Sistla Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao Explained

Sistla Venkata Lakshmi Narasimham
Birth Date:24 May 1911
Birth Place:Pedapulivarru, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Death Date:28 September 2006
Death Place:Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Office:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Term:1952 - 1957
Predecessor:First General Election
Successor:Kotha Raghuramaiah
Constituency:Guntur
Party:Independent politician
Spouse:Rajyalakshmi
Children:7; 5 sons and 2 daughters

Sistla Venkata Lakshmi Narasimham, known as S. V. L. Narasimham (24 May 1911 – 28 September 2006) was Senior Advocate, Trade Union activist and the 1st Lok Sabha member from Guntur constituency, Madras State, India.

He was born to Shri S. V. Purushottam on 24 May 1911. He was educated at Andhra Christian College, Guntur and Law College, Madras and Law College, Trivandrum. He practiced law from 1936 till 2004. He represented the Brodipet ward as a councillor in 1939. He was secretary of Bar Association, Guntur in 1942–43 and was Bar Association president consecutively from 1965 to 1970. He served jail terms twice during Indian freedom movement.[1]

He led the Trade Union of Krishna Cement Company as its president in 1930s. In 1952, he contested as an Independent candidate and won by a majority of 1,03,126 votes against the veteran parliamentarian N. G. Ranga (Krushikar Party).[2]

He died in Guntur on 28 September 2006. He left behind his wife, five sons and two daughters.[3]

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  1. Web site: First Guntur MP dead at the Hindu. . 28 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071001045248/http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/28/stories/2006092815850400.htm . 1 October 2007 . . 2006-09-28 . dead .
  2. Web site: S.V.L.Narasimham at Mangalagiri website. . 28 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090318075139/http://mangalagiri.org/gov/mp.html . 18 March 2009 . live .
  3. Web site: Narasimha mourned at the Hindu. . 28 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080820225524/http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/28/stories/2006092822120300.htm . 20 August 2008 . . 2006-09-28 . dead .