Laxminarayana Mudiraj (1929 – 4 March 2015) was an Indian politician who served as Mayor of

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and as MLA. He was the Hyderabad City Mayor for the year 1969–1970. He participated in the

Quit India Movement The Quit India Movement, also known as the August Kranti Movement, was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8th August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British rule in ...

and struggle for liberation of Hyderabad State and against the

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in 1947–48.

Biography

Laxminarayana Mudiraj was born in

Hyderabad State Hyderabad State () was a princely state located in the south-central Deccan region of India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and t ...

(Nizam dominion). He was elected as MLA from Maharajgunj constituency in the year 1972.

Telangana movement

He was an ardent supporter of

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 ...

statehood. He defied orders of the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh,

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and laid foundation stone for Telangana martyrs memorial,

Gun Park Telangana Martyrs Memorial also called as Telangana Amara Jyothi or Amaraveerula Stupam is a monument built for 369 students who died during the 1969 agitation for a separate Telangana state. Telangana Martyrs Memorial day is observed on 2 Jun ...

, in 1969 agitation.

Personal life

Mudiraj was married and has two sons and five daughters. He died on 3 March 2015 after a prolonged illness.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mudiraj, Laxminarayana 1929 births 2015 deaths Politicians from Hyderabad, India Mayors of Hyderabad, India