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[[File:Kamisetty Venugopalarao Naidu Statue at Yanam Beach, Yanam.jpg|thumb|250px|Mayor of Yanam.]]

'''Kamichetty Venougopala Rao Naidu''' better known as ''The Grand Old Man of Yanaon'' was Mayor and MLA of [[Yanam Municipality|Yanaon]] during [[French India|French rule]] in first half of 20th century. He was one of the two powerful political leaders in Yanam during French rule. His opponent was [[Bezawada Bapa Naidou]], the first mayor of Yanam. After death of Bapa Naidou, he became Mayor of Yanam (Maire de Yanaon) and even his family became very dominant in Yanam politics for at least 50 years thence.

==Legacy of Kamichetty family==
He was hornoured with ''Grade de chevalier'' in 1931. His son's wife [[Kamichetty Savithiry]] became Conseiller Municipal from Kankalapet and later became [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]] of Yanam. It was told that after MLA elections, she and Yerra Jaganatha Rao got same votes, so they kept lottery and she won it.  His son [[Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu]] became MLA of Yanam and made it his pocket borough for nearly 40 years.

It was Venugopalarao Naidou who provoked his son who was a pro-French leader to support merger of Yanam. There was a street named ''Kamichetty'' in Yanam.

==Offices held==
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{{succession box | before= Post created| title=Membre du [[Conseil Municipal de Yanaon]]| after=defunct <br>([[Coup d'État de Yanaon]])| years=?&ndash;1954}}
{{succession box | before=[[Bezawada Bapa Naidou]]| title=[[Maire de Yanaon]]| after= [[Madimchetty Satianandam]] | years=1931&ndash;1940}}
{{succession box | before=[[Bezawada Bapa Naidou]]| title=President de Conseil Local de Yanaon| after= ?| years=14 November 1931&ndash;?}}
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==References==
* ''Annuaire statistique des établissements français dans l'Inde'' by Pierre-Constant Sicé.
* ''La Gazette de I'Etat de Pondichéry'' (Gazette of Pondicherry).

==See also==
*[[Yanam, French India]]
*[[Yanam Municipality]]
*[[Dadala Rafael Ramanayya]]
*[[Colonial History of Yanam]]
*[[Bouloussou Soubramaniam Sastroulou]]
*[[Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu]]

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