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Mosalikanti Thirumala Rao

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Mosalikanti Thirumala Rao
Member of Parliament
Preceded byChelikani Venkata Rama Rao
Succeeded byM. S. Sanjeevi Rao
ConstituencyKakinada constituency
Member of Constituent Assembly of India
In office
9 December 1946 – 24 January 1950
Personal details
Born29 January 1901
Pithapuram, Godavari District, Madras Presidency, British India (Now East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India)
Died1970
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseNarasubayamma Velala
Children3; 1 son and 2 daughters
Website[1]

Mosalikanti Thirumala Rao (Telugu: మొసలికంటి తిరుమలరావు) (29 January 1901 – 1970) was an Indian freedom activist and Parliament member.

Life Sketch

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He was born to Shri Bayanna Pantulu in Pithapuram, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India.

He joined Indian Independence movement on the call of Mahatma Gandhi and was jailed many times as a result of his participation.[citation needed]

He was elected president of District of East Godavari Congress Committee twice. He was Member of Central Legislative Assembly, 1937–40; Council of States. 1945–47; Constituent Assembly of India 1948–50 and Provisional Parliament, 1950–52. He was elected thrice from the Kakinada constituency for 2nd Lok Sabha,[1] 3rd Lok Sabha[2] and 4th Lok Sabha[3] as member of Indian National Congress and served the ministry.

He was Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, Government of India between 1950 and 1952. He was Lieutenant Governor of Vindhya Pradesh in 1956.

He has translated the God Speaks by Avatar Meher Baba into Telugu language.

References

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  • Thirumala Rao Mosalikanti, Luminaries of 20th Century, Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005.
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