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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
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{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = Damodar Raja Narasimha
| image = Damodara Rajanarsimha.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1958|12|5}}
| birth_place = [[Medak district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
| office = [[Chief Minister|Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh]]
| termstart = 2011
| termend = 2014
| constituency = [[Andole (SC)(Assembly constituency)|Andole]], Telangana, India
| term =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| party =[[Indian National Congress]]
| religion =
| spouse = Padmini Reddy
| children = 1
| website =
| footnotes =|
| year = 2006 |
}}
'''Cilarapu Damodar Raja Narasimha''' (born 5 December 1958) is an Indian politician who served as the Deputy Chief Minister of [[Andhra Pradesh]] between 2011 and 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title= Working wonders with computers|url= https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Working-wonders-with-computers/article14816411.ece |newspaper= The Hindu| first=Suresh | last=Krishnamoorthy | date=15 August 2007 | access-date=27 August 2018 }}</ref> He presented [[Andole (SC)(Assembly constituency)|Andole constituency]] as a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) from the [[Indian National Congress]], and held ministerial portfolios of Higher education and Agriculture (in charge).<ref>{{cite news|title=VC posts kept in ‘wait’ mode |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/vc-posts-kept-%E2%80%98wait%E2%80%99-mode-898 |newspaper=Deccan Chronicle |access-date=22 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010231224/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/vc-posts-kept-%E2%80%98wait%E2%80%99-mode-898 |archive-date=10 October 2012 }}</ref>

==Early life==
Cilarapu Damodar Raja Narasimha was born on 5 December 1958 in a [[Dalit]] family in [[Medak district]] to Congress politician Raja Narsimha and Janabai.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2011-06-11|title=Fathers death forced Damodar into politics|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/fathers-death-forced-damodar-into-politics-375111.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-21|website=[[News 18]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Its all in the family|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/27/stories/2007042712560400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070501071439/http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/27/stories/2007042712560400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 May 2007 |newspaper= [[The Hindu]]|date= 2007-04-27|access-date=22 January 2012}}</ref> His father served as an MLA representing Andole thrice.

Narasimha graduated from the tertiary institution as an engineer. Following the death of his father, Narasimha gave up his dream of becoming a bureaucrat and entered politics.<ref name=":0" />

==Political career==
Narasimha began his political career in 1989 when he was elected as an MLA from [[Andole (SC) (Assembly constituency)|Andole (SC) constituency]] as a member of [[Indian National Congress]]. He lost subsequent elections until winning again in 2004 and later in 2009.<ref name=":0" />

In 2004, Narasimha joined [[YS Rajasekhar Reddy]]'s cabinet as a Minister for Primary Education. In 2009, he was appointed as Minister for Marketing and Warehousing.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news |title= Vegetable prices soar, likely to go up|url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-05/hyderabad/28098259_1_rythu-bazar-onion-supply-prices-of-other-vegetables|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121104015512/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-05/hyderabad/28098259_1_rythu-bazar-onion-supply-prices-of-other-vegetables|url-status= dead|archive-date= 4 November 2012|newspaper= [[The Times of India]]|access-date=22 January 2012}}</ref>

Narasimha became Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on 10 June 2011 and served until April 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title= With Reddy-Dalit combine on top, Cong to counter Jagan|url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-11-29/india/28223742_1_kadapa-mp-ysr-loyalist-ysr-family|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121104021341/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-11-29/india/28223742_1_kadapa-mp-ysr-loyalist-ysr-family|url-status= dead|archive-date= 4 November 2012|newspaper= [[The Times of India]]|access-date=22 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Remella|first=Avadhani|date=2014-04-08|title=Damodar Raj Narasimha sitting pretty in Andole|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/damodar-raj-narasimha-sitting-pretty-in-andole/article5884503.ece|access-date=2021-06-21|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Positions held==

* Minister for Marketing and Warehousing 2009 - 2010
* Minister for Primary Education 2007 - 2009
* Chairman — SC Finance Corporation

==Personal life==
Narasimha is married to Padmini. They have a daughter.

==References==
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Telangana]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1958 births]]
[[Category:Politicians from Secunderabad]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1989–1994]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2004–2009]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014]]
[[Category:Deputy Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh]]

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->Batthini Vinay Kumar Goud at 16:02, 25 November 2021