Kotha Raghuramaiah

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.

Kotha Raghuramaiah
Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation
In office
23 December 1976  24 March 1977
Preceded byRaj Bahadur
Succeeded byPurushottam Kaushik
Member of Parliament
In office
1951 – 1957
Succeeded byN. G. Ranga
ConstituencyTenali and Guntur
Personal details
Born6 August 1912
Sangamjagarlamudi, Guntur district, Madras Presidency (now Andhra Pradesh)
Died6 June 1979(1979-06-06) (aged 66)
New Delhi, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
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