Kamichetty Venugopala Rao Naidou
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Kamisetty Venugopala Rao Naidu (also spelled as Kamichetty Venougopala Rao Naidu) was Mayor and MLA of
Yanaon Yanaon or Yanam was one of the five principal settlements of French India between 1731 and 1954. Early years Reason for European interests The French in their earlier records do mention of their interest in establishing trade in the Northern ...
during French rule in first half of 20th century. He is known as ''The Grand Old Man of Yanaon''. He was one of the two powerful political leaders in Yanam during French rule. His opponent was Bezawada Bapa Naidou, the first mayor of Yanam. After death of Bapa Naidou, he became Mayor of Yanam (Maire de Yanaon) and even his family became very dominant in Yanam politics for at least 50 years thence.


Legacy of Kamisetty family

He was hornoured with ''Grade de chevalier'' in 1931. His son's wife Kamichetty Savithiry became Conseiller Municipal from Kankalapet and later became MLA of Yanam. It was told that after MLA elections, she and Yerra Jaganatha Rao got same votes, so they kept lottery and she won it. His son
Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu (2 October 1921 – 19 January 1989) was a member of the legislative assembly (MLA) of Puducherry, India from 1964 until his death in 1989. A government high school in Yanam was named with h ...
became MLA of Yanam and made it his pocket borough for nearly 40 years. It was Venugopalarao Naidou who provoked his son who was a pro-French leader to support merger of Yanam. There was a street named ''Kamichetty'' in Yanam.


Offices held


References

* ''Annuaire statistique des établissements français dans l'Inde'' by Pierre-Constant Sicé. * ''La Gazette de I'Etat de Pondichéry'' (Gazette of Pondicherry).


See also

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Yanam, French India Yanaon or Yanam was one of the five principal settlements of French India between 1731 and 1954. Early years Reason for European interests The French in their earlier records do mention of their interest in establishing trade in the Northern ...
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Yanam Municipality Yanam Municipality (''Municipalité de Yanaon'') was created by a French Metropolitan Decree dated 12 March 1880. Yanaon municipality had 12 seats (''Sièges''). Citizens from each ward elect one representative for Yanam Municipal Council (''C ...
* Dadala Rafael Ramanayya *
Colonial History of Yanam Yanaon or Yanam was one of the five principal settlements of French India between 1731 and 1954. Early years Reason for European interests The French in their earlier records do mention of their interest in establishing trade in the Norther ...
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Bouloussou Soubramaniam Sastroulou Bouloussou Soubramaniom Sastroulou (''Bulusu Subrahmaṇya Śāstrulu''; 1866 – 13 September 1941) was Diwan, Conseiller local and Judge Advocate during French colonial rule in Yanam in the early 20th century. Birth Soubramaniom Sastroulou wa ...
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Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu (2 October 1921 – 19 January 1989) was a member of the legislative assembly (MLA) of Puducherry, India from 1964 until his death in 1989. A government high school in Yanam was named with h ...
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