Moturu Hanumantha Rao (1917-2001) was a Communist party leader in the state of

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. He was the founder-Editor of the Communist newspaper Prajasakti published from

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. Prajasakti was brought out as a daily under the leadership of P. Sundarayya and editorship of Moturu Hanumantha Rao on 1 August 1981, when the first issue was released by E. M. S. Namboodiripad. (i) Madras Legislative Assembly and Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 1952–55, (ii) Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council, 1978–84 and (iii) Rajya Sabha, 3-4-1988 to 2-4-1994; Chairman, Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry, Rajya Sabha, 1993–94; Secretary, Andhra Pradesh State Committee of CPI (M), 1964–82; Author of a few books. He died in 2001.

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Indian publishers (people) 2001 deaths Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Andhra Pradesh People from Guntur district Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Rajya Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh 1917 births Telugu politicians 20th-century publishers (people) 20th-century Indian businesspeople {{CPIndiaMarxist-politician-stub