| Ramchandra Veerappa | |
| Birth Date: | 1 January 1908 |
| Birth Place: | Humnabad |
| Residence: | Bidar |
| Death Place: | Hyderabad |
| Office: | Member of the Lok Sabha from Bidar |
| Term Start: | 1962 |
| Term End: | 1971 |
| Predecessor: | Seat did not exist. See Gulbarga |
| Successor: | Shankar Dev |
| Term Start2: | 1991 |
| Term End2: | 2004 |
| Predecessor2: | Narsingrao Suryawanshi |
| Successor2: | Narsingrao Suryawanshi |
| Office7: | Member of the Mysuru State Legislative Council |
| Term Start7: | 1948 |
| Term End7: | 1952 |
| Office8: | Member of the Mysuru State Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start8: | 1957 |
| Term End8: | 1962 |
| Constituency8: | Aland |
| Office9: | Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start9: | 1980 |
| Term End9: | 1985 |
| Office10: | Member of the Bidar Municipal Council |
| Term Start10: | 1947 |
| Term End10: | 1948 |
| Office11: | Vice President of the Bidar District Congress Committee |
| Term Start11: | 1962 |
| Term End11: | 1967 |
| Office12: | Member of the Congress Committee |
| Term Start12: | 1962 |
| Term End12: | 1984 |
| Office13: | Vice President of the all India schedule Castes (SC) cell of Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Term Start13: | 1991 |
| Term End13: | 1994 |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Otherparty: | |
| Spouse: | Shankaramma Ramchandra |
| Children: | 4 sons and 2 daughters |
| Date: | 23 September |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Source: | http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=502 |
Ramchandra Veerappa (1908–2004) was an Indian veteran politician who represented Bidar constituency in the Lok Sabha from 1962 to 1971 and from 1991 to 2004. He was a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council from 1948 to 1952.[1]
In 1947, he was elected to the Municipal Council, Bidar. He was elected from Bidar to Lok Sabha in 1962 and 1967 as member of Congress. He joined Congress (O) when the party split in 1969, and lost from Bidar in 1971 and 1977. Later he joined BJP and was elected to Lok Sabha from Bidar five times, the last in 2004 at the age of 95. While campaigning in 2004, he said he hoped to contest five years later at the age of 100. He never went to school but learned to read and write in his native Kannada. He was also fluent at Deccani Urdu, Hindi, and Marathi. He said he rarely spoke in Lok Sabha because he was not much familiar with English.
He was a dalit. He married thrice. His first wife died childless. He separated from his second wife decades after they had married, and picked up a third wife in his 60s. In all, he had nine children.[2]
He died on 18 Jul 2004 at Hyderabad Hospital due to kidney dysfunction at the age of 96.[3]