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He also authored his own Autobiography titled The Pen As My Sword{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Kotamaraju Rama Rao<br />
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| native_name_lang = telugu<br />
| image = Kotamaraju Rama Rao 1997 stamp of India.jpg<br />
| alt = Rao on a 1997 stamp of India<br />
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| birth_date = 9 November 1896<br />
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| death_date = 24 May 1953 (aged 56)<br />
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| nationality = Indian<br />
| other_names = K. Rama Rao<br />
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| known_for = [[The National Herald (India)]]<br />
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'''Kotamaraju Rama Rao''' (9 November 1896 – 24 May 1953) was an [[Indian People|Indian]] editor, freedom fighter, and a member of [[Rajya Sabha]].<ref name ="mediamimansa"><br />
{{cite web<br />
| last = Rastogi<br />
| first = Vinay K.<br />
| title = K. Rama Rao<br />
| publisher = Media Mimansa<br />
| date = October–December 2008<br />
| url = http://www.mediamimansa.com/6th%20issue/6eng_90-94.pdf<br />
| accessdate = 15 September 2014<br />
| archivedate = }}<br />
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He was the first editor of [[The National Herald (India)]]. He was jailed in August 1942 by the British government for his editorial titled "Jail or Jungle" criticizing the torture of [[Satyagrahi]]s in Lucknow camp jail. He was elected to the first Rajya Sabha from the state of Madras in 1952.<br />
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The Indian post office issued a stamp in 1997 to celebrate his birth centenary. The exact date of his death was not known. There were rumours that he died between 1990 to 1992<br />
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