Kashinath Rao Vaidya (died 13 March 1959, Hyderabad) was an Indian lawyer and politician.[1] Vaidya was elected to the Hyderabad State Legislative Assembly in the 1952 election as the Indian National Congress candidate from the Begum Bazar constituency.[2] Vaidya obtained 15,794 votes (72.48% of the votes in the constituency).[3] Following the election, he was elected speaker of the Assembly, a position he held until 1956.[4][1]

Kashinath Rao Vaidya
Speaker of the Hyderabad State Legislative Assembly
In office
1952–1956
ConstituencyBegum Bazar
Member of the Hyderabad State Legislative Assembly
In office
1952–1959
ConstituencyBegum Bazar
Personal details
DiedHyderabad, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress
ProfessionLawyer

Vaidya died in Hyderabad on 13 March 1959.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b Abbasayulu, Y. B. Scheduled Caste Elite: A Study of Scheduled Caste Elite in Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad: Dept. of Sociology, Osmania University, 1978. p. 43
  2. ^ AP Legislature. HYDERABAD LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (CONSTITUTED ON 1952) Archived 4 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1951 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF HYDERABAD Archived 27 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Former Speakers - Legislative Assembly - Liferay DXP". aplegislature.org. Retrieved 3 March 2024.