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| name = Pendyala Raghava Rao<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1917|3|15|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Chinna Pendyal]], [[Warangal district]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1987|9|10|1917|3|15|df=y}}<br />
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| constituency = [[Warangal Lok Sabha constituency|Warangal]]<br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament]]<br />
| term_start = 1952<br />
| term_end = 1957<br />
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| party = [[Peoples Democratic Front (Hyderabad)]]<br />
| spouse = Venkatamma, later Kausalya devi<br />
| children = 2 sons from Venkatamma, 2 sons and 2 daughters from Kausalya devi<br />
| website = [http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/961.htm]<br />
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'''Pendyala Raghava Rao''' (15 March 1917 – 10 September 1987) was an Indian politician.<br />
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He was the son of Shri Pendyal Ramchander Rao and was born in Chinna Pendyal of the [[Warangal district]] in March 1917. He was educated at Warangal High School and married Shrimati Venkatamma in 1934. The couple had 2 sons. After the death of his wife, he married Shrimati Kausalya devi and had 2 sons and 2 daughters from this marriage.<br />
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He resisted the Conversion Movement in 1935–36, joined Congress Satyagraha in 1938, and was sentenced to imprisonment with fine of Rs. 300. He later joined [[Andhra Mahasabha]] and went underground in 1946 when it was banned. He resisted the [[Razakars (Hyderabad)|Razakar]] movement and was a member of the [[Peoples Democratic Front (Hyderabad)|Peoples Democratic Front]], elected to the [[1st Lok Sabha]] from Hyderabad constituency in 1952. He defeated the famous poet [[Kaloji Narayana Rao|Kaloji Narayan Rao]] of Indian National Congress, by almost 4000 votes in this election.<br />
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His biography with his articles called "Naa Prajaa Jeevitham" was authored by his daughter, K. Neeharini. Raghava Rao died in September 1987 at the age of 70.<ref>[https://www.amazon.in/Praja-Jeevitham-Pendyala-Raghava-Rao/dp/B00HWWEAQ4 Na Praja Jeevitham by Pendyala Raghava Rao]</ref><ref>[https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/7303992 Author profile: Rāghavarāvu, Peṇḍyāla, 1917-1987]</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/961.htm Profile of Pendyal Raghava Rao at Lok Sabha website]<br />
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[[Category:1917 births]]<br />
[[Category:1987 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:India MPs 1952–1957]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Hyderabad State]]<br />
[[Category:People from Hanamkonda district]]<br />
[[Category:Telugu politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Communist Party of India politicians from Telangana]]</div>Bmgrouprealty