He organized the Individual Satyagraha Movement 1940 in the District and suffered three months in the Vellore Central Jail.

During the Quit India Movement, he worked underground and later he was arrested and detained from 1942 to 1944 in the Vellore and Thanjavur Jails.

[citation needed] He exhorted the people throughout the District to organize and fight the British by any means at their disposal during the Quit India Movement, as per the famous Andhra P.C.C.

[10] When the Food Crisis struck in 1952, he invited Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and C. Rajagopalachari to Rayachoti to explain the plight of the people during the drought and see to it that relief programs were put in place.

[11] He had close ties with many Indian National Congress leaders, including the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.

[13] He was considered a part of the power center in the Andhra Pradesh Congress party due to his proximity to the then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi.

[20] On 13th Oct. 2021, as part of the Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav Department of Posts released a Special Cover/Stamp on Shri Y Adinarayana Reddy - Unsung hero of our freedom movement.

They recollected the struggle of Shri Adinarayana Reddy and reminded the present generation of their duties to upkeep the values and path shown by these eminent personalities.