Party Name : Progressive Group
Constituency : Visakhapatnam
State : Andhra Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 4
More Information :
VISWANATHAM, SHRI TENNETI, M.A. (Hons.) , B.L., P.G., (Andhra Pradesh- Visakhapatnam-1967): s. of Shri Gauripathi Shastri ; b. at Lakavaram Distt. Visakhapatnam, September 20, 1895; ed. at Mrs. A.V.N. College, Visakhapatnam Presidency College, Madras, Law College, Madras and Law College, Trivandrum; Widower; Advocate; associated with the Indian National Congress upto 1951 and later with the K.M.P.P; participated in the Salt Satyagraha, Individual Satyagraha and the Quit India movement; suffered imprisonment on a number of occasions during the freedom struggle; was Secretary and President of the Visakhapatnam District Congress Committee from time to time between 1925 and 1930; was Member, Working Committee, Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee; Chairman, Praja Party, Andhra, since 1954 (with few breaks); Member, Madras Legislative Assembly, 1937—39 and again, 1946—53; Parliamentary Secretary, Revenue, 1937—39 and Chief Parliamentary Secretary, 1946-47, Madras Government Member Andhra Legislative Assembly, 1953-54, 1956—59 and 1962—67; Minister for Finance Law, Andhra, October, 1953 to October,1954; Chairman, (1) Company Law Advisory Commission, New Delhi, April, 1959 - April, 1960; (2) Coffee Board. Publications: 1. Kaluvarinthalu-Collection of, poems (in Telugu); 2 Navajeevanam-playlet (in Telugu); 3. National Songs; 4. Yajnavalkya play (in Telugu); 5. Sankhya Kaarikalu-Telug rendering of Sankhya Karikas; 6. Collection of Poems; 7. Rama's Exile. Permanent address: Visakhapatnam-2, Andhra Pradesh.
