Ananthula Madan Mohan (1931 or 1932 – 2004) was a former politician from undivided

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

who was a four-time Member of Legislative Assembly and three-time Minister in Andhra Pradesh holding various portfolios. He was the Leader of Opposition when

N. T. Rama Rao Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996), often referred to by his initials NTR, was an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician who served as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for seven years over three terms. He starred ...

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (; TDP) is an Indian regional political party operating in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana at the state and central level. Since its founding by N. T. Rama Rao (often referred to as NTR) on 29 March 1982, the party has foc ...

won a landslide victory in the 1983 Assembly election. He represented Siddipet Assembly in

Medak district Medak district is a district located in the Indian state of Telangana. Medak is the district headquarters. The district shares boundaries with Sangareddy, Kamareddy, Siddipet and Medchal districts. History Traces of Neolithic and Megalithic ...

, present-day

Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian subcontinent, Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India b ...

state, and was first elected to the Assembly as an Independent from Siddipet in the 1970 by-poll. He later joined the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

party and won the subsequent elections in 1972, 1978, and 1983 on a Congress ticket.
/ref>

Early life and education

Madan Mohan was born in 1931. He graduated from Nizam College in 1954 and later graduated in law from

Osmania University Osmania University is a collegiate public state university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad in 1918 , He released a farman to establish OSMANIA UNIVERSITY on the day of 28 August 1918. It ...

in Hyderabad and became a practising advocate in Jangaon,

Warangal Warangal () is a city in the Indian state of Telangana and the district headquarters of Warangal district. It is the second largest city in Telangana with a population of 704,570 per 2011 Census of India, and spreading over an . Warangal ser ...

and High Court in

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

. He was the Guru of Telangan CM KCR in earlier days. In his earlier political career KCR was very close follower of Mr. A. Madan Mohan. Later KCR defeated Mr. Madan Mohan with a landslide majority in 1989 assembly elections. People from Kondapaka and Siddipet say that this close association of KCR helped him topple his political guru.

Telangana Agitation

During the 60's, while practising as an advocate, Madan Mohan was actively involved in the

Telangana movement The Telangana movement refers to a movement for the creation of a separate state, Telangana, from the pre-existing state of Andhra Pradesh in India. The new state corresponds to the Telugu-speaking portions of the erstwhile princely state of Hy ...

. He along with others would later float a political party called Telangana Praja Samithi and was the founding president.

Political career

Madan Mohan contested the Siddipet assembly seat in the 1970 by-poll and won. Later he joined Congress and won from Siddipet in the 1972, 1978 and 1983 elections. During this period starting from 1972 he served as a Minister in the Cabinets of

P.V. Narasimha Rao Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004) was an Indian lawyer, statesman and politician who served as the 9th prime minister of India from 1991 to 1996. He is known for introducing various liberal reforms to Ind ...

Marri Chenna Reddy Dr. Marri Channa Reddy (13 January 1919 – 2 December 1996) was an Indian politician active in several states. He was the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh from 1978 to 1980 and from 1989 to 1990. He also served as the governor of Uttar Pradesh ...

Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy Bhavanam Venkatrami Reddy (18 July 1931 – 7 April 2002) was the chief minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh (AP) between February 1982 and September 1982. He was a member of the Congress party and served as cabinet minister in various ...

, Tanguturi Anjaiah and

Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy (16 August 1920 – 27 September 2001) served as the chief minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh in 1983 and then from 1992 to 1994. Reddy was a member of the Indian National Congress and was elected t ...

. He held various portfolios like Revenue, Health, Mines and Geology, Law, Commercial Taxes and Technical Education in his 10-year career. He was instrumental in starting the JNTU, Hyderabad when serving as Minister of Technical Education. Post 1983 elections, when

won a landslide victory under

, Madan Mohan served as the leader of the Opposition.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Madan Mohan, Ananthula Telangana politicians Telugu politicians Telangana Praja Samithi politicians Indian National Congress politicians People from Telangana 2004 deaths