| Kala Venkata Rao | |
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| Minister of Revenue of Madras Presidency | |
| In office March 23, 1947 – January 24, 1949 |
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| Preceded by | K. Koti Reddi |
| Succeeded by | H. Sitarama Reddi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7th July 1900 Nadipudi, India |
| Died | March 28, 1959 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Religion | Hindu |
Kala Venkata Rao (Telugu: కళా వెంకటరావు) (1900–1959) was freedom fighter, politician in Andhra Pradesh, India. He was former Vice-President and General Secretary of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC).
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He was born in Nadipudi, West Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh on 7 July 1900[1] to Kala Lakshminarayana and Kala Lakshmi Somidevi at Mukkamala, Ambajipeta Mandal in Konaseema region of Andhra Pradesh.
He had his primary education at his native place Mukkamala and secondary education at Middle School, Pulletikurru and Board High School, Amalapuram. He joined intermediate class in Maharajah's College, Vizianagaram. He passed Intermediate and joined B.A. in the same college during the academic year 1919-20. But he was sent out of college as he happened to be ring-leader of anti-British feelings in the college. Thereupon he joined senior B.A. class at Noble College, Machilipatnam. Those were the days of non-cooperation movement. When Mahatma Gandhi gave a call for boycott of the law courts, educational institutions and legislative bodies, Kala Venkata Rao who was bubbling with patriotic enthusiasm responded to this call; gave up his studies and jumped into the fray.
He married Rajeswaramma daughter of Duvvuri Venkateswarulu, then Village munsif of Mukkamala on April 20, 1914. His father-in-law was a great patriot, philanthropist and gentleman.
He was a freedom fighter and joined the Indian National Congress. He held cabinet ministries during tenures of Omandur Ramaswamy Reddiar and Kumaraswamy Raja. He was even also a member of Indian Constituent Assembly elected from Madras Presidency. He was member of 7-member Partition Committee which was set up on December 7, 1949 by then Madras Government for the carvation of Andhra State out of Madras State. The committee was set up under the Chairmanship of Kumaraswamy Raja, the then Chief Minister of Madras Presidency, Wherein Andhra was represented by other members along with him such as Tanguturi Prakasam, Bezawada Gopala Reddy and Neelam Sanjiva Reddy.
He died while he was still in office of Ministry of Revenue and Land Reforms on March 28, 1959.
| Government offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by K. Koti Reddi |
Minister of Revenue of Madras Presidency[2] March 23, 1947–January 24, 1949 |
Succeeded by H. Sitarama Reddi |
| Preceded by A. B. Shetty |
Minister of Health of Madras State September 26, 1951–April 9, 1952 |
Succeeded by A. B. Shetty |
| Preceded by Post Created |
Minister of Land Reforms of Andhra Pradesh November 11, 1956–March 28, 1959 |
Succeeded by Post Ceased |
| Preceded by Post Created |
Minister of Finance of Andhra Pradesh November 11, 1956–April 16, 1957 |
Succeeded by Bezawada Gopala Reddy |
| Preceded by Post Created |
Minister of Revenue of Andhra Pradesh April 17, 1957–March 28, 1959 |
Succeeded by K. V. Ranga Reddy |
| Preceded by - |
General Secretary of Indian National Congress January, 1949–September, 1951 |
Succeeded by - |