Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao,often referred to by his initials NTR,was an Indian actor,film director,film producer,screenwriter,film editor,philanthropist and politician who served as a former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for seven years over four terms. He is regarded as one of the most influential actors of Indian cinema. He starred in over 300 films,predominantly in Telugu cinema,and was referred to as "Viswa Vikhyatha Nata Sarvabhouma". Rao received three National Film Awards for co-producing Thodu Dongalu (1954) and Seetharama Kalyanam (1960) under National Art Theater,Madras,and for directing Varakatnam (1970). In 1968,The Government of India honoured him with Padma Shri,the fourth-highest civilian award,for his contributions to Indian cinema. In 2013,Rao was voted as "Greatest Indian Actor of All Time" in a CNN-IBN national poll conducted on the occasion of the Centenary of Indian Cinema.
Events in the year 2004 in the Republic of India.
Shankar Dayal Sharma was an Indian lawyer and politician from the state of Madhya Pradesh who served as the ninth president of India,from 1992 to 1997.
Udupi Ramachandra Rao was an Indian space scientist and former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation. He was also the Chairman of the Governing Council of the Physical Research Laboratory at Ahmedabad and Nehru Planetarium at Bengaluru and chancellor of the Indian Institute for Space Science and Technology (IIST) at Thiruvananthapuram. He is known as "The Satellite Man of India". He pioneered India's first satellite launch Aryabhata in 1975.
Lieutenant General Srinivas Kumar Sinha,PVSM,ADC was an Indian Army General who served as the Vice Chief of Army Staff. After his retirement,he served as Governor of the states of Jammu and Kashmir,and Assam.
Rao is a title and a surname native to India. It is used mostly in states of Andhra Pradesh,Gujarat,Haryana,Karnataka,Maharashtra,Rajasthan,and Telangana.
Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao,,is an Indian chemist who has worked mainly in solid-state and structural chemistry. He has honorary doctorates from 86 universities from around the world and has authored around 1,800 research publications and 58 books. He is described as a scientist who had won all possible awards in his field except the Nobel Prize.
Sir George Jiwajirao Scindia KStJ was the ruler of the Gwalior state during the British Raj and later the Rajpramukh (Governor) of the Indian state of Madhya Bharat.
Venky is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language comedy thriller film co-written and directed by Srinu Vaitla,and produced by Atluri Purnachandra Rao. The film stars Ravi Teja,Sneha,and Ashutosh Rana while Devi Sri Prasad composed music. The film marks Vaitla's first collaboration with writers Kona Venkat and Gopimohan.
Unguturu is a village in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
Burgula Ramakrishna Rao was the second and last Chief Minister of the erstwhile Hyderabad State. Prior to the independence of India and the political integration of the princely states into the Union,he was among the Telugu-speaking leaders to resist the Nizam in the princely state of Hyderabad. He was a multi lingual academic,known for his scholarship in Sanskrit and Telugu. He was also a poet and translator.
Gadde Rama Mohan Rao is an Indian politician who was a member of the 13th Lok Sabha of India from Vijayawada constituency of Andhra Pradesh as a member of the Telugu Desam Party. He was also a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh,representing Gannavaram constituency during 1994–1999. He was the Vijayawada Urban division convenor for TDP from 2004 to 2009. He serves as the head of TDP in Vijayawada East constituency. He won from Vijayawada (East) assembly constituency in 2014,2019,2024 Andhra Pradesh elections.
Manchanahalli Rangaswamy Satyanarayana Rao was an Indian scientist. He was awarded the fourth-highest civilian award,the Padma Shri,for Science and Engineering in 2010. From 2003 to 2013 he was president of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) in Bangalore,India.
Rai Sahib / Rao Saheb / Roy Sahib / Rao Sahib abbreviated R.S.,was a title of honour issued during the era of British rule in India to individuals who performed faithful service or acts of public welfare to the nation. From 1911 the title was accompanied by a special Title Badge. Translated,Rai means "King" Sahib means "Leader". Awarded during the reign of George VI. For another image of the badge see link This was the start level title usually awarded to civilians,which could later be upgraded to Rao Bahadur and then to Dewan Bahadur titles.
Kemburi Ramamohan Rao was an Indian politician.
Nasir Ahmed is an Indian-American electrical engineer and computer scientist. He is Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of New Mexico (UNM). He is best known for inventing the discrete cosine transform (DCT) in the early 1970s. The DCT is the most widely used data compression transformation,the basis for most digital media standards and commonly used in digital signal processing. He also described the discrete sine transform (DST),which is related to the DCT.
Digavalli Venkata Siva Rao,or Digavalli Śivarāvu,was a lawyer,historian and Telugu writer from Vijayawada,Andhra Pradesh. He is the author of forty-two books and some 300 articles written between 1924 and 1987. Some of his works are available in the Indian Digital Library.
Alla Venkata Rama Rao is an Indian inventor and chemist,known for his pioneering research in the field of drug technology. He is the founder of the A. V. Rama Rao Research Foundation,a non governmental organization promoting research and doctoral studies in chemistry and Avra Laboratories,an organization dealing in intermediates and active pharmaceutical ingredients,used in therapeutics. An elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy,Indian Academy of Sciences,National Academy of Sciences,India,and Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS),Rama Rao is a recipient of several awards such as TWAS Technology Award,VASVIK Industrial Research Award and Om Prakash Bhasin Award. The Government of India awarded him Padma Shri in 1991 and Padma Bhushan in 2016.
Bhaskar Rao is an Indian politician and former police officer who served as the Commissioner of Bengaluru City Police,from 2 August 2019 to 1 August 2020. Rao comes from Bengaluru and was previously Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) in the Karnataka State Reserve Police as well as ADGP,Internal security Division. Mr. Rao served as the ADGP,Railways before retiring on 1 April 2022. Post his tenure in the Police department,he joined Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He joined Bharathiya Janatha party (BJP) after 11 months of political experience in AAP.
