Devineni Nehru

Politician

Birthday June 22, 1954

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District

DEATH DATE 2017-4-17, Hyderabad, India (62 years old)

Nationality India

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1954

Devineni Nehru (born Devineni Rajasekhar; 22 June 1954 – 17 April 2017) represented Kankipadu Assembly Constituency in Krishna District of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

Nehru was born on 22 June 1954 in Vijayawada.

He received B.A. degree from S.R.R & C.V.R college, Vijayawada.

His first career was in agriculture.

He is the son of Sri D. Rama Krishna Vara Prasad.

He married Smt.

Devineni Lakshmi.

They have a daughter Kranthi and a son Devineni Avinash.

1983

Rajasekhar won five terms (1983, 1985, 1989, 1994 and 2004) as an MLA from Kankipadu Assembly Constituency.

1994

Rajasekhar served as a Minister (1994–96) in the cabinet of late Chief Minister NTR's TDP Government.

2004

In 2004 he won from Congress Party (Indian National Congress) when Y.S Raja Sekhar Reddy was the Chief Minister.

2009

He lost in 2009 elections with 190 votes difference.

2014

After the Andhra state bifurcation he lost 2014 elections from Congress Party (INC).

He later rejoined Telugu Desam Party.

2017

He died of cardiac arrest on 17 April 2017 at his house in Hyderabad.

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