishing House”. It published several social and theoretical books for 10 years. “Veera Telangana_Viplava Poratam (Revolutinary war of Telangana and its lessons) by Comrade Puchhalapalli Sundarayya, an eminent communist leader, “Stalin Yugam(The era of Stalin)”, written by Mootoru Hanumantha Rao and “Telangana Sayudha poratam, Vasthavalu(Armour war of Telangana and facts)”, written by Comrade Basava Punnaiah, are some of the books published by the published house.

In 1977, the publishing house was shifted to Eluru road(present day Karl Marx road), from Prajashakthi news paper office. New premises of the publishing house was inaugurated by Comrade Puchhalapalli Sundarayya. At the same time, the book house was renamed after “Prajashakthi book house” by Comrade. Bommareddy Venkateswara Rao, a senior journalist in “Prajashakthi News Paper”.

Hyderabad branch was started in 1994.

Hanumakonda branch was started in 1996.

Tirupathi branch was started in 1997.

Nalgonda branch was started in 1998.

Gunturu branch was started in 2002.

The book house developed rapidly after 1990’s. Nowadays, it publish 100 books a year. It also started publishing English books from 2002. It also conducts various books exhibitions in various districts and literary meetings in Hyderabad to promote progressive literature among readers.