Jalagam Vengala Rao
congress politician (1921–1999)
Jalagam Vengala Rao (4 May 1922 – 12 June 1999) was for much of his life a member of the Indian National Congress and was the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh which is now divided into two states, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Early life
Jalagam Vengala Rao belonged to the Padmanayaka Velama community. He was born in Soperu village, Rajam mandal, Vizianagaram district and later grew up in Bayyannagudem, Khammam district.
Career
His involvement in politics began when he was in his twenties, when he supported Congress in their campaign of armed defiance against the Nizam of Hyderabad. He was jailed for his involvement in this campaign, which was protesting the tenancy laws operating in the Telangana region. He tried and failed to be elected as an independent candidate in 1952 and the period from 1952 to that time saw him occupying the post of president for the Khammam district branch of Congress and being the first chairman of the district council. The first of his successful Assembly elections was in 1962, Rao subsequently was elected on four occasions to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh, where he represented the Sathupalli constituency of Khammam district.
Lok Sabha
He was also twice (1984, 1989)elected to the Lok Sabha - the lower house of the Parliament of India - as a representative of the Khammam district constituency.
As Home Minister
In 1968, he became State Home Minister in the state government headed by Kasu Brahmananda Reddy. Later, during his period as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, an office to which he was appointed by Indira Gandhi and held between 10 December 1973 and 6 March 1978, Rao's hallmark was his administrative efficiency.
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