Petakamsetti Appala Narasimham, also known as P. Appalanarasimham (1938–2009) was a member of the Indian Parliament.
[1] Appalanarasimham was born in Nagulapalli village, Anakapally Taluk, Vishakhapatnam district in June, 1938.
[citation needed] He has moved out of Nagulapalli village and worked as a civil contractor and settled near the now Gopalapatnam area.
[citation needed] His bronze statue was erected in his memory at the Diamond Park in Visakhapatnam in 2009.
[2] He was elected Samiti President independently and later joined NTR's party Telugu Desam.