Kotha Raghuramaiah

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Kotha Raghuramaiah was born in 1912 to Kotha Jagannadham and Kotamma in Sangam Jagarlamudi in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, South India. His father's family were well-known landlords in Sangam Jagarlamudi and nearby villages. His father Kotha Jagannadham was a great philanthropist who used to help the families during famine and floods. His elder brother Kotha Venkaiah was a chief engineer in Kakinada. His younger brother Dr. Venkata Krishna Rao was a well known doctor in Tenali. He had two brothers and six sisters. One of his sisters Annapurnamma was married to Koneru Basavaiah, who was a big landlord and great philanthropist of his times in Tenali taluk. Kotha Raghramaiah studied Bar-at-Law in United Kingdom and joined as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Law, Government of India. He was married to Lakshmi Narayanamma Jampala in 1936. He relinquished the job to enter active politics in 1949. He was elected to the Indian Parliament from Tenali and Guntur constituencies. He served as a Union cabinet minister of Defense, Civil Supplies, Petroleum and Chemicals and Parliamentary Affairs during his illustrious career^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]