Showing posts with label NTR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NTR. Show all posts

Saturday, February 7, 2026

How was the rule of NTR from 1983–1989?

 His major contribution being the stoppage of the communal clashes.Till that time almost every year Hindu Muslim clashed are a common sight.The main reason behind the clashes is termed as communal,but in actual sense it is instigated by antisocial elements who are under instruction from politicians. There are number of factions in congress and always other group than who is CM creates such riots to de fame him and unseat him.That is the reason behind so many Congress CMs have been changed. Police were helpless.

After NTR taken over he gave full powers to Police and they could control the riots and seen that it will not be repeated in future.

1.Also he prohibited cheap liquor called “sara” in telugu.

2.Divestment of non-performing state industry to private sector such as Allwyn to Mahindra & Mahindra

3.Strong states with a stronger center economic model initiated by NTR approved by the country

4.Pay cheques of category 3 or lower employees can be cashed only with a spousal signature, thus creating an explicit legal right for women in their spouse's earnings. (To avoid gambling and drinking away the check before the wife sees any money.)

5.NTR created a new commondo force for the state and was very successful in combating nazalism both ideologically and militarily

6.He adorned the Tank Bund road in Hyderabad with the statues of great Telugu personalities creating a sense of heritage and pride among Telugu people.

7.He built the largest bus station in Asia at the time in Hyderabad, theMahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS) .

8.NTR introduced a mid-day-meal program for primary school children from families earning less than Rs. 500/month

9.He successfully audited and brought the actual implementation of local body reservations program (for women, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes) compliant with the law. Even though the law was passed 15 years before he came to office, it was never fully implemented. He successfully passed 55% reservations for backward castes in professional educational institutes but was rebuked by the High Court and was forced to withdraw the legislation.

10.NTR successfully repealed the Andhra Safe Road Transport Act that nationalized private bus services saying he wanted to encourage small business allowing for private buses to compete with government road transport. He changed the mandate of government transportation to provide road service for under-served markets (villages). Every village got road service during his tenure. He was however unable to deliver on his promise to relax the 1976 Urban Land Ceiling Act and 1975 Agricultural Land Ceiling Act. He argued that the land ceiling act interfered with small local entrepreneurs but was providing case by case exemptions to the politically connected and multi-national-corporations.

His further achievements are

He can not be termed as only a regional leader. His national attitude is well known. He solved many water and other issued with neighboring States through discussions.

Overall, his is rule is progressive,uncorrupt and transparent.

Tuesday, December 16, 2025

What are the most interesting and unknown facts about senior NTR?

 

  • Sr NTR was born on 28th May 1923 at Nimmakuru in the erstwhile Madras Presidency. 
  • He was born to Nandamuri Lakshmaih Chowdary and Nandamuri Venkata Ramamma. He was adopted by his paternal uncle and aunt who were childless.
  • He was weak in studies and completed his matriculation on his 3rd attempt.
  • He supplied milk to hotels while studying in Vijayawada in 1940s, to supplement his family income.
  • NTR worked as a Sub Registrar in the Madras Service Commission in 1947. He was one of seven out of 937 who cleared the exam. However, he quit the job after three weeks to pursue a career in acting. 
  • He worked as an actor, director, producer, screenwriter and editor in the film industry before foraying into politics. 
  • His 1951 film Pathala Bhairavi was the only South Indian film screened at the first International Film Festival of India. 
  • NTR’S directional debut was unplanned. When his Guru, K.V. Reddy, refused to direct Sita Rama Kalyanam as he couldn't visualise NTR playing the role of a demon king, NTR took responsibility for making the film himself, marking his directional debut.  
  • He wrote screenplays for many of his own successful films and even for other producers, despite having no formal training in screenwriting.
  • NTR was famous for playing mythological roles, especially those of Prabhu Sri Ram and Prabhu Sri Krishna. He played the role of Prabhu Sri Krishna for 17 times. 
  • He never consumed meat or smoked and slept on the floor, eating only fruits while playing mythological roles.
  • NTR designed the costumes and accessories for all his mythological roles himself.
  • He was highly professional and always followed strict punctuality, arriving at the film sets 15 minutes before the scheduled time. 
  • NTR was the first Non - Congress Cheif Minister of United Andhra Pradesh. His political party, the Telugu Desam Party, stormed to power within nine months of its formation in January 1983. 
  • NTR led his Telugu Desam Party to a historic victory in the 1984 general elections by winning 30 out of 42 seats in Andhra Pradesh. This victory made his party the second largest in the Lok Sabha after Congress. 
  • He played a very crucial role in forming the National Front, a coalition of non - Congress parties that unseated Congress in 1989 and governed India from 1989 to 1991. He served as the Front’s President until his death in 1996. 
  • NTR'S government was the first in India to grant equal property and inheritance rights to women. 
  • In 1991, when the INC elected P.V. Narsimha Rao as its party leader- ensuring he would become India's next Prime Minister- NTR extended his support by not fielding any candidate from his party in the Nandyal bypoll.  
  • NTR died on 18th January 1996 at the age of 72 at his residence at Hyderabad. He died from a cardiac arrest.