L. B. G. Rao, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

L. B. G. Rao

Indian politician

Date of Birth: 03-Aug-1921

Date of Death: 28-Mar-2003

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About L. B. G. Rao

  • Lavu Balagangadhara Rao (3 August 1921 – 28 March 2003) was an Indian politician.
  • He served as the Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) between May 1985 and November 1991.L.B.G.
  • Rao was the son of Lavu Subrahmanyam.
  • He studied at the Andhra-Christian College in Guntur.
  • In 1938, during his student days, he joined the Communist Party of India.
  • In 1942 he became a CPI whole-timer.
  • He went underground and was active in the Telangana armed struggle.
  • He led various guerrilla squads, acting as the Amarabad party secretary.
  • He got married in 1947, whilst being underground.
  • In total he would go underground five times in his life, spanning a period of over eleven years.
  • He was also jailed three times, and spent two and a half years in prison.L.B.G.
  • Rao was fielded as the CPI candidate in a by-election for the Duggirala seat in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in June 1954.
  • He finished in second place with 20,644 votes (42.5% of the votes in the constituency).After the split in the CPI, L.B.G.
  • Rao sided with the CPI(M).
  • He became a Central Committee member of CPI(M).
  • As of 1979 he served as the secretary of the State Agricultural Labourers Union.
  • He also served as president of the All India Agricultural Workers Union.
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  • Rao stood as the CPI(M) candidate for the Tenali seat in the 1980 Indian general election.
  • He finished in second place, with 144,457 votes (32.70%).
  • In 1989 he was included in the Polit Bureau of the party.
  • Due to old age, he retired from the Polit Bureau in 1998.

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