Kamisetty Sri Parasurama Varaprasada Rao Naidu (2 October 1921 – 19 January 1989), popularly known Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu, was an Indian politician who served as the

Speaker of Puducherry legislative assembly Speaker of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Puducherry, the main law-making body for the Indian UT of Puducherry. The speaker is always a member of the Legislative Assembly. History ...

from 1985 to 1989. He also served as its first Deputy Speaker from 1963 to 1964 and later in another term from 1972 to 1974 He was a member of the legislative assembly (MLA) of

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from 1964 until his death in 1989. He A government high school in Yanam was named after him.

Birth and family

He was born in a

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family in

Yanam Yanam (Telugu: ''యానాం'') is a town located in the Yanam district in Puducherry. It has a population of 35,000 and is entirely surrounded by Andhra Pradesh. It was formerly a French colony for nearly 200 years, and, though united wi ...

as the son of Former Maire de

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, Kamisetty Venugopala Rao Naidu and Kamalamma. He married

Kamisetty Savithri Kamisetty Savithri (also spelled as Kamichetty Savithri; born 26 February 1923, date of death unknown) was an Indian politician from Yanam and was first MLA after de facto transfer from that constituency, between 1959 and 1964. She was also form ...

of Badeti family hailing from Eluru. He was an undisputed leader until his death in Yanam after his father. He was co-brother of S. V. Rangarao, a great actor in

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Member of representative assembly

He was a member of the representative assembly of Pondicherry between 1946 and 1964 by winning elections in

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and

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. However, in

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elections he lost to Canacala Tataya.

Member of legislative assembly

He was never defeated throughout his political career. He held the constituency as his pocket borough without facing any challenge in winning the seat consecutively in 1964 (

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), 1969 (

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), 1974 (

), 1977 ( JP), 1980 (

) and in 1985 (INC). As long as he was alive he contested without break from the first elections held in 1964 as per the Representation of People Act for the territorial Assembly after

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merger of

with India. He contested most of the time as an Independent and was deputy speaker twice. Kamichetty became 10th

Speaker of Puducherry Legislative Assembly Speaker of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Puducherry, the main law-making body for the Indian UT of Puducherry. The speaker is always a member of the Legislative Assembly. History ...

after his elections in 1985. He died in office on 19 January 1989. He was the longest-serving Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the history of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly until 1989.

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