Sistla Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao

Sistla Venkata Lakshmi Narasimham, known as S. V. L. Narasimham (24 May 1911 – 28 September 2006) was Senior Advocate, Trade Union activist and the 1st Lok Sabha member from Guntur constituency, Madras State, India.

Sistla Venkata Lakshmi Narasimham
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1952 - 1957
Preceded by	First General Election
Succeeded by	Kotha Raghuramaiah
Constituency	Guntur
Personal details
Born	24 May 1911 Pedapulivarru, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Died	28 September 2006 Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Political party	Independent politician
Spouse	Rajyalakshmi
Children	7; 5 sons and 2 daughters

He was born to Shri S. V. Purushottam on 24 May 1911. He was educated at Andhra Christian College, Guntur and Law College, Madras and Law College, Trivandrum. He practiced law from 1936 till 2004. He represented the Brodipet ward as a councillor in 1939. He was secretary of Bar Association, Guntur in 1942–43 and was Bar Association president consecutively from 1965 to 1970. He served jail terms twice during Indian freedom movement.^[1]

He led the Trade Union of Krishna Cement Company as its president in 1930s. In 1952, he contested as an Independent candidate and won by a majority of 1,03,126 votes against the veteran parliamentarian N. G. Ranga (Krushikar Party).^[2]

He died in Guntur on 28 September 2006. He left behind his wife, five sons and two daughters.^[3]