Rao is a title and a surname native to India. It is used mostly in states of
Gujarat,
Haryana,
Rajasthan,
Andhra Pradesh,
Telangana,
Karnataka and
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
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As a surname
Notable people with this surname or title include the following:
Pre-independence
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Rao Tula Ram (c. 1825 – 1863) -
Rewari
Rewari is a city and a Municipal Council in Rewari district in the Indian state of Haryana. King of Rewari is Rao Onkar Singh.It is located in south-west Haryana around 82 km from Delhi King whofought Great Battle of 1857.
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T. Madhava Rao
Raja Sir Tanjore Madhava Rao, KCSI (20 November 18284 April 1891), also known as Sir Madhava Rao Thanjavurkar or simply as Madhavarao Tanjorkar, was an Indian statesman, civil servant, administrator and politician who served as the Diwan of ...
(1829–1891) - Diwan of Travancore from 1857 to 1872.
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R. Raghunatha Rao (c. February 1831 – May 3, 1912) - Diwan of Indore from 1875 to 1888
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R. Venkata Rao - Diwan of Travancore from 1821 to 1829.
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T. Subba Rao - Diwan of Travancore from 1830 to 1837.
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V. P. Madhava Rao
Sir Vishwanath Patankar Madhava Rao (10 February 1850 – 1934) was an Indian administrator and statesman who served as the 17th Diwan of Mysore from 1906 to 1909 and that of Baroda from 1910 to 1913.
Early life
Madhava Rao was born in Febr ...
- 17th Diwan of the Mysore kingdom
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T. Ananda Rao
Sir Tanjore Ananda Rao (alternatively known as Ananda Rao Thanjavarkar) (15 May 1852 – 19 July 1919) was an Indian administrator and statesman who served as the 18th Diwan of Mysore from 1909 to 1912. He was the eldest son of Sir T. Madhava R ...
- 18th Diwan of the Mysore kingdom
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N. Madhava Rao
Sir Nyapathi Madhava Rau (8 June 1887 – 28 August 1972) was an Indian civil servant, administrator, and statesman who served as the 23rd dewan of Mysore from 1941 to 1945 and later as a member of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Asse ...
- 23rd Diwan of the Mysore Kingdom
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K. Krishnaswamy Rao
Diwan Bahadur Kanchi Krishnaswamy Rao (1845–1923) was an Indian civil servant, judge and administrator who served as the Diwan of Travancore from 1898 to 1904.
Early life and education
Krishnaswamy Rao was born into Deshastha Madhva Brah ...
- Diwan of Travancore from 1898 to 1904
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T. Rama Rao (administrator)
Tanjore Rama Rao (c. 1831 – 5 June 1895)'', was an Indian administrator who served as the Diwan of Travancore (now part of Kerala State) from 1887 to 1892. V. Nagam Aiya, in his 1906 ''Travancore State Manual'' calls him "the most popula ...
- Diwan of Travancore from 1887 to 1892
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T. Ramachandra Rao
Tanjore Ramachandra Rao (1825-1879) was an Indian civil servant who became the first native Indian to serve as Deputy Commissioner of Police of Madras.
Early life
Ramachandra Rao was born in Tanjore in 1825 in a Deshastha Brahmin family w ...
(1825-1879) -
Indian civil servant and first native Indian to serve as Deputy Commissioner of Police of Madras.
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R. Ramachandra Rao
Diwan Bahadur Raghunatha Rao Ramachandra Rao (c. 1871 – July 1936) was an Indian civil servant, mathematician and social and political activist who served as District Collector in British India.
Early life and education
Ramachandra Rao w ...
(1871 – 1936) -
Indian civil servant and
mathematician.
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R. Balaji Rao (1842–1896) - an Indian politician,
independence activist
Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the sta ...
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Gangadharrao Deshpande (1871-1960) (also known as ''Lion of Karnataka'') - Indian
activist
Activism (or Advocacy) consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived greater good. Forms of activism range fro ...
and leader of
Indian independence movement against
British rule from
Belgaum
Belgaum (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Bēḷagāma''; also Belgaon and officially known as Belagavi) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located in its northern part along the Western Ghats. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous ...
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C. Hayavadana Rao
Rao Bahadur Conjeevaram Hayavadana Rao (10 July 1865 – 27 January 1946) was an Indian historian, museologist, anthropologist, economist and polyglot. He was a member of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Indian Historical Records Commission ...
(1865 – 1946) - an Indian historian, museologist, anthropologist, economist and polyglot.
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T. Gopala Rao
Rai Bahadur Thandalam Gopala Rao ( mr, तंडलं गोपाळ राव, ta, தண்டலம் கோபால் ராவ்) (c. 1832 – 11 May 1886) was an Indian educator who, along with William Archer Porter, was responsibl ...
(1832 – 1886) -
educationist, served as the Principal of
Government Arts College, Kumbakonam
The Government Arts College, previously known as the Government Arts College for Men, is an autonomous college based in the town of Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu, India. This college is functioning under Bharathidasan University. The Vice-Chancellor ...
after
William Archer Porter
William Archer Porter (c. 1825 - d. 16 July 1890) was a British lawyer and educationist who served as the Principal of Government Arts College, Kumbakonam and tutor and secretary to the Maharaja of Mysore.
Early life and education
Porter was b ...
and first inspector of schools under British government.
Post-independence
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Raja Rao writer of English-language novels and short stories, whose works are deeply rooted in metaphysics
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Ayyagari Sambasiva Rao
Ayyagari Sambasiva Rao (popularly known as A. S. Rao) (1914–2003) was an Indian scientist and founder of Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
He completed his M.Sc in physics from Banaras Hindu Universi ...
(1914–2003), an Indian scientist, founder of the Electronics Corporation of India Limited
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Adinarayana Rao, Telugu film director and founder of Anjali pictures.
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Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Telugu film actor and founder of Annapurna studios. He received Padma Bhushan for his contribution to film industry.
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Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao
Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao FRS (born 10 September 1920), commonly known as C. R. Rao, is an Indian-American mathematician and statistician. He is currently professor emeritus at Pennsylvania State University and Research Professor at the Un ...
(1920-), Indian-born American mathematician and statistician
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Chennamaneni Hanumantha Rao, Indian economist and writer
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C. S. Rao (writer)
Chintapenta Satyanarayana Rao (20 December 1935 – 14 April 2020) was an Indian writer, actor, director and producer.
Filmography
Feature films
# ''Oorummadi Bathukulu''
# ''Kamalamma Kamatam''
# ''Pranam Khareedu
''Pranam Khareedu'' ...
, Indian writer, actor, director and producer
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C. S. Rao
Chittajallu Srinivasa Rao (1924 – 8 December 2004) was an Indian actor, writer and director. He was the son of film director Chittajallu Pullayya. He directed around 65 films in the Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Oriya languages. He garnered ...
(1924–2004), an Indian actor, writer and director
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Dabeeru C. Rao, Indian-American statistical geneticist
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Dasari Narayana Rao, Telugu film director and actor.
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Dileep Rao (1973–), American actor
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Ganta Srinivasa Rao
Ganta Srinivasarao (born 1 Dec 1956) was the minister of Human Resources Development of Andhra Pradesh in India.
He is representing the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Visakhapatnam North (Assembly cons ...
, Indian politician, ex-Lok Sabha member
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Gundu Hanumantha Rao, Indian actor
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Gnaneshwara Rao
Yalaka Gnaneswara Rao (born 25 August 1984) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler. He made his first-class debut in 2000/01 season and was also a member of Kochi Tuskers Kerala in 2011 IPL season ...
, Indian cricketer
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Joginder Singh Rao
Rao Joginder Singh whose name was recorded incorrectly as Joginder Singh Rao throughout his career (16 October 1938 – 3 October 1994) was an Indian cricketer: a right-arm medium pace bowler who played only five first-class games, all for Serv ...
, Indian cricketer
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Karri Narayana Rao, Indian lawyer, ex-member of Lok Sabha and Indian politician
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Kemburi Ramamohan Rao, Indian Politician, ex-member of Lok Sabha
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Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao, Indian Politician, ex-minister, ex-member of Rajya Sabha
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K. Keshava Rao
Kancherla Keshava Rao, popularly known as KK (born 4 June 1939), is an Indian politician from Telangana Rashtra Samithi party. He is a Member of the Parliament of India in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. Rao was first ...
,member of Rajya Sabha
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K. R. Rao
Kamisetty Ramamohan Rao was an Indian-American electrical engineer. He was a professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington (UT Arlington). Academically known as K. R. Rao, he is credited with the co-invention of di ...
, professor of electrical engineering at the University of Texas and co-inventor of the discrete cosine transform
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K. S. Rama Rao
K. S. Rama Rao is an Indian film producer known for his works in Telugu cinema.
Under his production house Creative Commercials, he has produced a number of notable films, including ''Mounageetam, Abhilasha'' (1983)'', Rakshasudu'' (1986)'', S ...
, Telugu cinema producer
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Kodela Siva Prasad Rao, speaker of Andhra Pradesh Assembly
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Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, Chief minister of
Telangana
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Michael Rao (1967–), president of
Virginia Commonwealth University since 2009
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Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao
Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao, popularly known as ''Avanthi Srinivas'', is an Indian educationalist turned politician.
He was the Member of the Legislative Assembly from Bheemili, Andhra Pradesh. He operates ''Avanthi Education Institutes'' in And ...
, Indian Politician, Ex-member of Lok Sabha and minister in
Andhra Pradesh Cabinet
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N. T. Rama Rao (1923 – 1996), film personality and former chief minister of united Andhra Pradesh
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Narla Tata Rao
Narla Tata Rao (4 September 1917 – 7 April 2007) was a prominent person in the power sector of India and a former chairman of the Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board.
Personal
Tata Rao was born on 4 September 1917 in Kowtharam in Krish ...
, Engineer and recipient of Padma Shri award
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Neomi Rao
Neomi Jehangir Rao (born March 22, 1973) is an American jurist and legal scholar who serves as a federal appellate judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She was appointed by President Donald Trump in 2019, ha ...
, American attorney and government official
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Nirmala Rao
Nirmala Rao (born 1959, Hyderabad, India) is a British academic and the current vice chancellor of Krea University. She also served as vice chancellor of the Asian University for Women, Chittagong, Bangladesh from 1 February 2017 and as Pro-D ...
, British academic, present VC of Asian University for Women.
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Pappala Chalapathi Rao, Indian Politician
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P. V. Narasimha Rao
Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004) was an Indian lawyer, statesman and politician who served as the 9th prime minister of India from 1991 to 1996. He is known for introducing various liberal reforms to Indi ...
- 9th Prime Minister Of India
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Rajkummar Rao, Indian film actor.
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Amrita Rao, Indian film actress
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Panje Mangesh Rao (1874 – 1937) Indian writer and poet
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Aditi Rao Hydari
Aditi Rao Hydari is an Indian actress who works mainly in Hindi and Tamil film industry. She made her film debut with the Malayalam film '' Prajapathi'' in 2006. She went on to have major to minor supporting roles in several Hindi films, includ ...
, Indian film actress
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Preetika Rao, Indian television actress
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Ramoji Rao, Telugu businessman, owner of Ramoji group
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Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao (1918 – 1974), Telugu film actor and recipient of
Rashtrapati Award
Rashtrapati Awards used to be given by the President of India, in some cases the Prime Minister of India, for achievements in the field of sports, art, military, literature, cinema, culture, science and technology, or Scouting. The award-giving ...
and International Award.
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Thummala Nageswara Rao, Telangana minister
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Udupi Ramachandra Rao
Udupi Ramachandra Rao (10 March 1932 – 24 July 2017) was an Indian space scientist and former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation. He was also the Chairman of the Governing Council of the Physical Research Laboratory at Ahm ...
- Indian space scientist and director of ISRO
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V. Hanumantha Rao
V. Hanumantha Rao (aka VHR, Hanumantha Rao Vuthpulla) is a political leader from the Indian National Congress party. He is former AICC(All India Congress Committee) Secretary of Congress Party in Telangana. He was the Member of Parliament of R ...
, Ex-member of Rajya Sabha, Indian politician
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Vandana Rao, Arjuna Awardee who represented India in 1984 and 1988 Olympics in 4 × 400 m women relay race
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Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga Rao
Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga Rao (4 July 1947 – 26 December 1988) was an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He worked as an MLA of Vijayawada East (Assembly constituency) legislative assembly as member of Indian National Congress party.
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(known as Ranga; 1947 – 1988) was an Indian National Congress politician
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Vanama Venkateshwara Rao
Vanama Venkateswara Rao is a politician from Telangana state and a member of the Legislative Assembly constituency of Kothagudem.
Political career
Venkateswara Rao was elected as a MLA from Kothagudem for the first time in 1989. He later repres ...
, Ex-minister in Andhra Pradesh
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Swami Ramdas
Swami Ramdas (; sa, स्वामी रामदास, Svāmī Rāmadāsa, born Vittal Rao on 10 April 1884) was an Indian saint, philosopher, philanthropist and pilgrim. Swami Ramdas became a wandering ascetic in his late 30s and later es ...
(born Vittal Rao), a saint from
Kanhangad, Kerala
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Gitanjali Rao (scientist)
Gitanjali Rao is an American inventor, author, social activist, and a STEM student and advocate.
Rao won the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge in 2017 and was recognized on ''Forbes'' 30 Under 30 for her innovations. Rao was na ...
– high achiever in science at
STEM School Highlands Ranch
STEM School Highlands Ranch, formerly known as STEM School and Academy, is a free public charter school with a curriculum focused on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), located in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. The school buil ...
,
Colorado, US
See also
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Rao (Chinese surname)
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Rao (title)
References
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Surnames of Indian origin