[1] Mamidipudi Venkatarangayya was born in 1889 in a Puduru Dravida Brahmin family in Purini village of Kovur taluq in Nellore district.

[citation needed] He actively participated in the Indian Independence Movement during the study period.

[citation needed] He was invited by Bombay University to head the Political and Social Sciences department between 1949 and 1952.

[citation needed] He wrote many books on Indian history, constitution, encyclopedia, panchayati raj and politics.

[citation needed] Shantha Sinha, Secretary of the Mamidipudi Venkatarangaiya (MV) Foundation, won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 2003.