Mosalikanti Thirumala Rao | |
Birth Date: | 29 January 1901 |
Birth Place: | Pithapuram, Godavari District, Madras Presidency, British India (Now East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India) |
Death Date: | 1970 |
Constituency: | Kakinada constituency |
Office: | Member of Parliament |
Predecessor: | Chelikani Venkata Rama Rao |
Successor: | M. S. Sanjeevi Rao |
Office1: | Member of Constituent Assembly of India |
Term Start1: | 9 December 1946 |
Term End1: | 24 January 1950 |
Party: | Indian National Congress |
Spouse: | Narasubayamma Velala |
Children: | 3; 1 son and 2 daughters |
Website: | http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1333.htm |
Mosalikanti Thirumala Rao (Telugu: మొసలికంటి తిరుమలరావు) (29 January 1901 – 1970) was an Indian freedom activist and Parliament member.
He was born to Shri Bayanna Pantulu in Pithapuram, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India.
He joined Indian Independence movement on the call of Mahatma Gandhi and was jailed many times as a result of his participation.
He was elected president of District of East Godavari Congress Committee twice. He was Member of Central Legislative Assembly, 1937–40; Council of States. 1945–47; Constituent Assembly of India 1948–50 and Provisional Parliament, 1950–52. He was elected thrice from the Kakinada constituency for 2nd Lok Sabha,[1] 3rd Lok Sabha[2] and 4th Lok Sabha[3] as member of Indian National Congress and served the ministry.
He was Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, Government of India between 1950 and 1952. He was Lieutenant Governor of Vindhya Pradesh in 1956.
He has translated the God Speaks by Avatar Meher Baba into Telugu language.