| 1. Vangaveeti Ranga was born in Katuru near Vuyyuru in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. |
| 2. He was the youngest of his 4 brothers. |
| 3. Ranga entered politics after his elder brother Vangaveeti Radhakrishna was killed. |
| 4. In 1981, his political career started when Congress withdrew its official candidate in Ranga’s favor in the Vijayawada. |
| 5. Vangaveeti Ranga's biggest rival was Devineni Rajasekhar. |
| 6. In 1988, he started a bus tour - Jana Chaitanya Yatra to highlight the autocratic rule of N. T. Rama Rao. |
| 7. In the early hours of 25 December 1988, he was attacked and murdered during a hunger strike demanding greater personal protection. |
| 8. Chalasani Venkata Ratnam of CPI Party supported his family when they came to Vijayawada. |
| 9. Devineni Rajasekhar Nehru was supported by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) which was dominated by the Kamma caste, while Ranga was a leader of the Kapu community. |
| 10. In a rally called Kapunadu on 10 July 1988, Ranga was proclaimed as the leader of the Kapus. |
