Moturu Hanumantha Rao

Summary

Moturu Hanumantha Rao (1917-2001) was a Communist party leader in the state of Andhra Pradesh, South India.

Moturu Hanumantha Rao
Rajya Sabha
In office
3 April 1988 to 2 April 1994
Personal details
Born1917
Vellaturu, Guntur district
Died18 June 2001
Hyderabad, India
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)

He was the founder-Editor of the Communist newspaper Prajasakti, published from Vijayawada.[1][2] Prajasakti was brought out as a daily under the leadership of P. Sundarayya and editorship of Moturu Hanumantha Rao on 1 August 1981, when the first issue was released by E. M. S. Namboodiripad.[3]

(i) Madras Legislative Assembly and Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 1952–55,

(ii) Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council, 1978–84 and

(iii) Rajya Sabha, 3-4-1988 to 2-4-1994; Chairman, Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry, Rajya Sabha, 1993–94; Secretary, Andhra Pradesh State Committee of CPI (M), 1964–82; Author of a few books.[4]

He died in 2001.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Prajasakti: http://www.prajasakti.com/
  2. ^ "Archive News". The Hindu. 19 June 2007. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Prajasakti Daily Celebrates Silver Jubilee". Pd.cpim.org. Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Rajyasabha Members Biological Sketches 1952-2003" (PDF).