Kotha Raghuramaiah
Kotha Raghuramaiah | |
|---|---|
| Ministry of Tourism & Civil Aviation | |
| In office 23 December 1976 – 24 March 1977 | |
| Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
| Preceded by | Raj Bahadur |
| Succeeded by | Purushottam Kaushik |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1957 – 1980 | |
| Preceded by | S. V. L. Narasimham |
| Succeeded by | N. G. Ranga |
| Constituency | Guntur |
| In office 1952 - 1957 | |
| Preceded by | First General Election |
| Succeeded by | N. G. Ranga |
| Constituency | Tenali |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 August 1912 Sangamjagarlamudi, Guntur district, Madras Presidency (now Andhra Pradesh) |
| Died | 6 June 1979 (aged 66) New Delhi, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
Kotha Raghuramaiah (1912–1979) was a veteran Indian politician and barrister who served as the Union Cabinet minister of Defence, Civil Aviation, Petroleum & Chemicals, Tourism and Parliamentary Affairs. He is one of the longest-serving cabinet minister in the History of India. The Members of Parliament from the Lok sabha and Rajya Sabha participate in a friendly Cricket competition annually for the honor of lifting the Raghuramaiah Trophy named after him.