Chandra Rajeswara Rao Foundation for Social Progress" (CR Foundation), a society formed with No-profit motive, established in the year 1994 to perpetuate the memory of great distinguished legendary personality of India, Sri Chandra Rajeswara Rao. Popularly known as CR, he relentlessly fought  for the upliftment of the poor and downtrodden. He was a great patriot.

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He left his medical studies to fight for workers and to build trade unions.  He was dedicated to Communist ideals and egalitarian values he continued his journey for emancipation of the toiling masses and struggled for social progress till his last last breath. His dedication to the cause earned him high esteem and  the respect of leaders of all political parties- to name some, Smt. Indira Gandhi, Putchalapalli Sundarayya,  Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy, Jayaprakash Narayan, Babu Jagjivan Ram,  Ravi Narayan Reddy, Makhdoom Mohiuddin, international stalwarts like Stalin and Breznev of Russia, Fidel Castro of Cuba and many others.

 

He had the unique honour of being the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India for quarter of a century. He was endowed with the coveted "Order of Lenin" and many other International Awards.