Pendyal Raghava Rao

Pendyala Raghava Rao
Member of Parliament
Constituency Hyderabad (Warangal)
Personal details
Born 1917
Chinna Pendyal, Warangal district
Political party Peoples Democratic Front (Hyderabad)
Spouse(s) Venkatamma
Children 2 sons
Religion Hindu
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Pendyala Raghava Rao (Telugu: పెండ్యాల రాఘవరావు) (born 1917) was an Indian Parliamentarian.

He is the son of Shri Pendyal Ramchander Rao and was born in Chinna Pendyal of the Warangal district in 1917. He was educated at Warangal High School and married Shrimati Venkatamma in 1934. The couple had 2 sons.

He resisted the Conversion Movement in 1935-36, joined Congress Satyagraha in 1938, and was sentenced to imprisonment with fine of Rs. 300. He later joined Andhra Mahasabha and went underground in 1946 when it was banned. He resisted the Razakar movement and was a member of the Peoples Democratic Front, elected to the 1st Lok Sabha from Hyderabad constituency in 1952.

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