Tanguturi Anjaiah Biography
Tanguturi Anjaiah (1919–1986) was the 7th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India, from October 1980 to February 1982.Tanguturi Anjaiah, known as T. Anjaiah alias Ramakrishna Reddy Talla was born on August 16, 1919. His parents belonged to Bhanoor village in Medak district.
T. Anjaiah's earliest act as Chief Minister was to conduct elections to the Panchayati Raj bodies and Municipalities. It was the first time the Sarpaches of the Gram Pachayaths and Presidents of Panchayathi samithi's were elected directly by electorate. It was also in his term that the age of voting was reduced from 21 to 18. Anjaiah received much appreciation for this bold step.
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