Madapati Hanumantha Rao | |
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Andhra Pradesh Legislative council | |
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Born | Pokkunuru, Nandigama Taluk, Krishna district | January 22, 1885
Died | November 11, 1970 | (aged 85)
Madapati Hanumantha Rao (22 January 1885 – 11 November 1970) was an Indian statesman, poet and a short-story writer. He was the first Mayor of Hyderabad from 1951 to 1954. He is also a Padma Bhushan recipient.
He helped to found the Andhra Mahasabha. He came to be called the Andhra Pitamaha.[citation needed]
He was a member of the Senate and Syndicate of Osmania University.[1]
He held political meetings outside the limits of the Hyderabad state.[citation needed] The first Hyderabad political conference was held in Kakinada in 1923,[2] due to the initiative taken by M. Hanumantha Rao.