Burgula Ramakrishna Rao

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Burgula Ramakrishna Rao
Rao in 1952
12th Governor of Uttar Pradesh
In office 1 July 1960 – 15 April 1962
Chief Minister	Sampurnanand Chandra Bhanu Gupta
Preceded by	V. V. Giri
Succeeded by	Bishwanath Das
1st Governor of Kerala
In office 22 November 1956 – 1 July 1960
Chief Minister	E. M. S. Namboodiripad Pattom Thanu Pillai
Preceded by	Office Established
Succeeded by	V. V. Giri
2nd Chief Minister of Hyderabad
In office 6 March 1952 – 31 October 1956
Governor	Mir Osman Ali Khan
Preceded by	M. K. Vellodi
Succeeded by	Office Abolished (Neelam Sanjiva Reddy as Chief Minister of United Andhra Pradesh)
Personal details
Born	Pullamraju Ramakrishnarao (1899-03-13)13 March 1899 Padakallu Village, Kalwakurthy, Hyderabad State
Died	14 September 1967(1967-09-14) (aged 68)
Nationality	Indian

Burgula Ramakrishna Rao (13 March 1899 – 14 September 1967) was the second and last Chief Minister of the erstwhile Hyderabad State. Prior to the independence of India and the political integration of the princely states into the Union, he was among the Telugu-speaking leaders to resist the Nizam in the princely state of Hyderabad.^{[1][unreliable source?]} He was a multi lingual academic, known for his scholarship in Sanskrit and Telugu. He was also a poet and translator (his works may be cited).