Janumpally Rameshwar Rao (1923–1998) was an Indian lawyer, diplomat, member of parliament, and book publisher. Rao joined

Indian Foreign Service The Indian Foreign Service (IFS) is the diplomatic service and a central civil service of the Government of India under the Ministry of External Affairs. The Foreign Secretary is the head of the service. Vinay Mohan Kwatra is the 34th and the ...

in 1949 and served as commissioner for the Government of India in various African nations. He was elected as a Member of Parliament to the second, third, fourth, and fifth

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...

successively during 1957–1977 from Mahabhubnagar constituency.

Life sketch

He was born on 23 February 1923 in

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to a Raja Krishnadeva Rao and Rani Sarala Devi, belonging to the

Wanaparthy Wanaparthy is a town of Wanaparthy district of Telangana, India. The first polytechnic college (KDR Government Polytechnic) in Telangana started in Wanaparthy. It is located 149 km from the state capital Hyderabad. History Wanaparthy was ...

Samasthanam. He was also the titular Raja of Wanaparthy from 1944 until 1971, when, by the 26th Amendment to the Constitution of India, the privy purses of the princes were abolished and official recognition of their titles came to an end. He studied at

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, Hyderabad, Madras University, and Bombay University. He joined the

in 1949. He established Orient Longman (now

Orient Blackswan Orient Blackswan Pvt. Ltd. (formerly Orient Longman India, commonly referred to as Orient Longman), is an Indian publishing house headquartered in Hyderabad, Telangana. The company publishes academic, professional and general works as well as s ...

) as a specifically Indian book publishing company in 1948. He was First Secretary, Indian Commission in Nairobi, 1950—52; acted as Commissioner for the Government of India in East Africa, 1950-51; Commissioner for the Government of India in Gold Coast and Nigeria, 1953—56; previously associated with Socialist Wing of the Congress.
He was a Member of Parliament, # Second Lok Sabha, 1957— 62, # Third Lok Sabha, 1962—67 # Fourth Lok Sabha, 1967—70 # Fifth Lok Sabha, 1971—77, He was also Member of
# Indian Delegation to the United Nations, 1958 # United Nations Conciliation Commission for the Congo, 1960-61 # Indian Delegation to Afro-Asian Conference in Algiers, 1964-65. He died at the age of 75 years in

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on 15 September 1998. He is survived by wife Shanta, one son and three daughters. Among his grandchildren are the actress

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(his daughter's daughter), and

Kiran Rao Kiran Rao (born 7 November 1973) is an Indian film producer, screenwriter, and director who works in Hindi cinema. In 2016, Rao co-founded Paani Foundation, a non-profit organisation working towards the mission of fighting drought in Maharashtr ...

(his son's daughter) who is the Ex wife of actor

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References

External links

Profile of Janumpally Rameshwar Rao at Lok Sabha website.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rao, Janumpally Rameshwar 1923 births 1998 deaths India MPs 1957–1962 India MPs 1962–1967 India MPs 1967–1970 India MPs 1971–1977 India MPs 1977–1979 Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh 20th-century Indian lawyers Indian National Congress politicians from Telangana People from Mahbubnagar district People from Nagarkurnool district People from Wanaparthy district