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Nadendla Bhaskara Rao (born 23 June 1936) is an Indian politician who served as the
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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 ...
for a brief period in 1984. He served the shortest term yet, as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh – 31 days. His son
Nadendla Manohar Nadendla Manohar is an Indian politician who served as the Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He was the last speaker of the United Andhra Pradesh before the formation of the Telangana state on 2 June 2014. Nadendla Manohar was sw ...
is a former MLA from
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and a former Speaker in the Andhra Pradesh assembly.


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A lawyer by profession, he graduated from
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,
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, he entered the AP state assembly in 1978. He served as a Minister of state in Chenna Reddy's cabinet. After TDP won assembly elections in 1983, Bhaskara Rao joined NTR cabinet as Finance minister.


Short-lived CM

After one and a half years of the TDP's rule he along with his supporters pulled a coup on the NTR government in August 1984. Congress (I) gave support to Bhaskara Rao's group within TDP at a time when NTR was away in the US to undergo angiogram. Since Congress was in power at the (UTC)center and their nominee occupied the AP Governor's post, Bhaskara Rao became CM of Andhra Pradesh. Seventeen opposition parties, including the CPI, CPI(M), BJP and the Janata criticised this move and launched a 'Save democracy movement', leading to massive anti-Centre protest against the dismissal of the TDP government. NTR returned from US, wore black clothes and launched a statewide ''yathra'' to protest the dismissal of his government. He called it a ''dharma yuddham'' (a war for justice), a war against the authoritarian and autocratic rule at the centre, for restoration of democracy and safeguarding the Constitution. The central government, recalled the governor and reinstalled NTR as CM – the only instance in political history of India when a dismissed CM was reinstated. Bhaskara Rao left TDP and joined Congress (I) along with his close supporter Amukurajah Rao. His reign as AP CM lasted 31 days.


Post CM days

After a political hiatus, Bhaskara Rao was elected to the 12th
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in 1998 from
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Constituency. He filed a defamation litigation on N.T.R: Mahanayakudu movie for showing his character negatively. He remains active in state politics until 6 July 2019 when he joined
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in the presence of
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and BJP President
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.Former Andhra pradesh CM Bhaskara Rao joins BJP
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External links




"Democratic Process and Electoral Politics in Andhra Pradesh" by K.C. Suri (2002)
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History of TDP by G. Vasu
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rao, N. Bhaskara 1936 births Living people Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Andhra Pradesh Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh Telugu politicians India MPs 1998–1999 Telugu Desam Party politicians Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh People from Guntur Osmania University alumni Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh Chief ministers from Telugu Desam Party People from Khammam district