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  Nadipudi, India
Died	28 March 1959
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 Nadipudi, East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh on 7 July 1900^[1] to Kala Lakshminarayana and Kala Lakshmi Somidevi at Mukkamala, Ambajipeta Mandal in Konaseema region of Andhra Pradesh.

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.

Death

He died while he was still in office of Ministry of Revenue and Land Reforms on 28 March 1959.

Offices held

See also

• Madras Presidency legislative assembly election, 1946
• Madras State legislative assembly election, 1952
• Bouloussou Soubramanion Sastroulou

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.