Vidyasagar Rao
| C. Vidyasagar Rao సీ. విద్యాసాగర్ రావు |
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Rao in May 2015
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| 22nd Governor of Maharashtra | |
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Assumed office 30 August 2014 |
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| Preceded by | K. Sankaranarayanan |
| Governor of Tamil Nadu (Addl. charge) | |
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Assumed office 31 August 2016 |
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| Preceded by | K. Rosaiah |
| Member of the Indian Parliament for Karimnagar |
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In office 1998–2004 |
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| Preceded by | L. Ramana |
| Succeeded by | Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao |
| Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Metpally |
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In office 1985-1998 |
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| Union Minister of State for Home affairs, and Commerce and Industry | |
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In office 1999–2004 |
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| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
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Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao 12 February 1941 Nagaram, Karimnagar, Hyderabad State, British India (now in Rajanna Sircilla district, Telangana, India) |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Vinoda Rao |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao (born 12 February 1941) is an Indian politician from Telangana, currently serving as Governor of the states of Maharashtra and of Tamil Nadu. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he had served as a Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government from 1999. He was elected to 12th and 13th Lok Sabha from Karimnagar.
He was born in Nagaram, Sircilla district on 12 February 1941 to C. Srinivasa Rao and Chandramma, in a Padmanayaka Velama Dora family. He has three brothers. He completed his schooling in Vemulawada, PUC in Hyderabad, B.Sc. in Nanded of Maharashtra and later studied law at Osmania University.
After completion of law, he started working as lawyer. He was elected as convener(Chairman) of Janasangh, Karimnagar in 1972. He went to jail during the emergency period. He represented the BJP in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Metpally assembly segment from 1985 to 1998 and entered into the Parliament by winning Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency in 1998 and in 1999. He was also the BJP state president in 1998. His leadership in assembly has lifted party's profile in the state. Shri Rao had been Floor Leader of his party in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for 15 years. He was successful in piloting a private member’s bill in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly that sought stringent punishment for people practicing bigamy. It was completely Sri Rao's brainchild. His Padyatra to Ichampalli in the year 1998 as the then BJP president highlighting the need to utilize Godavari waters for the needs of the people of Telangana led the Government to consider the project seriously.
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