Missula Suryanarayana Murti
| M. S. Murti | |
|---|---|
| Parliament (Lok Sabha MP) | |
|
In office 13 years | |
| Constituency | Anakapalli |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 February 1911 Kondakarla, Visakhapatnam district |
| Died |
August 1973 KGH, Visakhapatnam |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Subadra Annapurna Devi |
| Children | 6; 4 sons (MALLIKHARJUNA RAO, VENKATA MOHANA RAO, BHAVANI SHANKAR NEHRU, SURYA NARAYANA) and 2 daughters |
| Residence | BRAHMANA VEEDHI, KONDAKARLA VILLAGE, ATCHUTAPURAM MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM, A.P. |
| Religion | Hindu |
Missula Suryanarayana Murti (born 1911) B.Sc. was an Indian politician and Member of Parliament.
Life
Murti was born to Shri Venkanna at Kondakarla in Brahmin family. He married Shrimati M. S. Annapurna Devi on 29 May 1929. They had 6 children, 4 sons and 2 daughters.
He has 4 grandsons, namely Mvs Murthy s/o MM Rao, Vijaya Ram S/o MVM Rao, Missula Venkata Aditya Rohini Krishna S/O M.Surya Narayana and Missula Jagath Vallabhai S/O M. Surya Narayana, who all abide in Visakhapatnam. After Some years, Kartik and Meghana were born to MVS Murthy and M Shanti.
His last grandson JAGATH VALLABHAI MISSULA Post graduated from NIT, Bhopal and worked at IIT Hyderabad and GITAM UNIVERSITY, VISAKHAPATNAM. His journal articles were published in IJECCE and IJERA JOURNALS. At present he is pursuing Ph.D from IIT Guwahati.
Career
Murthi graduated with a B.SC. in Chemistry and researched activated carbon from agricultural refuse and sugar technology while working in the sugar plant located near Anakapalli.
He was a member of Pradesh Congress Committee after 1945. He was president of Visakhapatnam District Congress Committee from 1942 to 1946 and from 1953 to 1957.
He was elected to the 2nd Lok Sabha from Golugonda Constituency in 1957 and 3rd Lok Sabha and 4th Lok Sabha from Anakapalli constituency in 1962 and 1967 respectively as a member of Indian National Congress.
Surprisingly, even though he was elected repeatedly, he lived in a hut till the end of his life. He sold most of his inheritance for the sake of servicing others.
Before entering into politics, he was the President of Kondakarla, Atchutapuaram Mandal.
He established development techniques including Harijan (outcaste) development and a cooperative society in his Kondakarla for educating deprived students.
He wore Khadi clothes his entire life.