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Born | Lavu Bala Gangadhara Rao August 3, 1921 |
Died | March 28, 2003 | (aged 81)
Occupation | politician |
Lavu Balagangadhara Rao (3 August 1921 – 28 March 2003) was an Indian politician. [1] [2] He served as the Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) between May 1985 and November 1991. [1]
L.B.G. Rao was the son of Lavu Subrahmanyam. He studied at the Andhra-Christian College in Guntur. In 1938, during his student days, he joined the Communist Party of India. [1] In 1942 he became a CPI whole-timer. [3] He went underground and was active in the Telangana armed struggle. He led various guerrilla squads, acting as the Amarabad party secretary. [1] [4] He got married in 1947, whilst being underground. [1] In total he would go underground five times in his life, spanning a period of over eleven years. [3] He was also jailed three times, and spent two and a half years in prison. [1]
L.B.G. Rao was fielded as the CPI candidate in a by-election for the Duggirala seat in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in June 1954. He finished in second place with 20,644 votes (42.5% of the votes in the constituency). [5] [6]
After the split in the CPI, L.B.G. Rao sided with the CPI(M). He became a Central Committee member of CPI(M). [1] As of 1979 he served as the secretary of the State Agricultural Labourers Union. [7] He also served as president of the All India Agricultural Workers Union. [3] L.B.G. Rao stood as the CPI(M) candidate for the Tenali seat in the 1980 Indian general election. He finished in second place, with 144,457 votes (32.70%). [8] In 1989 he was included in the Polit Bureau of the party. [1] Due to old age, he retired from the Polit Bureau in 1998. [3]
L. B. G. Rao | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Lavu Bala Gangadhara Rao August 3, 1921 |
Died | March 28, 2003 | (aged 81)
Occupation | politician |
Lavu Balagangadhara Rao (3 August 1921 – 28 March 2003) was an Indian politician. [1] [2] He served as the Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) between May 1985 and November 1991. [1]
L.B.G. Rao was the son of Lavu Subrahmanyam. He studied at the Andhra-Christian College in Guntur. In 1938, during his student days, he joined the Communist Party of India. [1] In 1942 he became a CPI whole-timer. [3] He went underground and was active in the Telangana armed struggle. He led various guerrilla squads, acting as the Amarabad party secretary. [1] [4] He got married in 1947, whilst being underground. [1] In total he would go underground five times in his life, spanning a period of over eleven years. [3] He was also jailed three times, and spent two and a half years in prison. [1]
L.B.G. Rao was fielded as the CPI candidate in a by-election for the Duggirala seat in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in June 1954. He finished in second place with 20,644 votes (42.5% of the votes in the constituency). [5] [6]
After the split in the CPI, L.B.G. Rao sided with the CPI(M). He became a Central Committee member of CPI(M). [1] As of 1979 he served as the secretary of the State Agricultural Labourers Union. [7] He also served as president of the All India Agricultural Workers Union. [3] L.B.G. Rao stood as the CPI(M) candidate for the Tenali seat in the 1980 Indian general election. He finished in second place, with 144,457 votes (32.70%). [8] In 1989 he was included in the Polit Bureau of the party. [1] Due to old age, he retired from the Polit Bureau in 1998. [3]