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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
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| name = Greater Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporation (GRMC)
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| body = Rajamahendravaram
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| leader1_type = Municipal Commissioner
| leader1 = Shri M. Abhishikth Kishore IAS
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| leader2 = Margani Bharat Ram
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Gorantla Butchaih Chowdary - Rural
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|Mobile APP=RMC Sevak (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dreamstep.rmcsevak)}}

''' Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporation''' (formerly known as '''Rajahmundry Municipal Corporation''') is the civic body that governs the city of [[Rajamahendravaram]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]].

== Jurisdiction ==

Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporation (RMC) is spread over an area of {{Convert|44.50|km2|abbr=on|}}.<ref name="civicbody">{{cite web|title=Municipalities, Municipal Corporations and UDAs|url=http://www.dtcp.ap.gov.in/dtcpweb/index.html|website=Directorate of Town and Country Planning|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh|accessdate=23 June 2016}}</ref>

== Administration ==

Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporation (RMC) is administered by an elected body, headed by the Mayor. As per the [[2011 Census of India]], the city population was 3,41,831 with a metro population of 419,818. The present city municipal commissioner is Shri M. Abhishikth Kishore IAS.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporation|url=https://rajahmundry.cdma.ap.gov.in/en|website=Rajahmundry Corporation|accessdate=21 July 2015}}</ref>

== History ==
Rajahmundry municipal corporation is one of the oldest corporations which started in the year 1866. It was headed by the British till 1884 and when they had permitted contesting for municipal chairman elections. [[N. Subba Rao Pantulu]] served in this municipal corporation. First [[Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh]] [[Tanguturi Prakasam]] Panthulu also won as chairman in 1903. Zamindar of Dharmavaram [[Kanchumarthi Ramachandra Rao]] and many others took active participation in it. [[Vogeti Ramakrishnayya]] garu served as municipal councilor for a long time. Nidamarthi Durgaiah, Mocherla Ramchandra Rao, Eluri Lakshmi Narasimham etc acted as chairman for this council.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=iwlDAAAAYAAJ&q=tanguturi+prakasam+muniipal+chairman&dq=tanguturi+prakasam+muniipal+chairman|title=Indica, Volume 37|year=2000}}</ref> Maturi Srinivasa Chakravarthi was the first mayor of the city.<ref>{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2016-01-17|title=Chakravarthi, first Mayor of Rajamundry, passes away|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/Chakravarthi-first-Mayor-of-Rajamundry-passes-away/article14002894.ece|access-date=2021-03-12|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Municipalities of Andhra Pradesh}}

[[Category: Municipal corporations in Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category: Local government in Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category: Rajahmundry]]
[[Category:1866 establishments in British India]]

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