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{{Short description|Indian lawyer, diplomat, and politician (1875–1942)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = [[Rao Bahadur]]
| name = Sir Kurma Venkatareddi Naidu
| honorific_suffix = [[Order of the Star of India|KCSI]]
| image = Kurma Venkata Reddi Naidu 1928.jpg
| caption = Naidu in 1928
| image_size = 200px
| order1 = 7th
| office1 = Premier of Madras Presidency
| term_start1 = 1 April 1937
| term_end1 = 14 July 1937
| governor1 = [[John Erskine, Lord Erskine]]
| monarch1 =
| prime_minister1 =
| predecessor1 = [[Raja of Bobbili]] (as First Minister)
| successor1 = [[Chakravarti Rajagopalachari]]
| order2 = [[Governors of Madras|Governor of Madras Presidency]] (Acting)
| term_start2 = 18 June 1936
| term_end2 = 1 October 1936
| monarch2 =
| premier2 = [[Raja of Bobbili]], [[P. T. Rajan]]
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| order3 = Member of Viceroy's Executive Council
| term_start3 = 1934
| term_end3 = 1937
| monarch3 =
| governor-general3 = [[Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon]], [[Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow]]
| prime_minister3 =
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 =
| order4 = Agent to the [[Union of South Africa]]
| term_start4 = 1929
| term_end4 = 1932
| monarch4 = [[George V of the United Kingdom]]
| governor-general4 = [[E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax]], [[Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon]]
| prime_minister4 =
| predecessor4 = [[V. S. Srinivasa Sastri]]
| successor4 = Kunwar Maharaj Singh
| order5 = Minister of Development
| term_start5 = 1920
| term_end5 = 1923
| monarch5 =
| premier5 = [[A. Subbarayalu Reddiar]], [[Raja of Panagal]]
| governor5 = [[Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon]]
| predecessor5 = None
| successor5 = T. N. Sivagnanam Pillai
| birth_date = 15 May 1875
| birth_place = [[Rajahmundry]], [[Godavari District]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British Raj]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1942|9|10|1875|5|15}}
| death_place = [[Madras]], Madras Presidency, [[British Raj]]
| party = [[Justice Party (India)|Justice Party]]
| alma_mater =
| profession = [[Politician]]
| spouse = Lakshmi Kanthamma
| children = KV Gopala Swamy Naidu, KV Raja Gopal Swamy Naidu, KV Madana Gopala Swamy Naidu, Kamala, Vimala
}}

[[Rao Bahadur]] '''Sir Kurma Venkatareddi Naidu''' [[Order of the Star of India|KCSI]] (1875–1942), also known as '''K. V. Reddi Naidu''', was an Indian politician, lawyer, diplomat, and academic. He served as the [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu|Premier of Madras Presidency]] and was one of only two Indians to hold the position of [[List of colonial governors and presidents of Madras Presidency|Governor of Madras Presidency]], making him the only individual in history to have served as both Premier and Governor.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Muthiah |first=S. |author-link=S. Muthiah |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tbR_LLkqdI8C&dq=Kurma+Naidu&pg=PA336 |title=Madras, Chennai: A 400-year Record of the First City of Modern India |date=2008 |publisher=Palaniappa Brothers |isbn=978-81-8379-468-8 |pages=336 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Randor Guy |author-link=Randor Guy |date=1-15 July 2009 |title=Justice Party policies owed much to him |url=https://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2019%20No%206/justice_party_owed_him_that_much.html |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=[[Madras Musings]] |volume=XIX}}</ref> As a prominent leader of the [[Justice Party (India)|Justice Party]], Naidu was known for his efforts to promote social equality, the abolition of untouchability, and social reforms. He was instrumental in the establishment of the first women's college in the Andhra region, located in [[Eluru]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 December 2017 |title=భారతీయ కవితా కోకిల (ప్రపంచ తెలుగు మహాసభలు) |url=http://andhrabhoomi.net/content/sub-feature-759 |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=[[Andhra Bhoomi]] |language=te}}</ref>

Born into a prominent [[Kapu (caste)|Kapu]] family from the [[Godavari District|Godavari district]],<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Satyanarayana |first=A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GultAAAAMAAJ&q=kv+reddy+naidu+kapu |title=Dalits and Upper Castes: Essays in Social History |date=2005 |publisher=Kanishka Publishers, Distributors |isbn=978-81-7391-703-5 |pages=7 |language=en}}</ref> Naidu pursued his education at [[Madras Christian College]] and [[Madras Law College]]. Before his legal career, he served as a professor of physics at the [[Government College, Rajahmundry|Government Arts College]], [[Rajahmundry]]. He was called to the [[Bar (law)|bar]] in 1900 and practiced law in Rajahmundry and Eluru. His political career began with his involvement in local and district boards between 1901 and 1919, after which he joined the [[Justice Party (India)|Justice Party]]. Naidu played a key role in [[T. M. Nair]]'s delegation to the [[United Kingdom]] in 1918. He later served in the cabinets of [[A. Subbarayalu Reddiar]] and the [[Raja of Panagal]] as Minister of Development and Minister of Industries from 1920 to 1923.<ref name=":0" />

Naidu also held several diplomatic positions, including representing India at the [[League of Nations]] in [[Geneva]] in 1928 and serving as India's Agent to the [[Union of South Africa]] from 1929 to 1932.<ref name=":0" /> He was also a member of the Indian delegation at the Second Round Table Conference in [[Cape Town]] in 1932.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shridevi |first=S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m4wBAAAAMAAJ&q=Round+Table+Conference |title=Luminaries of Andhra Pradesh |date=1976 |publisher=Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi |pages=98 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Nicholls |first=George Heaton |author-link=George Heaton Nicholls |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6nUhAAAAMAAJ&q=Kurma |title=South Africa in My Time |date=1961 |publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]] |pages=303 |language=en}}</ref> After returning to India, Naidu served as a Law Member of the [[Council of State (India)|Council of State]] from 1933 to 1934 and as a member of the Governor's Executive Council of Madras from 1934 to 1937.<ref name=":0" /> Between June and October 1936, he acted as the [[List of colonial governors and presidents of Madras Presidency|Governor of Madras Presidency]]. In April 1937, Naidu was appointed [[Premier of Madras Presidency]], a role he held until July 1937.<ref name="listofmadrasgovernors" />

In addition to his political and diplomatic contributions, Naidu held academic leadership roles, including serving as the Governor and ex-officio Chancellor of [[Andhra University]] and later as the Vice-Chancellor of [[Annamalai University]] in 1940. He died on 10 September 1942; the Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu Prize is awarded annually at Annamalai University in his honour.<ref name=":0" />

==Early life==

Kurma Venkatareddi Naidu was born in The [[British Raj]] on 15 May 1875 in [[Rajahmundry]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rao |first=K. Sreeranjani Subba |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_8BAAAAAMAAJ&q=K.V.+Reddy+Naidu |title=Struggle for Freedom: Case Study of the East Godavari District, 1905-1947 |date=1989 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-7099-176-2 |pages=91 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Rao |first=Gummidithala Venkata Subba |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oKw9AAAAIAAJ&q=rajahmundry |title=Life and Times of Sir K.V. Reddi Naidu |date=1957 |publisher=Addepally |pages=4 |language=en}}</ref> in [[Godavari District|Godavari district]] and belonged to a [[Telaga]] [[Kapu (caste)|Kapu]] family.{{Refn|<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rao |first=Gummidithala Venkata Subba |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oKw9AAAAIAAJ&q=Telaga |title=Life and Times of Sir K.V. Reddi Naidu |date=1957 |publisher=Addepally |pages=7 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news |title=After Series of 'Outsiders', Sasikala to be first Tamil CM in 29 Years |work=News18 |url=https://www.news18.com/blogs/politics/vvp-sharma/after-series-of-outsider-chief-ministers-sasikala-to-be-first-tamil-cm-after-29-years-14329-1345645.html |access-date=2017-02-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Jaffrelot |first=Christophe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OAkW94DtUMAC&q=kapu |title=India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India |date=2003 |publisher=[[C. Hurst & Co.]] |isbn=978-1-85065-670-8 |pages=174 |language=en |author-link=Christophe Jaffrelot}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Seshadri |first=K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tJ1AAAAAMAAJ&q=kv+reddy+naidu+kapu |title=Social Ethos of South India |date=1991 |publisher=Arihant Publishers |pages=73 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Irschick |first=Eugene F. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fLY7v3tbM8kC&dq=kv+reddi+naidu+kapu&pg=PA175 |title=Politics and Social Conflict in South India |publisher=[[University of California Press]] |pages=175 |language=en |author-link=Eugene F. Irschick}}</ref>}} His father was [[Inspector|Police Inspector]] Kurma Bapanna Naidu, and his mother was Venkata Ratnamma.<ref name=":1" />

Naidu's ancestors were rich, and reportedly owned two villages, [[Gangavaram, Konaseema district|Gangavaram]] and Kurmapuram in the [[Ramachandrapuram mandal, Konaseema district|Ramachandrapuram]] mandal of Godavari district.<ref name=":1" /> One of his paternal ancestors, Sambhanna Naidu, served as a military officer on the side of the [[East India Company|English]] against the [[Dutch East India Company|Dutch]] in the late eighteenth century, and earned the title of ''Kumandan'' ([[Commandant]]) which became a family appellation.<ref name=":1" />

== Education ==
He completed his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] degree from [[Madras Christian College]] in 1894 and later attended [[Madras Law College]].<ref name=":0" /> Before being called to the [[Bar (law)|bar]] in 1900, he was a professor of [[Physics]] at the [[Government College, Rajahmundry|Government Arts College]], Rajahmundry. He started his practice as an advocate in Rajahmundry and then shifted to [[Eluru]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rao |first=Gummidithala Venkata Subba |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oKw9AAAAIAAJ&q=rajahmundry |title=Life and Times of Sir K.V. Reddi Naidu |date=1957 |publisher=Addepally |pages=5 |language=en}}</ref>

==Early political career==
Naidu served on local and district boards in Rajahmundry and Eluru between 1901 and 1919.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Irschick |first=Eugene F. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fLY7v3tbM8kC&dq=ellore&pg=PA175 |title=Politics and Social Conflict in South India |publisher=[[University of California Press]] |pages=179 |language=en |author-link=Eugene F. Irschick}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Justice Party (India)|Justice Party]] right from its inception. He was a part of the Justice Party delegation to [[England]] along with [[T. M. Nair|Dr. T. M. Nair]] and [[Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar]] in July 1918.<ref name="encyclopediaofpoliticalpartiesp69">[[#Encyclopedia of Political Parties|Encyclopedia of Political Parties]], p. 69</ref> In 1919, he led the non-Brahmin deputation to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms. Naidu was an active partyman and when the [[Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms]] were passed in 1919, Naidu formulated a set of activities that the Justice Party should follow.

{{blockquote|Social legislation has to be undertaken and inequitious laws that, for ages, maintained an invidious distinction between Brahmins and non-Brahmins, with regard to marriage, adoption and inheritance and the like, must be altered. Outside the sphere of politics, the work before us is equally onerous. Social reconstruction must be taken in hand at once. Social equality must be established. The strain of untouchability shall be removed. The dictates of priestcraft must be silenced. ''Paracheries'' must be purified. ''Agraharams'' must be humanized. The hold of humiliating customs and rituals must be unloosed. The portals of temples must be thrown broad open. The contents of sealed scriptures should be brought to light.<ref name="encyclopediaofpoliticalpartiesp172">Encyclopedia of Political Parties, p. 172</ref>}}

== Minister in Justice Party Cabinet ==
In December 1920, when the Justice Party was elected to power in [[Madras Presidency]], Naidu won a seat in the [[Madras Legislative Council]] and served as the Minister of Development.<ref name="encyclopediaofpoliticalpartiesp182">Encyclopedia of Political Parties, Pg 182</ref> He also served as the Minister of Industries in the government of the [[Raja of Panagal]] from 1921 to 1923,<ref name="encyclopediaofpoliticalpartiesp71">Encyclopedia of Political Parties, p. 71</ref><ref name="encyclopediaofpoliticalpartiesp177">Encyclopedia of Political Parties, p. 177</ref> when he was dropped in favour of [[T. N. Sivagnanam Pillai]].<ref name="encyclopediaofpoliticalpartiesp184">Encyclopedia of Political Parties, p. 184</ref> He remained neutral when a vote of no-confidence was passed against the government of the Raja of Panagal.<ref name="encyclopediaofpoliticalpartiesp186">Encyclopedia of Political Parties, p. 186</ref>

In 1924, when the Muddiman Committee came to India to assess the implementation and progress of [[dyarchy]], K. V. Reddi Naidu explained its progress thus:

{{blockquote|I was a Minister of Development without the forests. I was a Minister of Agriculture minus Irrigation. As a Minister of Agriculture I had nothing to do with the Madras Agriculturists Loan Act or the Madras Land Improvement Loans Act. The efficacy and efficiency of a Minister of Agriculture without having anything to do with irrigation, agricultural loans, land improvement loans and famine relief, may better be imagined than described. Then again, I was Minister of Industries without factories, boilers, electricity and water power, mines or labor, all of which are reserved subjects.<ref name="encyclopediaofpoliticalpartiesp177" />}}

Naidu also lent his support to reduction of economic inequality in villages. A speech delivered by him in 1924 emphasised the dangers of colonial forms of property rights. In Naidu's view, "the English and Scotch land systems were based upon the Roman conception of [[Dominium]]. According to these systems, the landlord is the absolute owner of the soil. The tenant has no proprietary interest in it and has no rights whatsoever."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nath |first=Maanik |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EEPGEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA115 |title=Capital Shortage: Credit and Indian Economic Development, 1920–1960 |date=2023-07-31 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-1-009-35907-8 |pages=115 |language=en}}</ref>

In 1928, Naidu was a member of the Indian delegation to the [[League of Nations]], [[Geneva]].<ref name="leagueofnations">{{cite book | title=Searching for Solace: A Biography of Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Interpreter of the Qur'an| last=Sherif| first=M. A.| year=1994| isbn=978-983-9154-00-9| page=89}}</ref>

==Agent to South Africa==

In January 1929, Naidu succeeded [[V. S. Srinivasa Sastri]] as [[British India]]'s Agent to the [[Union of South Africa]].<ref name="southafricachronology1915">{{Cite web|url=http://www.south-african-hotels.com/history-part2text.php|title=Chronology of South Africa 1915-1930|access-date=2008-10-24|publisher=Southy African Hotels|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725045040/http://www.south-african-hotels.com/history-part2text.php|archive-date=25 July 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> In January 1930, he came under severe criticism from the [[South African Indian Congress]] (SAIC) for not having done enough to protect the interests of the Indians migrants.<ref name="southafricachronology1915" /> In February 1930, the first reading of the TALT (Amendment) Bill was passed. The South African Indian Congress was severely opposed to the Bill and Naidu spoke at a meeting of the SAIC in October 1930 expressing his outrage.<ref name="southafricachronology1915" /> He was a member of the Indian delegation which participated in the Second Round Table Conference with the representatives of the South African Government on 4 January 1932.<ref name="southafricachronology1930">{{Cite web |title=Chronology of South Africa 1930-1945 |url=http://www.south-african-hotels.com/history-part3text.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725043821/http://www.south-african-hotels.com/history-part3text.php |archive-date=25 July 2008 |access-date=2008-10-24 |publisher=South African Hotels}}</ref> Naidu's term came to an end on 3 August 1932 and he was succeeded by Kunwar Maharaj Singh.<ref name="southafricachronology1930" />

== Acting Governor of Madras Presidency ==
On leaving South Africa, he took up various positions in the Indian Government. He became a member of the [[Council of State (India)|Council of State]] from 1933 to 1934, and a member of the Governor's Executive Council, Madras, 1934 -1937. In between, he was the acting [[List of colonial governors and presidents of Madras Presidency|Governor of Madras Presidency]] from June–October 1936.<ref name="listofmadrasgovernors">{{Cite ODNB |title=Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in India (1616–2000) |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/theme/93241}}</ref>

==Prime Minister of Madras Presidency==
[[File:KVReddyNaidu.JPG|thumb|Naidu in 1940–1941]]
Naidu was the [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu|Prime Minister of Madras Presidency]] from 1 April 1937 to 14 July 1937.<ref name="listofmadrasgovernors" /><ref name="listofchiefministers">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/tnassembly/cmlist-1920.htm |title=Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu since 1920 |access-date=2008-10-24 |publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423150027/http://www.tn.gov.in/tnassembly/cmlist-1920.htm |archive-date=23 April 2013 }}</ref> The [[1937 Madras Presidency legislative assembly election|1937 assembly elections]] were held and the results declared in February 1937. Despite being the majority party in the assembly and the council, the [[Indian National Congress]] was hesitant to form a Government because of the veto powers given to the governor. The Governor of Madras, [[John Erskine, Lord Erskine|Lord Erskine]], decided to form an interim provisional Government with non-members and opposition members of the Legislative Assembly. [[V. S. Srinivasa Sastri]] was first offered the Prime Ministership of the interim government but he refused to accept it.

Then Erskine formed an interim government with Kurma Venkata Reddi Naidu as prime minister on 1 April 1937. However the ministry was short lived as the Congress was persuaded to form the government. On 14 July, Naidu resigned and [[Rajaji]] became prime minister.<ref name="ramanathan">{{Cite book| last =Ramanathan| first =K. V.| title =The Satyamurti letters: the Indian freedom struggle through the eyes of a parliamentarian, Volume 1| publisher =Pearson Education India| year = 2008| pages =301–5| isbn =978-81-317-1488-1| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=NY_XjIE6sVUC&pg=PA301 |id= {{ISBN|978-81-317-1488-1}}}}</ref><ref name="menon">{{Cite book| last =Menon| first =Visalakshi| title =From movement to government: the Congress in the United Provinces, 1937-42| publisher =Sage| year = 2003| pages =75| isbn =0-7619-9620-6| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=UO-OxAoL4YIC&pg=PT38 |id= {{ISBN|978-0-7619-9620-0}}}}</ref><ref name="nagarajan">{{Cite book| last =Nagarajan| first =Krishnaswami| title =Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar: a biography| publisher =Annamalai University| year = 1989| pages =63–70| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=0AMcAAAAIAAJ&q=erskine}}</ref> Naidu remains the shortest-serving prime minister of the Presidency era and (factoring in the Presidency's successor states of Madras and Tamil Nadu), remained the shortest-serving ever until [[V. N. Janaki]] overtook his record in 1988 - almost five decades later.

Council of ministers in K. V. Reddi Naidu's interim provisional cabinet (1 April - 14 July 1937):<ref>{{cite book | title=Justice Party Golden Jubilee Souvenir, 1968}}</ref>
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|[[A. T. Panneerselvam]]
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|[[M. A. Muthiah Chettiar]]
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|[[P. Khalifulla Sahib|P. Kalifulla Sahib Bahadur]]
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|[[M. C. Rajah]]
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|[[R. M. Palat]]
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== Academia ==
Before being called to the [[Bar (law)|bar]] in 1900, Naidu was a professor of [[Physics]] at the [[Government College, Rajahmundry|Government Arts College]], Rajahmundry.<ref name=":0" /> [[Andhra University]] was inaugurated in temporary premises at Bezawada in the year 1926 by [[George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen|Lord Goschen]], the first Chancellor. Goschen was the [[List of colonial governors and presidents of Madras Presidency|Governor of Madras Presidency]] from April 1924 to June 1929. He was succeeded by Lord Erskine who was in the chair up to March 1940 except for a brief interregnum from 18 June 1936 to 1 October 1936. During this period, Kurma Venkata Reddi Naidu was the Governor and ex-officio Chancellor of Andhra University. He also served as the Vice-Chancellor of [[Annamalai University]] in 1940. Annamalai University offers a prize every year in his name, the Kurma Venkata Reddi Naidu Prize.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Narayanaswamy |first=B. V. |url=http://archive.org/details/rajahsirannamala030779mbp |title=Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar Commemoration Volume |date=1941-09-28 |publisher=Annamalai University Press |others=Osmania University, Digital Library Of India}}</ref><ref>[http://annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/scholorship.htm Welcome to Annamalai University] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721014126/http://annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/scholorship.htm|date=21 July 2008}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Naidu lived in Madras in a palatial mansion on Boag Road, [[T. Nagar]]. The house later came under the ownership of film star [[Sivaji Ganesan]].<ref name=":0" /> As a tribute to Naidu's exalted status and the high offices he held, the then European-owned [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway|Madras Southern Mahratta Railway]] allotted him, under instructions from the Government of India, a special salon exuding luxury whenever he travelled. This privilege was extended to very few Indians and he was the only one in the Madras Presidency to receive it. He died on 10 September 1942.<ref name=":0" />

Naidu's son, [[Kurma Venu Gopalaswamy]] was an advocate, [[playwright]] and administrator. Venu Gopalaswamy was the first professor of law at Andhra University and the first honorary professor of theatre arts and chairman of the Faculty of Arts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Department of Theatre Arts Profile |url=http://www.andhrauniversity.info/arts/theatrearts/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301053412/http://www.andhrauniversity.info/arts/theatrearts/index.html |archive-date=1 March 2009 |access-date=30 July 2009}}</ref> In April 1942, Venu Gopalaswamy was appointed the Registrar of Andhra University which he held till his retirement in February 1964.<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Registrars of Andhra University at AU website. |url=http://www.andhrauniversity.info/reglist.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620090836/http://www.andhrauniversity.info/reglist.html |archive-date=20 June 2009 |access-date=30 July 2009}}</ref> [[Nalla Reddi Naidu]], son of one of Venkatareddi Naidu's cousins, served as the first [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] of [[Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency|Rajahmundry]] from 1952 to 1957.

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{Cite web|url=http://telugu.co.za/AMSSA_Formation.htm |title=The Andhra Maha of South Africa -- Formation and Growth |access-date=2008-10-24 |publisher=AMSSA |work=AMSSA 70th Anniversary 1931-2001 Souvenir Brochure |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221010333/http://telugu.co.za/AMSSA_Formation.htm |archive-date=21 December 2007 }}

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