Mandala Venkata Swamy Naidu
Mandala Venkata Swamy Naidu was a politician, and a member of parliament from Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency for a term from 1962 to 1967. Mandala Venkata Swamy Naidu was born to Mandala Subbarao Naidu in 1922. He hailed from a small village called Talagadadevi from Costal Andhra. He was adopted by his uncle Mandala Rama swamy naidu and Smt.Saraswati and was pampered and brought up as their own child. His primary schooling was done in Avinagadda, Plus 2 ( intermediate )in Bandaru Noble college, and finally did his Bachelor of Arts from Madras Christian College. As soon as he got his degree he worked as a Madras secretariat for 2 years. He then resigned and returned to his hometown.
He then competed in the elections as an independent candidate and won on 1962 and placed his foot in the parliament. He had also worked as President - Avanigadda Panchayat Samithi, Vice Chairman - Krishna Jilla Parishad, President - Divi Land Mortgage bank, President - District Village Officers Association, President - State Village Officers Association, Director - Andhra Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation.
His Nature
He was a very friendly, generous and warm hearted person. With his truly independent thoughts he wanted to stand for his people and fought against the politics played, by the then ruling party Congress. He was known as the Lord (Jamindar) in his village and surroundings since he inherited a huge ancestral properties which he donated to the needy or gifted to his close ones. Its told that he almost gave away 200 acres of land to the people, such big was his heart. But some of his close ones called it an addiction.
Till to date after 50 years every family in his town and surroundings do remember him as a person who wanted to serve his people from the town and elevate the living conditions through better education, infrastructure and good governance.
Even today the Durga temple (Ganapeswaram Durga temple) built and money donated by him still reverberates his presence and the yearly festivities (Jatara) carried on by his sons. Wish there were more selfless people like him in this current world.
Family
M. V. Swamy married (Late) Mrs. Nageswaramma on March 25, 1943. They had two daughters called Mrs. Ramadevi Velivala, Mrs. Bhavani Saripalli and three sons namely Sri. Ramakrishna Mandala, Sri. Rambabu Mandala and Sri. Muralidhar Mandala.