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{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = Y. V. Krishna Rao
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| birth_date = 1915
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2010|12|26|1915||}}
| birth_place = Peda Otupalli, Krishna Dist,Andhrapradesh
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| office = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council|Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council]]
| term_start = 1966
| term_end = 1978
| party = [[Communist Party of India]]
| legislature = Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
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'''Y. V. Krishna Rao''' (1915–26 December 2010), popularly known as '''YVK''', was an [[Indian people|Indian]] politician and leader of [[Communist Party of India]] who served as General Secretary and President of the [[All India Kisan Sabha (Ajoy Bhavan)|All India Kisan Sabha]].<ref name="newageweekly">{{Cite web|title=Comrade Y V Krishna Rao Passes Away|url=http://www.newageweekly.in/2010/12/comrade-y-v-krishna-rao-passes-away.html|website=newageweekly.in|access-date=2021-05-17|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Indian Left|url=https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78-00915R001400250002-7.pdf|website= cia.gov}}</ref>

==Biography==

He joined the freedom movement early when he was still a child. Later he became an activist of anti-British struggle, and soon he joined the [[Communist Party of India]]. He was given the responsibilities of party work in Cuddapah district, where he lived in underground. He played a crucial role in the ongoing [[Telangana Rebellion|Telangana Armed Struggle]] in Cuddapah district. Later he joined All India Kisan Sabha and dedicated his lifer to the Kisan movement. He was the leader of state Kisan Sabha, and soon became general secretary and then president of All India Kisan Sabha. He was the leader of the CPI Legislative Council group for 12 years and was known for his legislative activities.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Radhakrishna|first1=Rokkam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CekvY-OhlMUC|title=India in a Globalising World: Some Aspects of Macroeconomy, Agriculture, and Poverty : Essays in Honour of C.H. Hanumantha Rao|last2=Rao|first2=C. H. Hanumantha|last3=Rao|first3=S. K.|last4=Subbarao|first4=K.|last5=Dev|first5=S. Mahendra|date=2006|publisher=Academic Foundation|isbn=978-81-7188-516-9|pages=26|language=en}}</ref> He was in the state secretariat of the CPI and also in the national executive committee of the party. He was also president of Visalaandhra Vignana Samithi, and had authored many books, edited the Telugu translations of ''[[Das Kapital]]'' and was co-author of the three volumes of History of Andhra Communist Movement. He was the Chairman of prestigious publication Andhra Pradesh Darshini. He functioned as member of Union Agricultural prices Commission.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Windmiller|first=Marshall|date=July 29, 2011|title=Communism in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PAFBW743Bi4C&q=Y.+V.+Krishna+Rao+CPI&pg=PA392|publisher=University of California Press|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=The Political Pragmatism of the Communists in Telangana, 1938-48|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3517795|journal=Social Scientist|jstor = 3517795|last1 = Thirumali|first1 = I.|year = 1996|volume = 24|issue = 4/6|pages = 164–183|doi = 10.2307/3517795}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Democratic Process and Electoral Politics in Andhra Pradesh, India - ODI Working|url=https://odi.org/documents/2515/2690.pdf|website=odi.org}}</ref>

He died on 26 December 2010.<ref name="newageweekly" />

==References==
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[[Category:Communist Party of India politicians from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council]]

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