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Lagadapati Rajagopal Biography, Age, Height, Weight, Family, Caste, Wiki & More

Updated On : May 20, 2019

Short Biography

Lagadapati Rajagopal was born on 16-02-1964 in Nellore in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. He is an Indian Industrialist & Politician.

Lagadapati Rajagopal Complete Bio & Career

Lagadapati Rajagopal was born in a business oriented family. He completed his schooling from Loyola Public School, Guntur. To obtain engineering degree, he enrolled at the V R Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijaywada. He formed 2 companies one which operated in the power industry and the other one was involved in pig iron business. 
 
He joined politics in 2004 by joining INC and was in the camp of Anti-Telangana. Due to the protest, he was the soft target and therefore he moved his office headquarters from Hyderabad to Delhi. He was an MP from Vijaywada from 2004 and held his position till 2014. He quit politics after the Telangana bill. During his time as an MP, he was associated with some parliament committees such as Committee on External Affairs and Committee on Home Affairs among others. He tried his best to stop the formation of new state Telangana but despite his best effort, Telangana bill got passed and that led to his resignation from the parliamet.
 
Besides politics, he is a renowned industrialist and is a major shareholder in Lanco Infratech.  

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Lagadapati Rajagopal Family, Relatives and Other Relations

He was born to 'L. Ramalakshmamma', and to 'L.V. Rama Naidu'. He is married to 'Lagadapati Padma', who is the daughter of former state and central minister, Parvathaneni Upendra. The couple is blessed with 2 sons named Aashrith Lagadapati and Pranay Lagadapati.

Life's Important Dates Of Lagadapati Rajagopal

Body Measurements

Skin Colour Wheatish
Eye Colour Black
Hair Colour Black

Personal Info

Home Town Nellore
Nationality Indian
Religion Hindu
Address 32-2-10C, MADHU NAGAR, MOGHALRAJAPURAM, VIJAYWADA
School Loyola Public School, Guntur
College V R Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijaywada
Qualification Graduate
Hobbies Reading
Marital Status Married
Debut Politics - 2004 (Got elected as an MP for the first time)
Salary N/A
Net Worth INR 150 Crores
Official Website N/A

Collections

Car Collections Bentley, Porsche Panamera and BMW

Favourites

Favorite Color Green
Favorite Sport Cricket
Favorite Politician Sonia Gandhi
Favorite Actor Chiranjeevi

Shocking / Interesting Facts & Secrets About Lagadapati Rajagopal

  • He was first elected as MP in 2004 General elections and won again in 2009 general elections with Congress ticket from the same constituency of Vijayawada.
  • He is the principal shareholder of a noted infra company Lanco Infratech.
  • In the year 2014, he submitted his resignation and also quit from the politics on the subsequent passing of the Telangana bill
  • In 2014, while the discussion on the Telangana bill was going on in the parliament, he used pepper spray while on the floor. This led to other members of Parliament to vacate the building.
  • He later confessed that he used pepper spray only in self-defense as his colleague was trying to manhandle him.
  • While his time in college, he was suspended for a year.

Lagadapati Rajagopal Age, Birthday Facts and Birthday Countdown

60 years, 4months, 21 days old age Lagadapati Rajagopal will turn 61 on 16 February, 2025. Only 7 months, 8 days, his next birthday.

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