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Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu
Office Member of French India Representative Assembly
Office Member of Pondicherry Representative Assembly
Office Deputy Speaker of Pondicherry Legislative Assembly


Office Speaker of Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Term start 1946
Term end 1951
Predecessor Position created
Successor Canacala Tataya
Predecessor Position created
Successor Position abolished
Constituency Yanam
Constituency Yanam
Born 1921-10-2
Born Yanaon, French India
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Political party Congress
Spouse Kamichetty Savithri
Children 1 son and 2 daughters




Kamisetty Sri Parasurama Varaprasada Rao Naidu (2 October 1921 – 19 January 1989), popularly known Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu, was an Indian politician who served as the Speaker of Puducherry legislative assembly from 1985 to 1989.[1] He also served as its first Deputy Speaker from 1963 to 1964 and later in another term from 1972 to 1974 He was a member of the legislative assembly (MLA) of Puducherry from 1964 until his death in 1989. He A government high school in Yanam was named after him.[2]

Birth and family

He was born in a Kapu family[3] in Yanam as the son of Former Maire de Yanaon, Kamisetty Venugopala Rao Naidu and Kamalamma.[4] He married Kamisetty Savithri of Badeti family hailing from Eluru.[5] He was an undisputed leader until his death in Yanam after his father.[6]

Member of representative assembly

He was a member of the representative assembly of Pondicherry between 1946 and 1964 by winning elections in 1946,[7] 1955 and 1959.[8] However, in 1951 elections he lost to Canacala Tataya.[9]

Member of legislative assembly

He was never defeated throughout his political career. He held the constituency as his pocket borough without facing any challenge in winning the seat consecutively in 1964 (INC), 1969 (IND), 1974 (IND), 1977 (JP), 1980 (IND) and in 1985 (INC). As long as he was alive he contested without break from the first elections held in 1964 as per the Representation of People Act for the territorial Assembly after de jure merger of Puducherry with India.

He contested most of the time as an Independent and was deputy speaker twice.[10][11] Kamichetty became 10th Speaker of Puducherry Legislative Assembly after his elections in 1985.[1] He died in office on 19 January 1989. He was the longest-serving Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the history of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly until 1989.

Titles held

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See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Union Territory of Pondicherry.
  2. Yanam high school
  3. The Telugus of Yanam and Masulipatnam: From French Rule to Integration with India{{#if:More|, More}(2007)
  4. Who's who in India. Business Press Private Limited.
  5. Directory of Indian Women Today, 1976. India International Publications.
  6. The Telugus of Yanam and Masulipatnam: From French rule to Integration with India..
  7. Journal Officiel des établissements français dans l'Inde, 1946.
  8. India, A Reference Annual 1956. Publications Division.
  9. Journal Officiel des établissements français dans l'Inde, 1952.
  10. India, A Reference Annual 1964. Publications Division.
  11. India, a Reference Annual, 1974. Publications Division.

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