Peoples Democratic Front was a mass front of
Communist Party of India
Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925.
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in the
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 ...
.
Of total 25 MP seats from Hyderabad, PDF won 7 MP seats during the first
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...
term. Among these seven MPs there were famous personalities who played a crucial role in
Telangana Rebellion
The Telangana Rebellion popularly known as Telangana Sayuda Poratam (Telugu : తెలంగాణ సాయుధ పోరాటం) of 1946–51 was a communist-led insurrection of peasants against the princely state of Hyderabad in the r ...
movement.
First Loksabha Members of People's Democratic Front
* Ramchander Govind Paranjpe (Bhir)
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Badam Yella Reddy
Baddam Yella Reddy ( te, బద్దం ఎల్లారెడ్డి, 1906 in Galipalli village''The Hindu''. `Projects will change face of Karimnagar'' – 1979) was an Indian communist politician from Telangana. He was one of the prominen ...
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Karimnagar
Karimnagar is also known as Elagandula (Ancient name)
is a city and District Headquarters in the Indian state of Telangana. Karimnagar is a major urban agglomeration and fifth largest City in the state. It is governed by Municipal corporation a ...
)
* T. B. Vittal Rao (
Khammam
Khammam formally (Khammam Mettu) is the city in Khammam district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the fourth largest city in the state. It is the headquarters of the Khammam district and Khammam mandal also. It is located about east of ...
)
* N. M. Jaisoorya (
Medak
Medak is a town in Medak district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Medak mandal in Medak revenue division. And There is a river named srujan which is big in length.
Etymology and History
Medak w ...
)
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Ravi Narayan Reddy
Raavi Narayana Reddy (5 June 1908 – 7 September 1991) was an Indian politician, a founding member of the Communist Party of India, and a peasant leader. He was a leader in the Telangana Rebellion against the rule of Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah V ...
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Nalgonda
Nalgonda is a city and municipality in the Indian state of Telangana. It is the headquarters of the Nalgonda district, as well as the headquarters of the Nalgonda mandal in the Nalgonda revenue division. It is located about from the state ca ...
)
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Sunkam Achalu
Sunkam Achalu (3 March 1924 – 9 August 1983) was an Indian politician. He represented Nalgonda in the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Parliament of India) 1952–1957.
Youth
Son of Kasayya, Sunkam Achalu was born in Nalgonda on 3 March 1924.Lo ...
(Nalgonda-SC)
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Pendyal Raghava Rao
Pendyala Raghava Rao () (15 March 1917 – 10 September 1987) was an Indian politician.
He was the son of Shri Pendyal Ramchander Rao and was born in Chinna Pendyal of the Warangal district in March 1917. He was educated at Warangal High Schoo ...
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Warangal
Warangal () is a city in the Indian state of Telangana and the district headquarters of Warangal district. It is the second largest city in Telangana with a population of 704,570 per 2011 Census of India, and spreading over an .
Warangal ser ...
)
References
* https://web.archive.org/web/20160303185847/http://164.100.47.134/newls/state1to12.aspx?state_name=Hyderabad
Defunct political parties in Telangana
Political parties with year of establishment missing
Political parties with year of disestablishment missing
Communist Party of India
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