Kala Venkata Rao (Aged 58) was born on 7 July 1900, Mukkamala, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India. He was Indian independence activist and politician, served as the Minister for Revenue in the governments of the Madras Presidency and Andhra Pradesh, as well as the Minister of Finance in the latter. A member of the Indian National Congress, Rao served as vice-president and general secretary of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) between 1939 and 1946.
He also served as general secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) between 1949 and 1951. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy recognized his role in the independence movement and called him the “Dronacharya” of the Andhra movement struggle.
Rao joined the senior B.A. class at Noble College, Machilipatnam during the non-cooperation movement. Responding to Mahatma Gandhi’s call for boycott of the law courts, educational institutions, and legislative bodies, Rao, who was bubbling with patriotic enthusiasm, gave up his studies and jumped into the fray.
He held cabinet ministries during the tenures of Omandur Ramaswamy Reddiar and Kumaraswamy Raja. He then got elected as an M.L.A. from the nearby Kothapeta constituency in the 1953 election. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha, M. A. Ayyangar, called Rao “one of the stalwart statesmen of Andhra Pradesh” while paying homage to him. He passed away by 28 March 1959, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Kala Venkata Rao
(1900 – 1959) – (Andhra Pradesh)
Kala Venkata Rao (Aged 58) was born on 7 July 1900, Mukkamala, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India. He was Indian independence activist and politician, served as the Minister for Revenue in the governments of the Madras Presidency and Andhra Pradesh, as well as the Minister of Finance in the latter. A member of the Indian National Congress, Rao served as vice-president and general secretary of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) between 1939 and 1946.
He also served as general secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) between 1949 and 1951. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy recognized his role in the independence movement and called him the “Dronacharya” of the Andhra movement struggle.
Rao joined the senior B.A. class at Noble College, Machilipatnam during the non-cooperation movement. Responding to Mahatma Gandhi’s call for boycott of the law courts, educational institutions, and legislative bodies, Rao, who was bubbling with patriotic enthusiasm, gave up his studies and jumped into the fray.
He held cabinet ministries during the tenures of Omandur Ramaswamy Reddiar and Kumaraswamy Raja. He then got elected as an M.L.A. from the nearby Kothapeta constituency in the 1953 election. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha, M. A. Ayyangar, called Rao “one of the stalwart statesmen of Andhra Pradesh” while paying homage to him. He passed away by 28 March 1959, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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