Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu
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Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu was the son of Former Maire de Yanaon, Kamichetty Venugopala Rao Naidu and Kamichetty Savithiry. He was an undisputed leader until his death in Yanam after his father. He was never defeated throughout his political carrier. He was MLA of Yanam from 1964 till 1989 (until his death). he holded the constituency as his pocket borough without facing any challenge in winning the seat consecutively in 1964 (INC), 1969 (IND), 1974 (IND), 1977 (JP), 1980 (IND) and in 1985 (INC).
As long as he was alive he contested without break from the first elections held in 1964 as per Representation of People Act for the territorial Assembly after de jure merger of Pondicherry with Indian Union. He contested most of the time as an Independent. Kamichetty was Speaker of the Assembly after his elections in 1985. He died while holding office.
He was very honest and bold politicians Pondicherry union territory ever had. The glory of Family of Kamichetty which reached its zenith in his tenure ended with his death.
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| Preceded by: N.A |
Membre du assemblée réprésentative de Yanaon 27 October 1946 - 13 June 1954 |
Succeeded by: defunct (de facto transfer to Indian Union) |
| Preceded by: New appointment |
MLA of Yanam (India) 27 November 1963–19 January 1989 |
Succeeded by: Raksha Harikrishna |
| Preceded by: New appointment |
Deputy Speaker of Pondichéry 27 November 1963–24 August 1964 |
Succeeded by: Vanmeri Nadeyi Purushothaman |
| Preceded by: M.L.Selvaradjou |
Deputy Speaker of Pondichéry 5 April 1972 –2 January 1974 |
Succeeded by: President's rule (3 January 1974 to 6 March 1974) |
| Preceded by: M.O.H.Farook |
Speaker of Pondichéry 27 March 1985 –19 January 1989 |
Succeeded by: M. Chandirakasu |
