N. V. Rama Rao
Neerukonda Venkata Rama Rao (died May 4, 1955) was an Indian politician.
Rao participated in the salt satyagraha at the age of 16.[1] He was an active member of the Indian National Congress, but broke with the party in 1951 and joined the Krishikar Lok Party.[1] Rao won one of the two Burugupudi seats in the 1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election, obtaining 54% of the votes.[1][2][3] When the KLP merged with the Congress Party, Rao again became a Congress member.[1]
On March 28, 1955 he sworn in as Minister of Agriculture and Forestsin the Andhra State cabinet of B. Gopala Reddy.[1][4] He was unable to attend the first session of the Andhra State Legislative Assembly, as he had fallen ill during a visit to Madras.[1] He died from heart problems at Madras General Hospital on May 4, 1955, at the age of 41.[4][5][1] Following his death, a by-election was held in which Congress candidate Neerukonda Venkatarathnam was elected unopposed.[6][7][2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g Asian Recorder. K. K. Thomas at Recorder Press. 1955. pp. 104, 204.
- ^ a b Margaret Welpley Fisher; Joan Valérie Bondurant (1956). The Indian experience with democratic elections. University of California. p. 4.
- ^ Andhra Pradesh (India) (1979). Andhra Pradesh District Gazetteers: East Godavari. Director of Print. and Stationery at the Government Secretariat Press. p. 422.
- ^ a b A. Moin Zaidi (1990). The Story of Congress Pilgrimage: 1940-1955. Indian Institute of Applied Political Research. p. 409. ISBN 9788185355467.
- ^ Indian Recorder & Digest. 1955. p. 27.
- ^ Election Commission of India. Bye-election results 1952-95 Archived 11 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Asian Recorder, Vol. 1. 1955. p. 326.