U. Krishna Rao or U.Krishna Rau (d. August 3, 1961) was an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

 and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Madras state

Madras State

Madras State was the name by which the Indian districts in Tamil Nadu, Andhra, Northern Kerala, Bellary and Dakshina Kannada were collectively known as from 1950 to 1953....

 (representing the Harbour constituency

Harbour (State Assembly Constituency)

- Madras State :- Tamil Nadu :- 1984 Election results : - 1989 Election results : *Due to the split after MGR's death, C.P...

 during 1952-61). He was a medical doctor by profession and co-edited a medical journal called Antiseptic founded by his father U. Rama Rao

U. Rama Rao

U. Rama Rao or U. Rama Rau was an Indian politician from the Madras Presidency. He belonged to the Indian National Congress....

 and T. M. Nair

T. M. Nair

Taravath Madhavan Nair was an Indian politician and political activist of the Self-Respect Movement from the Madras Presidency. He founded the Justice Party along with Theagaroya Chetty and C. Natesa Mudaliar.- Early life :...

. He served as the Mayor of Madras during 1947-48. He served as the president of the state president of the Indian Medical Association

Indian Medical Association

The Indian Medical Association , the national organization of “Doctors of Modern Scientific System of Medicine”, was organized in 1928, and currently IMA has around 1,78,000 members belonging to different branches of medical profession and function through a network of more than 1700 local...

 between 1950 and 52. From 1952 to 54, he served as the minister in charge of Industries, Labour, Motor Transport, Railways, Posts, Telegraphs and Civil Avaiation in the cabinet of C. Rajagopalachari

C. Rajagopalachari

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari , informally called Rajaji or C.R., was an Indian lawyer, independence activist, politician, writer and statesman. Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-General of India...

. He also served as the Speaker of the Madras Legislative Assembly from 1957 to 1961. His father Rama Rao had earlier served as the chairman of the upper house of the Madras legislature - the Madras Legislative Council

Madras Legislative Council

Tamil Nadu Legislative Council is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It began its existence as Madras Legislative Council, the first provincial legislature for Madras Presidency. It was initially created as an advisory body in 1861, by the British...

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