Ramchandra Veerappa

Ramchandra Veerappa (1908–2004) was an Indian vetern politician who represented Bidar constituency in the Lok Sabha from 1962 to 1971 and from 1991 to 2004. He was a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council from 1948 to 1952.

Ramchandra Veerappa
Member of the Lok Sabha from Bidar
In office 1962–1967
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Himself
In office 1967–1971
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Shankar Dev
In office 1991–1996
Preceded by	Narsingrao Suryawanshi
Succeeded by	Himself
In office 1996–1998
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Himself
In office 1998–1999
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Himself
In office 1999–2004
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Himself
In office 2004 – 18 July 2004
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Dharam Singh
Member of the Mysuru State Legislative Council
In office 1948–1952
Member of the Mysuru State Legislative Assembly
In office 1957–1962
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office 1980–1985
Member of the Bidar Municipal Council
In office 1947–1948
Vice President of the Bidar District Congress Congress
In office 1962–1967
Member of the Congress Committee
In office 1962–1984
Vice President of the all India schedule Castes (SC) cell of Bharatiya Janata Party
In office 1991–1994
Personal details
Born	(1908-01-01)1 January 1908 Humnabad, Hyderabad State, British Raj (British India)
Died	18 July 2004(2004-07-18) (aged 96) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (Organisation) Indian National Congress Janata Party
Spouse	Shankaramma Ramchandra
Children	4 sons and 2 daughters
Residence	Bidar
As of 23 September, 2011 Source: [1]

In 1947, he was elected to the Municipal Council, Bidar. He was elected from Bidar to Lok Sabha in 1962 and 1967 as member of Congress. He joined Congress (O) when the party split in 1969, and lost from Bidar in 1971 and 1977. Later he joined BJP and was elected to Lok Sabha from Bidar five times, the last in 2004 at the age of 95. While campaigning in 2004, he said he hoped to contest five years later at the age of 100. He never went to school but learned to read and write in his native Kannada. He was also fluent at Deccani Urdu, Hindi, and Marathi. He said he rarely spoke in Lok Sabha because he was not much familiar with English.

He was a dalit. He married thrice. His first wife died childless. He separated from his second wife decades after they had married, and picked up a third wife in his 60s. In all, he had nine children.

He died on 18 Jul 2004 at Hyderabad Hospital due to kidney dysfunction at the age of 96.