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. 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.

Birth and family

He was born in a Kapu family in Yanam as the son of Former Maire de Yanaon,

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and Kamalamma. He married Kamisetty Savithri of Badeti family hailing from Eluru. He was an undisputed leader until his death in Yanam after his father. He was co-brother of

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, a great actor in Indian cinema.

Member of representative assembly

He was a member of the representative assembly of Pondicherry between 1946 and 1964 by winning elections in

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1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

and

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

. However, in

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

elections he lost to Canacala Tataya.

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. Kamichetty became 10th Speaker of Puducherry Legislative Assembly after his elections in 1985. 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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