Tekur Subramanyam
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Tekur Subramanyam was an India
India
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n Freedom Fighter and politician
Politician
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 from Bellary
Bellary
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, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. For his involvement in the independence movement, he was jailed several times by the British Colonial administration, many times at Bellary's Allipura Jail. Mr.Tekur was the first post-independence MP
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 of Bellary
Bellary (Lok Sabha constituency)
Bellary Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha in Karnataka state in southern India. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes.-Assembly segments:...

, elected thrice in a row since 1952, He was also the Political Secretary to India's first Prime Minister
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, Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru
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