Kala Venkata Rao

Kala Venkata Rao
Minister of Revenue of Madras Presidency
In office
23 March 1947 – 24 January 1949
Preceded by K. Koti Reddi
Succeeded by H. Sitarama Reddi
Personal details
Born 7 July 1900
 Mukkamala, India
Died  
Nationality Indian

Kala Venkata Rao (1900–1959) was freedom fighter, politician in Andhra Pradesh, India. He was former Vice-President and General Secretary of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC).

Birth

He was born in Mukkamala, East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh on 7 July 1900[1] to Kala Lakshminarayana and Kala Lakshmi Somidevi.

Education

He had his primary education at his native place Mukkamala and secondary education at Middle School, Pulletikurru and Board High School, Amalapuram. He joined intermediate class in Maharajah's College, Vizianagaram. He passed Intermediate and joined B.A. in the same college during the academic year 1919-20. But he was sent out of college as he happened to be ring-leader of anti-British feelings in the college. Thereupon he joined senior B.A. class at Noble College, Machilipatnam. Those were the days of non-cooperation movement. When Mahatma Gandhi gave a call for boycott of the law courts, educational institutions and legislative bodies, Kala Venkata Rao who was bubbling with patriotic enthusiasm responded to this call; gave up his studies and jumped into the fray.

Marriage

He married Rajeswaramma daughter of Duvvuri Venkateswarulu, then Village munsif of Mukkamala on 20 April 1914. His father-in-law was a great patriot, philanthropist and gentleman.

Politics

He was a freedom fighter and joined the Indian National Congress. He held cabinet ministries during tenures of Omandur Ramaswamy Reddiar and Kumaraswamy Raja. He was even also a member of Indian Constituent Assembly elected from Madras Presidency. He was member of 7-member Partition Committee which was set up on 7 December 1949 by then Madras Government for the carvation of Andhra State out of Madras State. The committee was set up under the Chairmanship of Kumaraswamy Raja, the then Chief Minister of Madras Presidency, wherein Andhra was represented by other members along with him such as Tanguturi Prakasam, Bezawada Gopala Reddy and Neelam Sanjiva Reddy.

Offices held

Government offices
Preceded by
K. Koti Reddi		 Minister of Revenue of Madras Presidency[2]
23 March 1947 – 24 January 1949 		Succeeded by
H. Sitarama Reddi
Preceded by
A. B. Shetty		 Minister of Health of Madras State
26 September 1951 – 9 April 1952 		Succeeded by
A. B. Shetty
Preceded by
Post Created		 Minister of Land Reforms of Andhra Pradesh
11 November 1956 – 28 March 1959 		Succeeded by
Post Ceased
Preceded by
Post Created		 Minister of Finance of Andhra Pradesh
11 November 1956 – 16 April 1957 		Succeeded by
Bezawada Gopala Reddy
Preceded by
Post Created		 Minister of Revenue of Andhra Pradesh
17 April 1957 – 28 March 1959 		Succeeded by
K. V. Ranga Reddy
Preceded by
-		 General Secretary of Indian National Congress
January 1949–September 1951 		Succeeded by
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See also

References

  1. ↑ http://dspace.vidyanidhi.org.in:8080/dspace/bitstream/2009/4764/6/AND-1996-041-5.pdf
  2. ↑ Justice Party golden jubilee souvenir, 1968 - Google Boeken. Books.google.com. 5 June 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
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