Udupi Krishna Rau (1900 – 3 August 1961) was a medical practitioner and politician of the

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. He served as

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city and as State minister.

Early life

Born in 1900 in Madras, Krishna Rau was the son of U. Rama Rau. He studied medicine and started practising in 1924.

Political career

Krishna Rau joined the Indian National Congress and was elected to the Madras Corporation in 1930. He served as member of the corporation from 1930 to 1948 serving as chairman of the Health, Taxation and Finance Committee. In 1947, he was nominated mayor of Madras and served from 1947 to 1948. Krishna Rau served as Member of the Legislative Assembly of

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(representing the Harbour constituency during 1952-61). He was a medical doctor by profession and co-edited a medical journal called ''Antiseptic'' founded by his father U. Rama Rau and

T. M. Nair Taravath Madhavan Nair (15 January 1868 – 17 July 1919) was an Indian politician and political activist of the Dravidian Movement from the Madras Presidency. He founded the Justice Party (India), Justice Party along with Theagaraya Chetty and ...

. He served as the mayor of

during 1947–48. He served as the president of the state president of the

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between 1950 and 52. From 1952 to 54, he served as the minister in charge of Industries, Labour, Motor Transport, Railways, Posts, Telegraphs and Civil Aviation in the cabinet of

C. Rajagopalachari Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (10 December 1878 – 25 December 1972), popularly known as Rajaji or C.R., also known as Mootharignar Rajaji (Rajaji'', the Scholar Emeritus''), was an Indian statesman, writer, lawyer, and independence activis ...

. He also served as the

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of the

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from 1957 to 1961. His father Rama Rau had earlier served as the chairman of the upper house of the Madras legislature - the

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.1957 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India
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Indian National Congress politicians from Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu ministers 1961 deaths Mayors of Chennai 1900 births Madras MLAs 1952–1957 {{TamilNadu-INC-politician-stub