Mullapudi Harishchandra Prasad

Mullapudi Harischandra Prasad, (28 July 1921 – 3 September 2011) was an Indian politician and industrialist from Andhra Pradesh.

He established the first aspirin factory in India and created a rocket fuel unit that supplied to Indian Space Research Organisation.

[citation needed] He was originally from the town of Tanuku in Andhra Pradesh, born to Mullapudi Thimmaraju and Venkataramanamma, from a Kamma Zamindar family.

[1] Prasad was elected twice as a member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing the Indian National Congress.

He also established Mullapudi Venkata Ramanamma Memorial Hospital and Research Centre in Tanuku, Andhra Pradesh.