Rokkam Lakshmi Narasimham Dora

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| residence = Srikakulam district

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| constituency1 = Tekkali

| office1 = 2nd Speaker of Andhra State Legislative Assembly

| governor1 = Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi

| term_start1 = 23 April 1955

| term_end1 = 3 December 1956

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| native_name = రొక్కం లక్ష్మి నరసింహం దొర

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Rokkam Lakshmi Narasimham Dora was an Indian politician who served as the second Speaker of Andhra State Legislative Assembly from April 1955 to December 1956.{{Refn|{{Cite web |title=Former Speakers - Legislative Assembly |url=https://aplegislature.org/web/legislative-assembly/former-speakers |access-date=11 May 2023 |website=Andhra Pradesh State Legislature, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh}}{{Cite book |last=Malhotra |first=G. C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DFqbAAAAMAAJ&dq=rokkam+dora&pg=PA167 |title=Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature: Motions of Confidence and No-confidence in Lok Sabha and State Legislatures |date=2004 |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |isbn=978-81-200-0400-9 |pages=167 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Innaiah |first=N. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GEhuAAAAMAAJ&q=rokkam |title=A Century of Politics in Andhra Pradesh: Ethnicity & Regionalism in Indian State |date=2002 |publisher=Rationalist Voice Publications |pages=53 |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y5YAAAAMAAJ&q=rokkam |title=Public Accounts Committee (Parliament of India), 1921-1971: Golden Jubilee Souvenir |date=1971 |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |pages=122 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Rāmārāvu |first=Ji Veṅkaṭa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i0QtAQAAIAAJ&q=%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8A%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%82 |title=Āndhra Pradēś caritralō pradhāna ghaṭṭālu |date=1979 |publisher=Prāptisthānaṃ, Veṅkaṭa Rāmārāvu |pages=42 |language=te}}}} He was elected as an MLA from Tekkali constituency for two terms {{Em dash}} in 1952 as an independent and in 1955 as a Congress candidate.{{Cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madras |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4100-madras-1951/ |website=Election Commission of India}}{{Cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1955 to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh |url=https://ceotelangana.nic.in/Archives/StasticalReports/StatRep_AP_1955.pdf |publisher=Election Commission of India}}{{Cite news |date=13 June 2019 |title=స్పీకర్ల జిల్లా శ్రీకాకుళం: ఆంధ్ర రాష్ట్రం నుంచి నవ్యాంధ్ర వరకు ఎవరెవరంటే... |language=te |work=BBC News తెలుగు |url=https://www.bbc.com/telugu/india-48623315 |access-date=2023-05-11}}

Lakshmi Narasimham Dora was born in a family of freedom fighters belonging to the Telaga Kapu community of Srikakulam district. He was a lawyer by profession. He served as Srikakulam Bar Association President, member of Ganjam district board, and member of Andhra University senate. In 1951, he became the first president of Srikakulam district board.

The Rokkam Lakshmi Narasimham Dora Educational Society was established in his memory. The society established a B. Ed. college in Srikakulam named R. L. N. Dora College of Education in 2006.{{Cite web |title=RLN Dora College of Education, Srikakulam |url=https://www.careers360.com/colleges/colleges/rln-dora-college-of-education-srikakulam |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Careers360 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=R. L. N. Dora College of Education Srikakulam |url=http://www.highereducationinindia.com/institutes/r-l-n-dora-college-of-education-3317.php |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=HigherEducationinIndia.com}}