Nomula Narsimhaiah (9 January 1956 – 1 December 2020) was an Indian politician and Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly belonging to

Telangana Rashtra Samithi Bharat Rashtra Samithi ( ; BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS), is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana. It was founded on 27 April 2001 as by K. Chandrashekar Rao, with a singl ...

. He was elected as a legislator from Nagarjunasagar constituency in 2018 Telangana general elections by defeating Congress leader

Kunduru Jana Reddy Kunduru Jana Reddy (born 20 June 1946) is an Indian politician. He was the leader of opposition in first Telangana Assembly and served as the Minister for Panchayat Raj & Rural Water Supply in the State of Andhra Pradesh during its term from 20 ...

by 7771 votes. He was a legislator and a senior leader with

CPI-M The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the nat ...

. He was elected twice as a MLA from Nakrekal assembly constituency and leader of CPI-M in the Legislative Assembly. He was married and has three children. His son, Nomula Bagath Kumar, is an advocate at the high court of Telangana and also very active in politics and public service. He was helping his father in development of Nagrajuna sagar Constitution.

Early life

He was born in

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Village

Nakrekal Nakrekal is a census town in Nalgonda district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Nakrekal mandal in Nalgonda division..It is located about 26km from Suryapet and 29km from Nalgonda. Geography Nakrekal is located at . It has an ...

Mandal

Nalgonda district Nalgonda district is a district in the Telangana state of India. Nalgonda district has the highest number of mandals in the state with 31 mandals. The district shares boundaries with Suryapet, Rangareddy, Yadadri and Nagarkurnool districts ...

Telangana State Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and 35, ...

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community. In his childhood he was attracted towards communist literature like Telangana Armed Struggle and inspired by legendary personalities. He also loved and was involved in agriculture since his childhood. He has done

Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

(MA) and

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(LLB) at

Osmania University Osmania University is a collegiate public state university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad in 1918 , He released a farman to establish OSMANIA UNIVERSITY on the day of 28 August 1918. It ...

Political career

In his student life at

, he has actively led the

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. Later, he has joined the

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in term ...

. He has been a leading advocate at Nalgonda and Nakrekal judicial courts. He was elected twice as Mandal Parishath President of Nakrekal and elected twice as MLA from

constituency in

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 ...

. From 1999 to 2004, he has worked as Floor Leader of CPI(M) in the AP legislative assembly.

TRS Party

Later, he differed with the CPI(M) party's stand on

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 ...

and joined the

on 8 April 2014 and contested as TRS party candidate from Nagarjuna Sagar (Assembly constituency) in General Elections 2014 and lost the election.

As MLA

From Nagarjunasagar constituency In 2018 Assembly elections, he defeated senior leader and sitting MLA of

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

Party K. Jana Reddy by 7771 votes.

Death

On 1 December 2020, he died of

cardiac arrest Cardiac arrest is when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. It is a medical emergency that, without immediate medical intervention, will result in sudden cardiac death within minutes. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and possib ...

due to complications from

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during the

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.TRS lawmaker Nomula Narasimhaiah dies of cardiac arrest after post-Covid-19 complications
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References

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