The Telugu Desam Party is an Indian regional political party with influence in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was founded by Telugu movie star N. T. Rama Rao (NTR) on 29 March 1982 and has focused on supporting Telugu people. The party has won a five-time majority in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and has emerged as the most successful political outfit in the state's history. It is currently the ruling party in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Vizianagaram district is one of the six districts in the Uttarandhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh with its headquarters located at Vizianagaram. The district was once the part of ancient Kalinga.Saripilli Dibbilingeswara temple,Jayathi Mallikarjuna Temple are the finest examples of ancient Eastern Ganga Dynasty built monuments in the district. The district is bounded on the east by the district of Srikakulam,north by Parvathipuram Manyam south by Visakhapatnam,Anakapalli,southeast by the Bay of Bengal,and west by Alluri Sitharama Raju district. It was formed on 1 June 1979,with some parts carved from the neighbouring districts of Srikakulam and Visakhapatnam. The district is named after the princely state of Vizianagaram. In 2011,it was the least populous district in Andhra Pradesh.
Raja Sri Ravu SvetachalapatiSir Ramakrishna Ranga RaoKCIE was an Indian politician and zamindar who served as the First Minister of Madras Presidency from 5 November 1932 to 4 April 1936 and 24 August 1936 to 1 April 1937.
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.
Sir Pusapati Ananda Gajapati RajuGCIE was the 10th Maharaja of Vizianagaram.
Poosapati / Pusapati was the ruling clan of the Northern Andhra region,Vizianagaram.
Maharajah's College,or M. R. College,established in 1879,it is an autonomous institution located in Vizianagaram,Andhra Pradesh.
The name is derived from its founder Raja Vijayaram Raj who established a sovereign kingdom by claiming independence from the Kingdom of Jeypore in 1711. It formed alliances with the French and British East India Company to conquer the neighbouring principalities of Bobbili,Kurupam,Paralakhemundi and the Kingdom of Jeypore. However,they fell out with the British and as a result were attacked and defeated in the Battle of Padmanabham. They were annexed as a tributary estate like other principalities and remained so until their accession to the Indian Union in 1949.
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.
This is a list of political families in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
Godam Nagesh,is an Indian politician. He hails from the Gond people.. G. Nagesh was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in the 1994 election from the Boath seat,contesting as a Telugu Desam Party candidate. His father G. Rama Rao,former Minister for Tribal Welfare,was incumbent legislator of Boath at the time. G. Nagesh won the seat,obtaining 51,593 votes. He was amongst the youngest legislators in the Legislative Assembly at the time. G. Nagesh was named as Minister of State for Scheduled Tribes Welfare and Welfare of the Handicapped in the TDP state government after the election.
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.
Thota Narasimham is an Indian politician and a member of parliament from Kakinada,Andhra Pradesh. He won the 2014 Indian general election on a Telugu Desam Party ticket from Kakinada Lok Sabha seat,defeating his young rival Chalamalasetty Sunil of the YSRC.
Uttarapalli was a constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly,India. It is one of 9 constituencies in the Vizianagaram district.
Kanumuru Raghu Rama Krishna Raju is an Indian industrialist and politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the 17th Lok Sabha representing Narasapuram constituency,Andhra Pradesh. He belongs to Telugu Desam Party.
Turner's Choultry is a Bungalow located in Jagadamba Centre,Visakhapatnam,India.
Kondapalli Appala Naidu / Kondapalli Appalanaidu is also known as 'K.A. Naidu'. is an Andhra Pradesh politician and leader of Telugu Desam Party.
Nakka Ananda Babu is an Indian politician from the State of Andhra Pradesh. He was elected to Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for two terms in 2009 and 2014 but lost in 2019 from Vemuru. He regained the Vemuru seat winning the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.
Meesala Geetha is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. she won the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election from Vizianagaram Constituency in Vizianagaram district on TDP ticket. She is a first time MLA.
Pusapati Aditi Vijayalakshmi Gajapathi Raju is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. She is a first-time MLA from Vizianagaram Assembly Constituency in Vizianagaram District. She represents Telugu Desam Party. She won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.
