The three-term Andhra Pradesh chief minister Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao shocked everbody when he announced marriage in the year 1993 at the age of 70. Actor-turned-politician N. T. Rama Rao had two wives. His first wife Basava Tarakam died of cancer after 43 years of their marriage in 1985. N. T. Rama Rao shared 7 sons and 4 daughters with his first wife. Lakshmi Parvathi, his second wife subsequently took over the reins of the Telugu Desam Party.