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Janumpally Rameshwar Rao
Member of Parliament
In office
1957–1977
ConstituencyMahabhubnagar
Personal details
Born6 February 1923
Madras, British India
Died15 September 1998 (aged 75)
Hyderabad, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseShanta
Children3 : 3 daughters (2 adopted)
Website[1]

J Rameshwar Rao, better known as Janumpally Rameshwar Rao M.A. (1923–1998) was an Indian lawyer, diplomat, member of parliament and book publisher. He was elected to the 2nd to 6th Lok Sabha consequently from Mahabhubnagar constituency.

Life sketch

He was born in a Reddy[1] [2] [3] [4] family on 23 February 1923 in Wanaparthy to Raja Krishnadeva Rao and Rani Sarala Devi, belonging to the Wanaparthy Samasthanam.

He studied at Nizam College, Hyderabad, Madras University and Bombay University. He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1949. He established Orient Longman (now Orient Blackswan) as a specifically Indian book publishing company in 1948.

He died at the age of 75 years in Hyderabad on 15 September 1998.[5] He is survived by wife Shanta, one son and three daughters. Among his grandchildren are the actress Aditi Rao Hydari (his daughter's daughter), and Kiran Rao (his son's daughter) who is the wife of actor Aamir Khan.

He is also related to the first Hindu kotwal of Kingdom of Hyderabad state, Raja Bahadur Venkatarama Reddy.

References

  1. ^ "Telangana lo Mukhyamaina Samsthanalu". {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  2. ^ "SAMSTHANAS IN HYDERABAD STATE". {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  3. ^ "Line of Succession of Wanaparthy Samsthanam". {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  4. ^ "V6 channel Documentary on Wanaparthy Samsthanam". {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  5. ^ "Obituaries in Indian Parliament". Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
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