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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name=Uppuluri Mallikarjuna Sarma<br />
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| birth_date = 16 July 1939<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|3|22|1939|7|16|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = Peda Kondur, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| spouse = Janaki Devi<br />
| children = Srinivas, Vijaya<br />
| office = Chairman of Madyapana Vimochana Prachara Committee<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| profession = [[Politician]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Uppuluri Mallikarjuna Sarma''' (born 16 July 1939 at Peda Konduru Village, Duggirala Mandalam, [[Guntur District]]), S/O Sri [[Uppuluri Rama Sastry]] is one of the dedicated members of Khaddar Samsthanam, a trust established by Sri Uppuluri Venkata Krishnaiah and Sri [[Uppuluri Rama Sastry]] in the year 1935. He breathed his last on 22 March 2019 in his hometown Vijayawada.<br />
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He started his association with the [[Indian National Congress]] and has been committed for the same right from the age of 12 coinciding with the initial periods of [[Independent India]]. He was the general secretary of Andhra Pradesh State Congress and member of [[All India Congress Committee]].<br />
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He has orating skills in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Hindi]] because of which he was chosen as the live translator for all the speeches of late ex-Prime Minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]] when he toured the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]] in 1985.<br />
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Sarma contested as an independent candidate <ref>[http://www.indian-elections.com/assembly-elections/andhra-pradesh1.html Full Candidates List - Andhra Pradesh (Assembly Elections 2004)]</ref> for the Andhra Pradesh Assembly constituency of Vijayawada in 2004 elections where he did a lot of social work in his personal capacity. He is one of the founding members of Gandhi Hills in Vijayawada in association with Dr KL Rao and Pathuri Nagabhushanam, a social activist.<br />
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He had served as the Chairman<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Prohibition-committee-formed/article14812426.ece | newspaper=The Hindu | title=Prohibition committee formed | date=9 August 2007 | accessdate=21 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.loksatta.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=95&Itemid=100&showall=1 | title=Liquor Control Movement}}</ref> of Madyapana Vimochana Prachara Committee (Liquor Control Movement) since August 2007 and has been very active in the debates <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://videos.wittysparks.com/id/1749772369 |title=Uppuluri Mallikarjuna Sarma speach [sic] on Telangana issue Video |publisher=WittySparks |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718072809/http://videos.wittysparks.com/id/1749772369 |archivedate=18 July 2011 }}</ref> in the propagation of liquor eradication mission.<br />
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Prior to being the chairman of this committee, he was the secretary of Ravindra Bharathi and conducted several cultural programs.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041112091939/http://www.hindu.com/2004/10/16/stories/2004101615460300.htm ''The Hindu'' : Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : In Hyderabad Today]</ref><br />
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Sarma was also conferred an honorary degree by Nagarjuna University.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://hindu.com/2008/09/10/stories/2008091050720200.htm |title=Andhra Pradesh / Guntur News : ANU to celebrate Foundation Day |access-date=5 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002054025/http://hindu.com/2008/09/10/stories/2008091050720200.htm |archive-date=2 October 2011 |url-status=dead |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=2008-09-10 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
Shri Uppuluri Malikarjuna Sarma S/o Rama Sastry expired on 22 March 2019 at Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.<br />
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== Family ==<br />
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Sarma has two sisters and six brothers.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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