Madapati Hanumantha Rao
Madapati Hanumantha Rao | |
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Indian statesman, poet and a short-story writer | |
Andhra Pradesh Legislative council | |
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Born | (1885-01-22)January 22, 1885 Pokkunuru, Nandigama Taluk, Krishna district |
Died | November 11, 1970(1970-11-11) (aged 85) |
Madapati Hanumantha Rao (22 January 1885 – 11 November 1970) was an Indian statesman, poet and a short-story writer. He was the first Mayor of Hyderabad from 1951 to 1954. He is also a Padma Bhushan recipient.
Revival of the Telugu Language in Nizam's Dominion
He helped to found the Andhra Mahasabha. He came to be called the Andhra Pitamaha.[citation needed]
Public worker
He was a member of the Senate and Syndicate of Osmania University.[1]
He held political meetings outside the limits of the Hyderabad state.[citation needed] The first Hyderabad political conference was held in Kakinada in 1923,[2] due to the initiative taken by M. Hanumantha Rao.
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Padma Bhushan award recipients (1954–1959)
- Homi J. Bhabha
- Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar
- Mahadeva Iyer Ganapati
- Jnan Chandra Ghosh
- Maithili Sharan Gupt
- Amarnath Jha
- Ajudhiya Nath Khosla
- Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan
- Hussain Ahmed Madani
- Josh Malihabadi
- Vaikunthbhai Mehta
- Vallathol Narayana Menon
- A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar
- Palden Thondup Namgyal
- V. Narahari Rao
- Jamini Roy
- Sukumar Sen
- M. S. Subbulakshmi
- Kodandera Subayya Thimayya
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- 1960–1969
- 1970–1979
- 1980–1989
- 1990–1999
- 2000–2009
- 2010–2019
- 2020–2029