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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kotha Raghuramaiah
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = 6 August 1912
| birth_place = [[Sangamjagarlamudi]], [[Guntur district]], [[Madras Presidency]] (modern [[Andhra Pradesh]])
| death_date = {{death date and age|1979|6|6|1912|8|6|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], India
| office = [[Ministry of Tourism (India)|Ministry of Tourism]] and [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Civil Aviation]]
| term_start = 23 December 1976
| term_end = 24 March 1977
| predecessor = [[Raj Bahadur]]
| successor = [[Purushottam Kaushik]]
| constituency1 = [[Tenali (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tenali]] and [[Guntur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Guntur]]
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]]
| term1 =
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 = [[N. G. Ranga]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
}}
'''Kotha Raghuramaiah''' (1912 –1979) was an Indian politician who served as a Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.

==Family==
Raghuramaiah was born in 6 August 1912 to Kotha Jagannadham and Kotamma in [[Sangam Jagarlamudi]] in [[Guntur district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[South India]]. He had two brothers and six sisters. He married Suguna Jampala in 1936. Later, he was married to Lakshmi Raghuramaiah on 3 July 1937.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Kotha|first=Raghuramaiah|title=6th Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/939.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Education==
Raghuramaiah was educated at Andhra Christian College, Guntur and [[Lucknow University]]. He studied Bar-at-Law from [[Middle Temple]] in United Kingdom. He was awarded Gold Medal in the All India Inter-University Oratorical Contest (English) held at Lucknow, 1932–33. He was conferred Doctorate Degrees by [[Andhra University]] in 1975 and by [[Sri Venkateswara University]], [[Tirupati (city)|Tirupati]] in January 1977.<ref name=":0" />

==Career==

Raghuramaiah joined Government of India service as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Law. He relinquished the job to enter active politics in 1949. He was elected to the [[Indian Parliament]] from [[Tenali (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tenali]] and [[Guntur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Guntur]]. He served as a Union cabinet minister of Defence, Civil Supplies, Petroleum and Chemicals and Parliamentary Affairs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://164.100.24.209/newls/lokprev.aspx |title=Archived copy |accessdate=10 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210185843/http://164.100.24.209/newls/lokprev.aspx |archivedate=10 February 2008 }} Lok Sabha</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930231716/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/11/11/stories/2006111102840200.htm The Hindu : Metro Plus Vijayawada / Columns : Society that built values]</ref><ref>[http://www.kolumbus.fi/taglarsson/dokumentit/gandhi2.htm Council Of Ministers]</ref><ref>[http://www.kolumbus.fi/taglarsson/dokumentit/gandhi3.htm Council Of Ministers]</ref>

* Practiced Law in Madras High Court, 1937–1941
* Joined Provincial Judicial Service in 1941; between 1941 and 1951, held various posts like:
* Assistant Secretary, Legal Department, Government of Madras – 1941.
* Assistant Director of Employment and Regional Publicity Officer (Madras) in the Resettlement Directorate of the Ministry of Labour, Government of India.
* Assistant Solicitor to the Government of India, Ministry of Law.
* Deputy Secretary and Joint Secretary, Legal Department, Government of Madras
* Legal Secretary and Legal Remembrancer to the Government of Madras.
* Reesignation from Government service in 1951.
* Enrolled as an Advocate of the Supreme Court.
* Editor, 'Asian Recorder', 1955.
* Member, AICC, 1955–59.
* Legal Advisory Committee, AICC, 1956.
* Secretary, [[Harijan Sevak Sangh]], Madras.
* Vice-President, Madras Corporation Labour Union prior to 1942.
* Member, Executive Committee, Indian Institute of Public Administration, 1954.
* Member, Railway Corruption Enquiry Committee, 1954.
* President, P.& T. Workers' Union (Andhra Circle), 1954.
* President, Andhra Pradesh Life Insurance Salaried Officers Association, 1954.
* President, All-India Postal Employees' Union, Class III, Andhra Circle, 1956.
* President, All-India R.M.S. Employees Union, Class IV, Andhra Circle, 1956.
* Member, First Lok Sabha, 1952–57, Second Lok Sabha, 1957–62, Third Lok Sabha, 1962–67, Fourth Lok Sabha 1967–70 and Fifth Lok Sabha 1971–77.
* Member, Executive Committee, Congress Party in Parliament – 1954.
* Secretary, Executive Committee, Congress Party in Parliament – 1955.
* Convener, External Affairs Standing Committee, 1952–57.
* Member, Estimates Committee 1954.
* Member, General Purposes Committee and Rules Committee, 1955–57.
* Chairman, Petitions Committee, 1955–57.
* Deputy Minister of Defence, May 1957.
* Minister of State for Defence on 16 April 1962.
* Minister of Defence Production on 14 November 1962.
* Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour & Employment on 9 June 1964.
* Minister of Supply in the Ministry of; Industry and Supply on 13 June 1964.
* Minister of Supply and Technical Development on 3 October 1964.
* Minister of State in the Ministry of Law on 13 March 1967.
* Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals and of Planning and Social Welfare on 13 March 1967.
* Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals and of Social Welfare on 5 September 1967.
* Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals on 23 August 1968.
* Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Shipping and Transport on 14 February 1969.
* Cabinet Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Shipping and Transport 26 June 1970 – March 1971.
* Cabinet Minister of Parliamentary Affairs in February 1973.
* Additional charge of Ministry of Works and Housing in October 1974.
* Minister of Works & Housing and Parliamentary Affairs.
* Minister of Tourism & Civil Aviation and Parliamentary Affairs in December 1976.
* Chairman, Government of India Tobacco Delegation to Far East, 1954 and Tobacco Export Committee, 1956–57.
* Member, Indian Central Tobacco Committee, 1953–57.
* Vice-President from 1955–56; Alternate Delegate to the Trusteeship Committee of the United Nations, 1956.
* India's Representative in the U.N. Committee on Information from, Non-Self Governing Territories, 1956.
* Alternate Delegate to the U.N. General Assembly, 1956.
* Member, Executive Committee of the Indian Parliamentary Group, 1955–57.
* Member, "Law of the Sea" Conference, Geneva, April 1960.
* delegate to the International Parliamentary Council Meeting at Nice (France) in 1957 and at Dubrovnik (Yugoslavia) in 1966.
* Represented Government of India at the function, of the assumption of office by the President of Philippines in December 1969.
* Leader of the Indian delegation at the International Highway Conference held at Montreal in 1970.
* Member, Indian Parliamentary delegation to USA in 1970.
* Attended Colombo Housing Ministers Conference at Sri Lanka in 1975.
* Leader of Indian Delegation to the 21st Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference held in New Delhi in 1975.
* Leader of the Indian Delegation to the U.N. Conference on Habitat held in Vancouver in June 1976.
* Leader of the Indian Delegation to the 22nd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference held in Mauritius in September 1976.

==Honours==
Raghuraiah served the Indian Parliament for three decades from 1952 to 1979. He died on '''6th June 1979.'''
* [[Andhra University]] conferred Doctorate Degree in 1975.
* [[Sri Venkateswara University]] conferred Doctorate Degree in 1977.
* Two colleges in the towns of Narasaraopeta and Duggirala in [[Guntur district]] were named in his honour.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/939.htm Biodata of Kotha Raghuramaiah at Lok Sabha website.]

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