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{{Infobox person
| name = Mutnuri Krishna Rao
| image = Mutnuri Krishna Rao.jpg
| birth_name =
| birth_place = Mutnuru village, Divi Taluk, Krishna district, Madras Presidency
| birth_date = 1879<ref name="gotelugu.com">{{cite web|last1=T. V. S|first1=Sastri|title=Biography of Mutnuri Krishna Rao|url=http://www.gotelugu.com/issue31/871/telugu-columns/mutnuri-krishna-rao-biography/|website=gotelugu.com|publisher=Go Telugu|access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref>
| death_date = {{Death date|df=yes|1945|06|25}}<ref name="The Great Indian Patriots"/>
| death_place =
| father =
| mother =
| residence =
| spouse =
| children = Two daughters, one son
| caption =
| occupation = editor, freedom fighter
| relatives =
}}

'''Mutnuri Krishna Rao''' was an Indian freedom fighter, editor, scholar and literary critic.<ref name="The Great Indian Patriots">{{cite book|last1=Rao|first1=P. Rajeswar|title=The Great Indian Patriots|date=1991|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=9788170992882|page=60|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=04tDyxmNOhsC&q=Mutnuri+Krishna+Rao&pg=PA60|access-date=6 November 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Tributes to Krishna Rao">{{cite web|title=Tributes to Krishna Rao|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Tributes-to-Krishna-Rao/article16584694.ece|website=thehindu.com|publisher=The Hindu|access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> He was the editor of [[Krishna Patrika]], a nationalist publication from 1907 to 1945.<ref name="pib.nic.in">{{cite web|title=Latest Releases|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2001/raug2001/11082001/r110820017.html|website=pib.nic.in|publisher=National Informatics Center|access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> He is considered to be the doyen of Telugu journalism.<ref name="Shodhganga">{{cite web|last1=G|first1=Somasekhar|title=The Role Telugu Press In The Indian Freedom Movement|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/106043/8/08_chapter-2.pdf|website=Shodhganga|publisher=Sri Venkateswara University, Department of History|access-date=27 December 2017}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Krishna Rao was born on 1897 in Mutnuru village of Divi taluk, Krishna district of erstwhile Madras Presidency. He lost his parents when he was very young. His father was a district munsif. He was brought up by his paternal uncle. He completed his primary education in Hindu high school , [[Machilipatnam|Bandar]]. He studied F.A course in Noble college, Bandar. [[Raghupathi Venkataratnam Naidu]] was one of his teachers. Rao was influenced by his ideology and used to attend the meetings of [[Brahmo Samaj]].

Later he went to Madras to study B.A in Christian College. He got acquainted with [[Pattabhi Sitaramaiah]]. As he focused more on literature, he returned to Bandar in 1903 without completing his degree. Inspired by Vande Mataram movement, he toured Bengal along with [[Bipin Chandra Pal]].

== Family ==
He lived with his wife. The couple had two daughters and a son. The eldest daughter and only son passed away before him, and his second daughter became a widow.

==Career==
He joined Krishna Patrika as an assistant editor. He got promoted as an editor in 1907 and worked there till his death in 1945. He criticized the policies of British government in his editorials regarding the amount spent on welfare of the poor and developing educational institutions.<ref name="Shodhganga"/> He also ran a Magazine called ''Andhra Bharati'' for some time.

== Memorial ==
He died on 25 June 1945 because of [[Ascites]].<ref name="M. D. Sarma">{{cite book|last1=M. D|first1=Sarma|title=MUTNURI KRISHNARAO GARI SAMPADAKEYALU|date=1992|publisher=SRI RAMA SIDDHANTHI PUBLICATIONS|page=[https://archive.org/details/mutnurikrishnara021589mbp/page/n31 6]|url=https://archive.org/details/mutnurikrishnara021589mbp|access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> The town hall in Machilipatnam is named after him.{{fact|date=June 2019}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://archive.org/details/mutnurikrishnara021589mbp Editorials of Mutnuri Krishna Rao on archive.org]

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[[Category:1879 births]]
[[Category:1945 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Andhra Pradesh]]

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