Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao,often referred to by his initials NTR,was an Indian actor,film director,film producer,screenwriter,film editor and politician who served as a former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for seven years over three 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,NTR 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.
Nara Chandrababu Naidu,commonly known as CBN,is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 13th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and holds the record of longest-serving Chief Minister in the political history of Telugu states. He is the national president of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).
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.
Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu is an Indian politician who served as the 13th vice president of India from 2017 to 2022. He has also served as the minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation,Urban Development and Information and Broadcasting in the Modi Cabinet.
Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy,popularly known as YSR,was an Indian politician. He served as the 14th chief minister of Andhra Pradesh from 2004 to 2009. Reddy was elected four terms to the Lok Sabha from Kadapa and was also elected six terms to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Pulivendula. He had won every election that,he had contested either to Assembly or Lok Sabha. He is one of the great leaders in India who didn't lost contested election in the whole career.
Narayan Datt Tiwari was an Indian politician who served as the 9th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and 3rd Chief Minister of Uttarakhand from 2002 to 2007. He was first Indian Chief Minister who served for two states. He formerly in the Praja Socialist Party and later joined the Indian National Congress.
The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state,Andhra Pradesh.
Yeduguri Sandinti Jagan Mohan Reddy,also known mononymously as Jagan,is an Indian politician,currently serving as the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Pulivendula Assembly constituency in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative assembly. He served as the 17th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh from 2019 to 2024,and is the current president of the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP). He is also the son of Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy.
Gangapuram Kishan Reddy is an Indian politician who serving as the 25th Minister of Coal &45th Minister of Mines since 2024. He also served as Minister of Tourism,Culture and Development of North Eastern Region of India from 2019 to 2024. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 1980. He is an MP representing Secunderabad since 2019. He served as the floor leader of the BJP in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2009 and gave it up after being elected as the state BJP president of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. He was first state president of Telangana BJP from 2014 to 2016,appointed again as Telangana BJP president on 4 July 2023.
The Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party,often shortened to simply the YSR Congress Party,is an Indian regional political party based in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Its president,Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy,has previously served as the state's chief minister. It currently has 4 seats in the Lok Sabha.
Nara Lokesh is an Indian politician,who is the Information Technology and Communication &Industries Minister in the Government of Andhra Pradesh. He is the son of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief and the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh,N. Chandrababu Naidu. He also served as Panchayat Raj,Rural development and IT and Communication minister through an MLC post. He was severely criticized for not contesting the elections and becoming a minister in his father Chandrababu Naidu's cabinet. However,after great criticism for not contesting any election,he finally chose to contest as an MLA for Mangalagiri Assembly Constituency and lost to YSR Congress Party candidate Alla Ramakrishna Reddy in 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections. In 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election he was elected as MLA of Mangalagiri.
Balineni Srinivasa Reddy is an Indian politician and five time MLA from Andhra Pradesh. He is member of the YSR Congress Party and has represented the Ongole constituency for five terms.
Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao,popularly known as Avanthi Srinivas,is an Indian educationalist turned politician. He is the Member of the Legislative Assembly from Bheemili,Andhra Pradesh. He operates Avanthi Education Institutes in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana under Avanthi Educational Society,Visakhapatnam. In May 2014,he was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha.
Audimulapu Suresh is a former Indian civil servant turned politician,and a member of fourteenth Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He represents Yerragondapalem Constituency in Andhra Pradesh and is a member of YSR Congress Party.
Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao,is an Indian politician. He is a former Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly (MLA). He represented the Gudivada assembly constituency from 2004 to 2024 in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative assembly. He previously served as the Minister for Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Mekapati Goutham Reddy was an Indian businessman and politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. He was the Minister for Industries,Commerce,and Information Technology in the Government of Andhra Pradesh. He was elected twice and served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing the Atmakur Assembly constituency on behalf of YSR Congress Party from 2014 until his death in 2022.
Amzath Basha Shaik Bepari is an Indian politician who is 7th Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and MLA from Kadapa.
Perni Venkataramaiah,commonly known as Perni Nani,is an Indian politician from Krishna district,Andhra Pradesh. He is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly from Machilipatnam Assembly constituency to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on behalf of YSR Congress Party. He is a former Minister for Transport,Information &Public Relations in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Biswabhusan Harichandan is an Indian politician served as the 7th Governor of Chhattisgarh. He was former Governor of Andhra Pradesh from 2019 to early 2023.
Andhra Pradesh,retrospectively referred to as United Andhra Pradesh,Undivided Andhra Pradesh,Combined Andhra Pradesh and Ummadi Andhra Pradesh,was a state in India formed by States Reorganisation Act,1956 with Hyderabad as its capital and was reorganised by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act,2014. The state was made up of three distinct cultural regions of Telangana,Rayalaseema,and Coastal Andhra. Before the 1956 reorganisation,Telangana had been part of Hyderabad State,whereas Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra had been part of Andhra State,formerly a part of Madras Presidency ruled by British India.
