Laxminarayana Mudiraj (1929 – 4 March 2015) was an Indian politician who served as Mayor of

Hyderabad Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...

and as MLA. He was the Hyderabad City Mayor for the year 1969–1970. He participated in the Quit India Movement and struggle for liberation of Hyderabad State and against the Razakars in 1947–48.

Biography

Laxminarayana Mudiraj was born in

Hyderabad State Hyderabad State () was a princely state in the Deccan region of south-central India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and the ...

(Nizam dominion). He was elected as MLA from Maharajgunj constituency in the year 1972.

Telangana movement

He was an ardent supporter of

Telangana Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...

statehood. He defied orders of the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh,

Kasu Brahmananda Reddy Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (28 July 1909 – 20 May 1994) was the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India, from 29 February 1964 to 30 September 1971. On 3 June 1977, he was elected president of the Indian National Congress. Early life Kasu Brahma ...

and laid foundation stone for Telangana martyrs memorial, Gun Park, in 1969 agitation.

Personal life

Mudiraj was married and has two sons and five daughters. He died on 3 March 2015 after a prolonged illness.

References

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