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'''Ayyadevara Kaleswara Rao''' (22 January 1882 - 23 February 1962) was an Indian freedom fighter and the first Speaker of the [[Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>Autobiography "నవ్యాంధ్రము - నా జీవిత కథ" published by Andhra Mahila Sabha Literary Campus, Osmania University Road, Hyderabad - 500007.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title = Kaleswara Rao Market to join the list of mortgaged VMC assets|url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/kaleswara-rao-market-to-join-the-list-of-mortgaged-vmc-assets/article2801071.ece|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 2012-01-14|access-date = 2015-11-12|issn = 0971-751X|language = en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Vijayawada Set To Regain Its Past Glory — The Hans India|url = http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/2014-12-27/Vijayawada-set-to-regain-its-past-glory-123062|website = www.thehansindia.com|date = 27 December 2014|access-date = 2015-11-12}}</ref> He was born in [[Nandigama]] village, [[Krishna district]], then in [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]] and now a part of the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. The Kaleswara Rao market in Vijayawada was named in his honour.

== Early life ==
Rao was born into a family of revenue collectors. He moved with his mother and wife to [[Machilipatnam]] where he studied F.A. at [[Noble College, Machilipatnam]]. He was taught there by [[Raghupathi Venkataratnam Naidu]].{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

Rao and his friends laid the foundation for [[Andhra Granthalayodyamam]] (Library movement) by starting [[Ram Mohana Granthalayam]] at [[Mahatma Gandhi Road, Vijayawada]] in 1911.<ref>{{Cite news | title = 100-yr-old Library Falling Prey to Neglect and Pests|url = http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2014/jun/25/100-yr-old-Library-Falling-Prey-to-Neglect-and-Pests-628570.html | date=25 June 2014 | newspaper = The New Indian Express| access-date = 17 December 2018 }}</ref> He was also the founding member of Vignyana Chandrika, a literary society to fund and encourage original literary works in Telugu and also translations from European and other Indian languages in to Telugu.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

== Career as a lawyer ==
Kaleswara Rao moved to [[Chennai|Madras]] along with his mother and wife to join the [[Madras Law College|Law College]] in early 1904 and studied B.L. until the following year. Thereafter, he rejected opportunities to become Revenue Inspector and District Munsif because he did not want to work for the [[British Raj]]. In June 1906, he started his career as a lawyer in Vijayawada. On 21 March 1921, on the instructions on [[Mahatma Gandhi]], he left the legal profession in order to take part in the [[Indian independence movement]] and never took it up again.{{Citation needed|date=January 2019}}

== Political career ==
Rao was the speaker of [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] from 1956 to 1962.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Watching Rowdies & Psychos In Assembly — The Hans India|url = http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/2015-09-05/Watching-rowdies--psychos-in-Assembly-174471|website = www.thehansindia.com|date = 5 September 2015|access-date = 2015-11-12}}</ref>

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