11 Facts About Mamidipudi Venkatarangayya

Mamidipudi Venkatarangayya was a writer, scholar, and political scientist from Andhra Pradesh, India.

Mamidipudi Venkatarangayya was a recipient of the Padma Bhushan in 1968 by the Indian Government.

Mamidipudi Venkatarangayya was born in 1889 in a Puduru Dravida Brahmin family in Purini village of Kovur taluq in Nellore district.

Mamidipudi Venkatarangayya actively participated in the Indian Independence Movement during the study period.

Mamidipudi Venkatarangayya was appointed as Diwan of Vizianagaram Samsthanam in 1927.

Mamidipudi Venkatarangayya joined as principal of Venkatagiri Raja College in Nellore from 1928 to 1931.

Mamidipudi Venkatarangayya was invited by Bombay University to head the Political and Social Sciences department between 1949 and 1952.

Mamidipudi Venkatarangayya died at his residence at Secunderabad in 1982 at the age of 93 years.

Mamidipudi Venkatarangayya wrote many books on Indian history, constitution, encyclopedia, panchayati raj and politics.

Mamidipudi Venkatarangayya married Venkamma and they had ten children: Annapurna, Godavari, Mamidipudi Narasimham, Mamidipudi Seetharam, Mamidipudi Anandam, Mamidipudi Venkateswarlu, Pattabhiram, Mamidipudi Krishnamurti, and Mamidipudi Simhachalam and Vaidehi.

Mamidipudi Venkatarangayya was awarded Padma Shri and the Ramon Magsaysay in the year 2004.