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MEMORIAL LECTURES

Mamidipudi Venkatarangaiya Fooundation

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     The Mamidipudi Venkatarangaiya Foundation was established in the year 1981 in memory of Late Prof. Venkataranagaiya, an eminent historian, scholar and teacher.  The Foundation is set up to encourage research and basic surveys in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities. Its aim is also to bring out publication on issues of relevance in the area of Social Sciences with a view mainly to focus attention on understanding and analyzing processes of social change.  The Foundation has also expanded  the scope and contents of its activity in the areas of literacy and education at all levels in the rural areas.  It has undertaken rural and community development projects with an emphasis on the poor.

MAMIDIPUDI   VENKATARANGAIYA

Mamidipudi  Venkatarangaiya was born on 8th January, 1889.  He passed the B.A., examination in 1907 in First Class securing a University prize and gold medals.  After passing the M.A. examination, he took up a lectureship in Pithapur Raja’s College,  Kakinada.

In 1931,  he joined the Andhra University as the head of the Department of History, Economics and Politics and served in this capacity till he retired in 1945.  His reputation as a profound scholar, a popular teacher and an eminent political scientist reached far and wide.  The Bombay University honored him by inviting him to become the first holder of the Sri Pherozeshah Mehta Chair in Civics and Politics in 1949.

Prof. Venkatarangaiya was painstaking and erudite scholar and a prolific writer.  His main interest was in Local Government and Federalism.   He has made valuable contributions in the fields of Public Administration, Indian Constitutional Development and International Affairs.

In Prof. Venkatarangaiya,  we find a rare combination of scholar and researcher; research brought a new insights to his teaching and teaching set the perspective for his research.  He conducted several economic surveys of villages.  His research in Local Government began at the University of Madras way back in 1925.  As the Sri Pherozeshah Mehta Professor of Politics at the Bombay University, he undertook a survey of the personnel of the Bombay Legislature and organized a systematic and scientific study of the First General Election in Greater Bombay.

As a historian he has edited  The Freedom Struggle in Andhra Pradesh in four volumes. His introduction to these volumes is considered as an authoritative document on the Freedom Movement.  He has also written in Telugu the History of Freedom Movement  in India.  He has translated  Kautilya’s Arthasastra into Telugu. He was awarded Padmabhushan by the Government of India and was also recipient of Honorary D. Litt. from Andhra and Sri Venkateswara Universities.

Prof. Venkatarangaiya’s  interests are wide  and his activities  varied.  In his long career he held several administrative positions including that of the Dewan of the State of Vizianagaram with grace and dignity.  His interest and  active association with the co-operative movement, the Rural Reconstruction Association, Nellore and the Theosophical Society are well known.  Several teachers’ and students’ associations have benefited by his constant guidance and co-operation in their manifold activities.

Mamidipudi Venkatarangaiya Memorial Lectures held at

A.P. History Congress Annual Sessions.

35 Prof.M.Vanaja, Dean, School of Education and Training, Moulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad, 47thANNUAL SESSION 4th&5thJanuary,2025,S.K.R.GOVT.DEGREE COLLEGE GUDUR,
34 Prof. Garapati Umamaheswara Rao, Director Retd. Centre for Applied Linguistics & Translationstudies, UoH, Hyderabad, 46th Session, Dr. Lankapalli Bullayya College, Visakhapatnam, AP
33 Prof. Kolluri Suryanarayana, Visakhapatnam, “Vengi Kimdom under the Chalukyas” 45th Session, Yogi Vemana Univensity, Kadapa.
32 Prof. Arun K Bandopadhayaya, Dept. of History, University of Calcutta, “Mahatma Gandhi and the Question of Caste in Modern India” Kolkata, 44th Session, Kurnool.
31 Prof. Salil Mishra, “The Big ‘Dream’ Gone Sour?: Seven Decades of Indian Freedom” ,  43rd SESSION , RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM,2019
30 Prof. Mahalakshmi Ramakrishnan, “COMMEMORATING DEATH” : FORMS AND SYMBOLS IN EARLY MEDIAVAL TAMILNADU, 42ND SESSION , NARSAPURAM,2018
29 Prof. Venkatachalapathi, A.P. History congress, 41st session, Ananthapuram
28 Janaki Nair, Notes on a Possible “Historical Temper” for Contemporary India, A.P. History Congress, 40th Session, Srikakulam, 2016
27 Bhairabi Prasad Sahu Mapping Socio-Political Transformations in Early Kalinga, A.P. History Congress, 39th Session, Srisailam, 2015
26 Prof. K.A. Manikumar, The Impact of British Colonialism on Different Social Classes of Nineteenth Century Madras Presidency, A.P. History Congress, 38th Session, Tirupati, 2014
25  Prof. B. Surendra Rao, Nationalism and Historical Writing, A.P. History Congress, 37th Session, Avanigadda, 2013
24 Prof. K. Gopalan Kutty, Malabar Rebellion of 1921: A Historiographic Survey, A.P. History     Congress, 36th Session, Ongole, 2012
23 Prof. N. Rajendran, Colonialism, anti-colonial Struggles and Nationalism – Unmasking benighted Madras, A.P. History Congress, 35th Session, Kuppam, 2011.
22 Prof. Arun Bandopadhyay, the Colonial Legacy of Foreign Policies in India : A Comparative Study in Environmental History, A.P. History Congress, 34th Session, Guntur, 2010.
21 Prof. Indivar Kamtekar, How India has Looked at its modern History, A.P. History Congress, 33rd Session, Kurnool, 2009.
20 Prof. Biswamoy Pathi, Class, Nation and De-colonisation : the peoples struggles and the dialectics  of retreat 1846 – 49, A.P. History Congress, 32nd Session, Warangal, 2008.
19 Prof. Rajan Gurukkal, Re-articulating History as Social Science, A.P. History Congress, 31st Session, Kadapa, 2007.
18 Prof. P.K. Michael Tharakan,  A.P. History Congress, 30th Session, Siddipet, 2006.
17 Prof. Vijaya Ramaswamy, Women and work in Indian History, A.P. History Congress, 29th Session, Nagarjuna Sagar, 2005.
16 Prof. Prabhat Patnaik,  On certain developments in World Economy, A.P. History Congress, 28th Session, Vijayawada, 2004.
15 Prof. T.K. Venkata Subrahmanian, Maratta Tanjore in the Lyrics of Tyagaraja (Circa A.D.1763- 1850), A.P. History Congress, 27th Session, Tirupati, 2003.
14 Prof. Suvira Jaiswal, Inventing a culture of patriarchy: an aspect of Brahmanism, A.P. History Congress, 26th Session, Anaparthy, 2002.
13 Prof. Vijaya Kumar Thakur, Patna; Prof. M. Krishna Kumari, Waltair; Prof. V. Ramakkrishna,  Hyderabad; Prof. Sarojini Ragani, Hyderabad, Post-Independent Indian Historiographical Trends, A.P. History Congress, 25th Session, Hyderabad, 2001.
12 Amiya Kumar Bagchi, Workers of the Third World at the end of the second millennium of the Christian Era, A.P. History Congress, 24th Session, Rajahmundry, 2000.
11 Prof. Mridula Mukherjee, The extent of integration between peasant movements and the National Movement, A.P. History Congress, 23rd Session, Narasapur,, 1999.
10 National Seminar on National Movement, A.P. History Congress, 22nd Session, Hyderabad, 1998.
9 Dr. P.V. Parabrahma Sastry, Kakatiya Polity, A.P. History Congress, 21 st Session, G. Mamidada, 1997.
8 Prof. Romila Thapar, Caste, Class and Gender in Indian Society, A.P. History Congress, 20th Session, Guntur, 1996.
7 Prof. S. Settar, Some aspects of South Lndian Society, A.P. History Congress, 19th Session,  Anantapur, 1995.
6 Prof. Barun De, Social-Political character of Dual Governance in early Modern India, A. P. History Congress, 18th Session, Tenali, 1994.
5 Prof. Arjun Dev, Misuses of History, A.P. History Congress, 17th Session, Tirupati, 1993.
4 Prof. Bipan Chcandra, The Making of the Indian Nation, A.P. History Congress, 16th Session,  Karimnagar, 1992.
3 Prof. Ravindra Kumar, Historical Chcaractaeer of State Formation in India, A. P. History   Congress, 15th Session, Nellore, 1991 .
2 Prof. R.S.Sarma, Communalism and India”s past, A.P.History Congress, 14th Session, Warangal,  1990.
1 Prof. R. Champakalakshmi, Idealogy and  the state in South India, 13th Session, Srisailam, 1989.