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Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996), [1] often referred to by his initials NTR, was an Indian actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, film editor, philanthropist and politician who served as a former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for seven years over three terms.
He was the first person to hold the office while not a member of the Indian National Congress, [1] while representing the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), which he himself founded in 1982. [3] [4] Rama Rao's time in office saw his ousting in an August 1984 coup after 1½ years in office, while he was abroad in the US undergoing coronary heart surgery.
M. V. Rama Rao was born on 24 August 1907 at Tumkur, Mysore. He obtained a law degree from Government Law College, Bombay and enrolled as a lawyer at the Mysore High Court in 1934. Role in India’s Independence Movement. Rao was a Congress Party member.
In 1942, NTR established Telugu Desam Party which gave a major setback to the Indian National Congress. He became the first non-congress member to be elected as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. He served in the office as the 10th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and was re-elected three times between 1983 and 1994.
Jul 22, 2023 · During 1989, he established himself in national politics, forming a coalition of non-Congress parties opposed to the Congress known as the National Front. It included parties, besides the TDP, such as the Janata Dal, the DMK, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Indian Congress (Socialist). This alliance governed India between 1989 and 1990 ...
In 1984, when he was recovering from his surgery, Governor Ram Lal dismissed his Ministry and Nadendla Bhaskara Rao was made the Chief Minister. In 1985, his first wife ‘Basava Tarakam’ died of cancer. Soon after her death, he founded the Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital in Hyderabad.
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Nadendla Bhaskara Rao, a veteran politician joined Telugu Desam Party (TDP) founded by Rama Rao, on 29 March 1982 in Hyderabad. He said that this decision was based on a historic need to rid Andhra Pradesh of the corrupt and inept rule of the Indian National Congress, which had governed the state since its formation in 1956. [50]
