Telangana Chief Minister Kalvakuntla Chandrasekhar Rao or popularly known as KCR turns 62 today. He was the main driving force behind the fight for separate Telangana State and was unanimously elected as the CM after the formation of the state.KCR was elected as a member of state assembly five times previously, four times as a part of united Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
.2. He was twice elected as member of Lok Sabha, but he resigned in protest as the formation of Telangana was delayed.
3. He also held the office of Labor and Employment at Centre and worked as Union Cabinet Minister.
4. At state level, he was Minister of State from 1987 to 1988 and also Minister of Transport from 1997 to 1999 as a part of United AP.
5. KCR also worked as the Deputy Speaker in the AP Assembly.
6. He is an ardent music lover and penned many songs during the Telangana Movement
.7. CM KCR can fluently speak Telugu, Hindi, Urdu and English. He is the first CM (after 25 years) in Southern India who is fluent in the national language Hindi. The only one who spoke Hindi in the past was Marri Channa Reddy.
