Meka Rangaiah Appa Rao shortly M. R. Appa Rao (21 March 1915 – 31 January 2003) was Vice Chancellor of

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, Member of

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, Minister in

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, Member of

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. He was the son of Meka Venkatadri Appa Rao, a Zamindar (landlord), and was born in a Velama family in

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, Krishna district. His father was the Raja of Vuyyur, Nuzvid and an Indian freedom activist having held thousands of acres of land under his control. He was Chairman of Andhra Mahasabha in 1913 and translated and published the "

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" in Telugu language. He was recipient of "Kala Prapoorna" from

in 1953. He has entered politics and was elected to the Madras Legislative Assembly in

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from Nuzvid constituency. He was elected to the

from

constituency in 1955 (then Andhra State), 1962, 1967 and 1972 as a member of

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. He held the portfolio of Minister of Cultural Affairs in the Government of Andhra Pradesh. He held the position of Vice Chancellor of

for two terms between 13 December 1974 and 12 December 1980. He has written ''Prajaswamika Socialism Pranalikalu'' (1980) and ''Bharateeya Chitrakala'' (1987) in Telugu language and ''Land Development Banks in Andhra Pradesh'' (1981) and ''Round the World'' (1981) in English. He was member of

in Indian Parliament from 20 March 1981 to 2 April 1982. He died on 31 January 2003. The

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of Acharya Nagarjuna University at Nuzvid was named after him as Dr. M. R. Appa Row Campus.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rao, Meka Rangaiah Appa 1915 births 2003 deaths Rajya Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh People from Krishna district Andhra University faculty Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Telugu politicians Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh Vice-Chancellors of the Andhra University 20th-century Indian politicians