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|name = Devineni Nehru<br />
|image = Devineni Raja Sekhar..jpg<br />
|birth_name = Devineni Rajasekhar<ref name="Indian Express Death News">{{cite web|last1=IANS|title=Former Andhra minister Devineni Nehru dies of cardiac arrest|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/former-andhra-minister-devineni-nehru-is-dead-cardiac-arrest-4616196/|work=Indian Express|accessdate=17 April 2017}}</ref><br />
|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1954|06|22}}<br />
|birth_place = Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District<br />
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2017|04|17|1954|06|22}}<br />
|occupation = Politician<br />
|spouse = Lakshmi<br />
|father = Devineni Ramakrishna Varaprasad<br />
|mother = Radhakrishnamma<br />
|children = Kranthi (Daughter), Avinash (Son)<br />
|relatives = Gandhi, Murali, Bajiprasad<br />
}}<br />
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'''Devineni Nehru''' (born '''Devineni Rajasekhar'''; 22 June 1954 – 17 April 2017) represented [[Kankipadu mandal|Kankipadu]] Assembly Constituency in [[Krishna District]] of the Indian state of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1989-election-results.html |title=Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1989 |website=Elections.in |accessdate=5 November 2016}}</ref><br />
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== Life ==<br />
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Nehru was born on 22 June 1954 in [[Vijayawada]]. He received B.A. degree from S.R.R & C.V.R college, [[Vijayawada]]. His first career was in agriculture. He is the son of Sri D. Rama Krishna Vara Prasad. He married Smt. Devineni Lakshmi. They have a daughter Kranthi and a son, [[Devineni Avinash]].<ref>[http://www.andhrawishesh.com/home/telugu-headlines-top-stories/42257:vijayawada-roars-save-andhra-pradesh.html Devineni Avinash]</ref> He died of cardiac arrest on 17 April 2017 at his house in [[Hyderabad]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telanganastateofficial.com/tdp-devineni-nehru-passes-away-death-photos-videos-hd-profile/ |title=Reason Behind Devineni Nehru aka Rajasekhar |accessdate=17 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/devineni-nehru-is-dead/article18089720.ece| title = Devineni Nehru is dead - Today's Paper - The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff Reporter|date=2017-04-18|title=Devineni Nehru is dead|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/devineni-nehru-is-dead/article18089720.ece|access-date=2021-11-30|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/thousands-attend-funeral-of-devineni-nehru/articleshow/58251294.cms| title = Thousands attend funeral of Devineni Nehru {{!}} Vijayawada News - Times of India}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
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Rajasekhar served as a Minister (1994–96) in the cabinet of late Chief Minister NTR's TDP Government. Rajasekhar won five terms (1983, 1985, 1989, 1994 and 2004) as an MLA from Kankipadu Assembly Constituency. He stood for the 2009 and 2014 elections but was defeated in both. In 2009 he lost against [[Telugu people|Telugu]] [[Telugu cinema|cinema actor]] [[Chiranjeevi]] 's [[Praja Rajyam]] Party and in 2014 he got only 13,497 votes (7%). He later rejoined [[Telugu Desam Party]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-09-15|title=Nehru to join TDP today|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/Nehru-to-join-TDP-today/article14639259.ece|access-date=2021-11-30|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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== Death ==<br />
According to [[India Today|IndiaToday]], Nehru died of cardiac arrest. [https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/crime/story/19880415-another-ugly-turn-in-vijayawada-gang-war-797163-1988-04-15]<br />
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8. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/devineni-rajasekhar-the-nehru-who-dominated-krishna-district-politics-for-3-decades/articleshow/58219034.cms<br />
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