Kotha Raghuramaiah (1912 –1979) was an Indian politician who served as a Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.
Family
Raghuramaiah was born on 6 August 1912 to Kotha Jagannadham and Kotamma in
Sangam Jagarlamudi in
Guntur district of
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 ...
,
South India
South India, also known as Dakshina Bharata or Peninsular India, consists of the peninsular southern part of India. It encompasses the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana, as well as the union territ ...
. He had two brothers and six sisters. He married Suguna Jampala in 1936. Later, he was married to Lakshmi Raghuramaiah on 3 July 1937.
Education
Raghuramaiah was educated at Andhra Christian College, Guntur and
Lucknow University
The University of Lucknow (informally known as Lucknow University, and LU) is a public state university based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Founded in 1920, the University of Lucknow is one of the oldest government owned institutions of higher edu ...
. He studied Bar-at-Law from
Middle Temple
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn ...
in United Kingdom. He was awarded gold medal in the All India Inter-University Oratorical Contest (English) held at Lucknow, 1932–33. He was conferred Doctorate Degrees by
Andhra University
Andhra University ( IAST: ''Āndhra Vișvakalāpariṣhat'') is a public university located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established in 1926.
History
King Vikram Deo Verma, the Maharaja of Jeypore was one of the biggest d ...
in 1975 and by
Sri Venkateswara University,
Tirupati
Tirupati () is a city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of the Tirupati district. The city is home to the important Hindu shrine of Tirumala Venkateswara Temple and other historic temples and is re ...
in January 1977.
Career
Raghuramaiah joined Government of India service as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Law. He relinquished the job to enter active politics in 1949. He was elected to the
Indian Parliament
The Parliament of India ( IAST: ) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the president of India and two houses: the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the ...
from
Tenali
Tenali is a city in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Tenali mandal and Tenali revenue division. The city is renowned for art, culture, drama and hence, it is called ''Andhra ...
and
Guntur. He served as a Union cabinet minister of Defence, Civil Supplies, Petroleum and Chemicals and Parliamentary Affairs.
Council Of Ministers
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* Practiced Law in Madras High Court, 1937–1941
* Joined Provincial Judicial Service in 1941; between 1941 and 1951, held various posts like:
* Assistant Secretary, Legal Department, Government of Madras – 1941.
* Assistant Director of Employment and Regional Publicity Officer (Madras) in the Resettlement Directorate of the Ministry of Labour, Government of India.
* Assistant Solicitor to the Government of India, Ministry of Law.
* Deputy Secretary and Joint Secretary, Legal Department, Government of Madras
* Legal Secretary and Legal Remembrancer to the Government of Madras.
* Reesignation from Government service in 1951.
* Enrolled as an Advocate of the Supreme Court.
* Editor, 'Asian Recorder', 1955.
* Member, AICC, 1955–59.
* Legal Advisory Committee, AICC, 1956.
* Secretary, Harijan Sevak Sangh
Harijan Sevak Sangh is a non-profit organisation founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1932 to eradicate untouchability in India, working for Harijan or Dalit people and upliftment of Depressed Class of India. It is headquartered at Kingsway Camp in De ...
, Madras.
* Vice-president, Madras Corporation Labour Union prior to 1942.
* Member, Executive Committee, Indian Institute of Public Administration, 1954.
* Member, Railway Corruption Enquiry Committee, 1954.
* President, P.& T. Workers' Union (Andhra Circle), 1954.
* President, Andhra Pradesh Life Insurance Salaried Officers Association, 1954.
* President, All-India Postal Employees' Union, Class III, Andhra Circle, 1956.
* President, All-India R.M.S. Employees Union, Class IV, Andhra Circle, 1956.
* Member, First Lok Sabha, 1952–57, Second Lok Sabha, 1957–62, Third Lok Sabha, 1962–67, Fourth Lok Sabha 1967–70 and Fifth Lok Sabha 1971–77.
* Member, Executive Committee, Congress Party in Parliament – 1954.
* Secretary, Executive Committee, Congress Party in Parliament – 1955.
* Convener, External Affairs Standing Committee, 1952–57.
* Member, Estimates Committee 1954.
* Member, General Purposes Committee and Rules Committee, 1955–57.
* Chairman, Petitions Committee, 1955–57.
* Deputy Minister of Defence, May 1957.
* Minister of State for Defence on 16 April 1962.
* Minister of Defence Production on 14 November 1962.
* Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour & Employment on 9 June 1964.
* Minister of Supply in the Ministry of; Industry and Supply on 13 June 1964.
* Minister of Supply and Technical Development on 3 October 1964.
* Minister of State in the Ministry of Law on 13 March 1967.
* Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals and of Planning and Social Welfare on 13 March 1967.
* Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals and of Social Welfare on 5 September 1967.
* Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals on 23 August 1968.
* Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Shipping and Transport on 14 February 1969.
* Cabinet Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Shipping and Transport 26 June 1970 – March 1971.
* Cabinet Minister of Parliamentary Affairs in February 1973.
* Additional charge of Ministry of Works and Housing in October 1974.
* Minister of Works & Housing and Parliamentary Affairs.
* Minister of Tourism & Civil Aviation and Parliamentary Affairs in December 1976.
* Chairman, Government of India Tobacco Delegation to Far East, 1954 and Tobacco Export Committee, 1956–57.
* Member, Indian Central Tobacco Committee, 1953–57.
* Vice-president from 1955 to 1956; Alternate Delegate to the Trusteeship Committee of the United Nations, 1956.
* India's Representative in the U.N. Committee on Information from, Non-Self Governing Territories, 1956.
* Alternate Delegate to the U.N. General Assembly, 1956.
* Member, Executive Committee of the Indian Parliamentary Group, 1955–57.
* Member, "Law of the Sea" Conference, Geneva, April 1960.
* delegate to the International Parliamentary Council Meeting at Nice (France) in 1957 and at Dubrovnik (Yugoslavia) in 1966.
* Represented Government of India at the function, of the assumption of office by the President of Philippines in December 1969.
* Leader of the Indian delegation at the International Highway Conference held at Montreal in 1970.
* Member, Indian Parliamentary delegation to USA in 1970.
* Attended Colombo Housing Ministers Conference at Sri Lanka in 1975.
* Leader of Indian Delegation to the 21st Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference held in New Delhi in 1975.
* Leader of the Indian Delegation to the U.N. Conference on Habitat held in Vancouver in June 1976.
* Leader of the Indian Delegation to the 22nd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference held in Mauritius in September 1976.
Honours
Raghuraiah served the Indian Parliament for three decades from 1952 to 1979. He died on 6 June 1979.
* Andhra University
Andhra University ( IAST: ''Āndhra Vișvakalāpariṣhat'') is a public university located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established in 1926.
History
King Vikram Deo Verma, the Maharaja of Jeypore was one of the biggest d ...
conferred Doctorate Degree in 1975.
* Sri Venkateswara University conferred Doctorate Degree in 1977.
* Two colleges in the towns of Narasaraopeta and Duggirala in Guntur district were named in his honour.
References
External links
Biodata of Kotha Raghuramaiah at Lok Sabha website.
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1912 births
1979 deaths
20th-century Indian lawyers
India MPs 1952–1957
India MPs 1957–1962
India MPs 1962–1967
India MPs 1967–1970
India MPs 1971–1977
India MPs 1977–1979
Civil aviation ministers of India
Defence Ministers of India
Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh
Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh
Members of the Cabinet of India
Members of the Middle Temple
People from Guntur district
Telugu politicians
Tourism ministers of India
University of Lucknow alumni