Kotamaraju Rama Rao, passed away on 24 May 1953, was an editor, freedom fighter, and a member of Rajya Sabha.
He was the first editor of The National Herald (India). He was jailed in August 1942 by the British government for his editorial titled "Jail or Jungle" criticizing the torture of Satyagrahis in Lucknow camp jail. He was elected to the first Rajya Sabha from the state of Madras in 1952
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