| Madapati Hanumantha Rao | |
| Birth Date: | 22 January 1885 |
| Birth Place: | Pokkunuru, Nandigama Taluk, Krishna district |
| Office: | Andhra Pradesh Legislative council |
Madapati Hanumantha Rao (22 January 1885 – 11 November 1970) was an Indian statesman, poet and a short-story writer. He was the first Mayor of Hyderabad from 1951 to 1954. He is also a Padma Bhushan recipient.
He helped to found the Andhra Mahasabha. He came to be called the Andhra Pitamaha.
He was a member of the Senate and Syndicate of Osmania University.[1]
He held political meetings outside the limits of the Hyderabad state. The first Hyderabad political conference was held in Kakinada in 1923,[2] due to the initiative taken by M. Hanumantha Rao.