Bobbili is a town in Vizianagaram district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
Maharaja Pusapati Vijayrama Gajapati Raju D.Litt. was an Indian parliamentarian and philanthropist. He was the eldest son of Maharaja Alak Narayanadev Gajapathi Raju and Vidyavathi Devi of Vizianagaram estate in Andhra Pradesh. He was born at Phool Bagh Palace in Vizianagaram.
Cheepurupalli is a census town in Vizianagaram district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The town is located 30 km to the north of Vizianagaram. The town covers an area of 348 hectares with a population of 78,000 according to the 2011 census.
Kotha Raghuramaiah (1912–1979) was a veteran Indian politician and barrister who served as the Union Cabinet minister of Defence,Civil Aviation,Petroleum &Chemicals,Tourism and Parliamentary Affairs. He is one of the longest-serving cabinet minister in the History of India. The Members of Parliament from the Lok sabha and Rajya Sabha participate in a friendly Cricket competition annually for the honor of lifting the Raghuramaiah Trophy named after him.
Daggubati Purandeswari is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh and the State President of the Bharatiya Janata Party,Andhra Pradesh since 2023. She had served as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development in 2009 and MoS in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in 2012.
The 1951 Indian general election was the first democratic national election held in India after Independence,and the polls in Madras state were held for 62 constituencies with 75 seats. This State had the second largest number of seats,after Uttar Pradesh. The result was a victory for Indian National Congress winning 35 out of the 75 seats. While the remaining seats were won by left and independent parties,opposed to Congress. However,Congress stalwarts such as N. G. Ranga,Durgabai Deshmukh,and Mosalikanti Thirumala Rao lost in that election from the Telugu-speaking areas then referred as Andhra. Congress lost in 22 out of the 28 seats in majority Telugu-speaking areas. Reason for the poor performance in Andhra region was attributed to the party's delay in the formation of a separate State for Telugu people. It eventually led to the formation of the Andhra state in 1953 and later the linguistic reorganization of Indian states in 1956 where Kannada and Malayalam majority speaking areas were merged with Mysore and Kerala States respectively.
Maharajah's College,or M. R. College,established in 1879,it is an autonomous institution located in Vizianagaram,Andhra Pradesh.
Bhattam Srirama Murthy B.A.,L.L.B. was an Indian politician who was a Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and Indian Parliament.
Botcha Satyanarayana is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He belonged to the Indian National Congress until 2015 and he joined the YSR Congress on 7 June 2015. He is a former cabinet minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development in Andhra Pradesh.
Dadichiluka Veera Gouri Sankara Rao,sometimes called D. Shankar Rao or D.V.G. Shankar Rao,is an Indian anesthesiologist and politician who served as a Telugu Desam Party member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and of the Lok Sabha.
Uma Gajapathi Raju is an Indian politician and a former member of Indian Parliament. She was born at Palghat,Kerala on 17 November 1953. She was educated at Madras University. She married Pusapati Ananda Gajapathi Raju on 18 August 1971. They had 2 daughters. They divorced in 1989 and she married film maker Ramesh Sharma in 1991. Anand Ganapathi Raju died in 2016.
Cheepurupalli Assembly constituency is a constituency in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of the Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency.
Gajapathinagaram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of the Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency.
This is a list of political families in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju is an Indian politician and the former Union Minister for Civil Aviation in the Narendra Modi Government. A scion of royal family of Vizayanagram princely state,he is the younger son of the last Maharaja of Vizianagram. He was a member of Andhra Pradesh State legislature for over twenty five years and was a Minister in the Govt. of A.P.,for thirteen years holding the portfolios of Commercial Tax,Excise,Legislative affairs,Finance,Planning and Revenue.
N. P. Jhansi Lakshmi was a politician from Andhra Pradesh who was elected to the 8th Lok Sabha and served one term in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Vanga Geetha is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. She was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kakinada as a member of the YSR Congress Party. She was earlier a member of the Rajya Sabha representing the Telugu Desam Party.
Uttarapalli was a constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly,India. It is one of 9 constituencies in the Vizianagaram district.
Kondapalli Appala Naidu / Kondapalli Appalanaidu is also known as 'K.A. Naidu'. is an Andhra Pradesh politician. Telugu Desam Party leader.
Botcha Appalanarasayya,also spelled Botcha Appala Narsaiah,is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. He was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Gajapathinagaram Assembly constituency in 2019 on behalf of YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) and also served as the MLA during 2009–2014 on behalf of Indian National Congress.
