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{{infobox person
|name =Komarraju Venkata Lakshmana Rao
|image =File:Komarraju Lakshmanarao-1.jpg
|image_size =150px
|birth_date =May 18, 1877
|birth_place =Penuganchiprolu, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh
|death_date ={{death date and age|1923|7|14|1877|4|18}}
|spouse =Ramakotamma
|occupation =historian
}}
'''Komarraju Venkata Lakshmana Rao''' ({{lang-te|కొమఱ్ఱాజు వెంకట లక్ష్మణరావు}}), (18 May 1877 – 14 July 1923) was an [[India]]n [[historian]].<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/title/komarraju-venkata-laksmanaravu/oclc/29257146 Komarraju Venkata lakṣmaṇaravu by Akkiraju Ramapatiravu,Visalandhra Publishing house, Vijayawada 1978]</ref><ref>Komarraju Venkata Lakshmana Rao: G.Krishna, Life and Mission in Life Series, International Telugu Institute, Hyderabad, 1984.</ref>

==Life==
[[File:AndhraVignanaSarvaswam2KVLaxmanaRao.PNG|right|thumb|Andhra Vignana Sarvasvam - Vol 2 Cover (First Edition)]]
[[File:Andhra Vignana Sarvaswamu Vol1 Cover.png|thumb|Andhra Vignana Sarvasvam - Vol 2 (Revised Edition by Kasinathuni Nageswara Rao]]
He was the son of Venkatappaiah and Gangamma on 18 May 1877 in a Brahmin family in [[Penuganchiprolu]] village in Krishna district-[[Andhra Pradesh]]. His father died two years after his birth, leaving one daughter and two sons. His early education was imparted at [[Bhongir]] under his mother and step brother Shankar Rao. Later he was shifted to [[Nagpur]] for higher education under the care of his older sister, [[Bhandaru Acchamamba]] and her husband Bhandaru Madhava Rao. Lakshmana Rao married Ramakotamma in 1897. With his help, Acchamamba became a notable scholar.
Lakshmana Rao passed his B.A. examination in 1900 and took his M.A. privately in 1902. His guru was Hari Mahadev Pandit, editor of Vividh Gnyan Vistar. Lakshmana Rao was the assistant editor. He wrote ''Sivaji Charithram'' in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] here.

He shifted to Andhra in 1902, where he was first appointed as the private secretary to the Nayani Venkata Ranga Rao Bahadur, Zamindar of Munagala and subsequently as the Diwan. Later he moved to [[Madras]].

He was equally proficient in Telugu and Marathi languages, and considered both these languages to be his mother tongues. He knew both the standard Marathi as well as the Southern dialect of Marathi being spoken in Madras Presidency. He has authored many scholarly articles in Marathi as well.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bookganga.com/eBooks/Books/details/4614682688168199030?BookName=Kartrutwacha-Mahameru-Kai.-K.-Vhi.-Lakshmanrao|title=कर्तृत्वाचा महामेरू कै. के. व्ही. लक्ष्मणराव - BookGanga.com|website=www.bookganga.com|access-date=2018-05-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707090602/http://www.bookganga.com/eBooks/Books/details/4614682688168199030?BookName=Kartrutwacha-Mahameru-Kai.-K.-Vhi.-Lakshmanrao|archive-date=7 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Along with Shyamji Rama Rao, [[Ayyadevara Kaleswara Rao]] and [[Gadicherla Harisarvottama Rao]], he started a publication agency, ''Vignana Chandrika''. Hari Sarvothama Rao was appointed editor and Kaleswara Rao, his assistant. Later Lakshmana Rao assumed the duties of the editor.

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.vepachedu.org/komarraju.html An article on Lakshmanarao Komarraju (1877-1923) in Vepachedu.org website]

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