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Sri.
Kasuganti
Lxminarsimha
Rao was born
on 31st
January,
1916 in
Chintaltana
village to
Sri.
Kasuganti
Narayan Rao
and Smt.
Chandramma.
Sri
Kasuganti
Narayana
Rao’s native
place is at
Muthyampet
in Mallial
Mandal ,
Karimnagar
of District.
He had three
daughters (Smt.
Radha Devi,
Smt. Indira
Devi, Smt.
Subhadra
Devi) and
five sons
(Sri.
Rajeshwar
Rao, Sri.
Laxminarsimha
Rao, Sri.
Umapathi Rao,
Sri. Gopal
Rao and Sri.
Sriranga Rao).
BROTHERS
& SISTERS
Sri
Laxminarsimha
Raos’s
brother-in-law
was a former
IAS officer
from Kalleda,
Sri Vardha
Rajeshwar
Rao. The
other
brother-in-law
is Sri.
T.Kishan Rao
of
Akkannapet
Mandal. He
was a
district
Judge. The
other
brother-in-law
is the
famous
contractor,Sri.
R.Kishan Rao
(Nachupally).
Sri.
Rajeshwara
Rao was the
eldest
brother and
younger
brothers
were Sri.
Govind Rao,
Sri.
Umapathy Rao,
Sri.Sriranga
Rao.
EDUCATION
Urdu , was
the medium
of study in
those days
for Sri.
Kasuganti
Laxminarsimha
Rao. His
primary
education
was done in
Jagtial
town, which
is around 40
kms from
Karimnagar.
Later on his
Secondary
education
was done in
Karimnagar.
In early
1930, with
the help of
Gundavarapu
Jaganath Rao,
he and
others
shared a
house to
pursue
higher
education.
After
schooling he
studied FA
(Intermediate),
equivalent
to BA
(Bachelor of
Arts). While
studying BA,
he was
encouraged
by Sri
Narayan Rao
to take up
Law. In
those days,
Law classes
were
conducted in
the premises
of High
Court. He
passed law
in First
Division and
his seniors
were
Anthagiri
Narayan Rao,
Regunta
Ranga Rao
and
Akkanapet
Kishan Rao.
He stayed in
the Reddy
Hostel,
Hyderabad,
while
pursuing his
studies.
After
getting his
Law degree
he worked as
a junior
under the
famous
lawyer,
Chakunta
Govind Rao.
A
PROFESSIONAL
He started
practicing
Law in
1937-38,
which went
on for the
next 33
years. He
was active
in politics,
when he was
still a
student. He
was very
fond of
Mumbai
Chronicle
paper and
Mahatma
Gandhi.
He was
Chairman,
Acting
Chairman,
Marketing
Society
Chairman of
Jagtial
Muncipality.
He was
President,
Mallial
Samiti and
later
Vice-Chairman,
Karimnagar
Zilla
Parishad in
1959. He was
elected as a
MLA in the
by-elections
from Jagtial
on 2nd
April, 1963.
In the
general
elections of
1967, he was
elected
unanimously.
In 1972, he
was again
given the
Congress
party ticket
for the
general
elections by
the former
Prime
Minister
Sri.
P.V.Narasimha
Rao. This he
politely
declined and
expressed
that the
same to be
given to the
upcoming
youth.
He was
nominated as
the Chairman
of Super
Bazaar in
1973. After
a few
months, he
resigned
from this
post,
because of
the
corruption
prevalent in
the
organization.
From 1974,
he retired
from active
politics and
is presently
the member
of Metpally
Khadi Board.
MARRIAGE
& CHILDREN
Sri
Kasuganti
Laxminarsimha
Rao, got
married to
Smt.
Kausalya
Devi of
Kalleda
village,
Warangal
District, in
the year
1936 at the
age of 20
years.
Sri.
Kasuganti
Laxminarsimha
Rao has two
daughters
and three
sons. The
eldest
daughter is
Smt. Bonala
Nirmala Devi,
who was the
former
Chairman of
AP Velama
Associations,
Womens Wing.
She is
married to
the famous
advocate and
freedom
fighter,
Sri. Bonala
Krishna Rao.
They have
four
children and
seven
grandchildren.
His second
daughter is
Dr.Saraswati
Devi, one of
the first
women
doctors from
the Velama
Community
and is
married to
the renowned
contractor
Sri.Tangada
Prakash Rao,
of Jeelugula
village.
They have
two children,
a grandson
and a
granddaughter.
The eldest
son is Wing
Commander(retd.) K.Prabhakar
Rao, married
to (late) Sukanya
Devi, of
Painampally
village ,
they have
two children
and two
grandchildren.
The second
son is, Sri.
K.Sudhakar
Rao, an
engineer,
married to
Smt.
Vijayalakshmi,
of
Mohanraopet
village.
They have
two children
and three
grandchildren.
The youngest
son is Sri.
K.Vaman Rao,
a Chartered
Accountant
and is
married to
Smt.
Subashini of
Lingagiri
village and
have two
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