Madapati Hanumantha Rao (22 January 1885 – 11 November 1970) was an Indian statesman, poet and a short-story writer.

He helped to found the Andhra Mahasabha.

[citation needed] He was a member of the Senate and Syndicate of Osmania University.

[1] He held political meetings outside the limits of the Hyderabad state.

[citation needed] The first Hyderabad political conference was held in Kakinada in 1923,[2] due to the initiative taken by M. Hanumantha Rao.