 The birth centenary celebrations of Dr. Burgula Ramakrishna Rao were held under the auspices of the Government of Andhra Pradesh from 13 March 1999 to 13 March 2000.Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, inaugurated the centenary celebrations, and a commemoration stamp of this great leader was released by the Department of Posts, Government of India, on 13 March 2000.The Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, released the biography of this great leader on 31 August 1999 at Raj Bhavan, Hyderabad.