His political career began with his involvement in local and district boards between 1901 and 1919, after which he joined the Justice Party.

He died on 10 September 1942; the Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu Prize is awarded annually at Annamalai University in his honour.

[2] Kurma Venkatareddi Naidu was born on 15 May 1875 in Rajahmundry[8][9] in Godavari district and belonged to a Telaga Kapu family.

[9] Naidu's ancestors were rich, and reportedly owned two villages, Gangavaram and Kurmapuram in the Ramachandrapuram mandal of Godavari district.

[9] One of his paternal ancestors, Sambhanna Naidu, served as a military officer on the side of the English against the Dutch in the late eighteenth century, and earned the title of Kumandan (Commandant) which became a family appellation.

Social legislation has to be undertaken and inequitious laws that, for ages, maintained an invidious distinction between Brahmins and non-Brahmins, with regard to marriage, adoption and inheritance and the like, must be altered.

[20] He also served as the Minister of Industries in the government of the Raja of Panagal from 1921 to 1923,[21][22] when he was dropped in favour of T. N. Sivagnanam Pillai.

Then again, I was Minister of Industries without factories, boilers, electricity and water power, mines or labor, all of which are reserved subjects.

[26] In January 1929, Naidu succeeded V. S. Srinivasa Sastri as British India's Agent to the Union of South Africa.

The South African Indian Congress was severely opposed to the Bill and Naidu spoke at a meeting of the SAIC in October 1930 expressing his outrage.

[27] He was a member of the Indian delegation which participated in the Second Round Table Conference with the representatives of the South African Government on 4 January 1932.

Despite being the majority party in the assembly and the council, the Indian National Congress was hesitant to form a Government because of the veto powers given to the governor.

The Governor of Madras, Lord Erskine, decided to form an interim provisional Government with non-members and opposition members of the Legislative Assembly.

Then Erskine formed an interim government with Kurma Venkata Reddi Naidu as prime minister on 1 April 1937.

[2] Andhra University was inaugurated in temporary premises at Bezawada in the year 1926 by Lord Goschen, the first Chancellor.

[2] As a tribute to Naidu's exalted status and the high offices he held, the then European-owned Madras Southern Mahratta Railway allotted him, under instructions from the Government of India, a special salon exuding luxury whenever he travelled.

[36] In April 1942, Venu Gopalaswamy was appointed the Registrar of Andhra University which he held till his retirement in February 1964.