Pusapati ashok gajapathi raju biography of rory

Indian politician (born 1951)

Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju (born 26 June 1951) is an Indian politician and the former Union Minister for Civil Aviation in the Narendra Modi Government.

A scion of royal family of Vizianagaram princely state, he is the younger son of the last Maharaja of Vizianagaram.^[1][2] He was a member of Andhra Pradesh State legislature for over twenty five years and was a Minister in the Govt.

of A.P., for thirteen years holding the portfolios of Commercial Tax, Excise, Legislative affairs, Finance, Planning and Revenue.^[3]

Personal life

Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju comes from the Pusapati royal family of the Vizianagaram estate.

He is the son of Maharaja Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapathi Raju, the last Maharaja of Vizianagram. His family is known for its philanthropy through its temples that include the famous Simhachalam temple and the Maharaja Alak Narayana Society for Arts and Sciences which runs a n