Chennamaneni Rajeshwara Rao (31 August 1923 in Marupaka - 9 May 2016 in Hyderabad) was an Indian communist leader and politician from the state of Telangana (former part of Andhra Pradesh).
Between 1957 and 2004 he got elected six times to the State Legislative Assembly.
Rajeshwara Rao was active in the Quit India Movement and the struggle against the Nizam's rule of Hyderabad.
During the resistance he spend 5 years underground and in jail before entering electoral politics following the integration of Hyderabad state into the Indian Union.
He was a long-time member of the Communist Party of India and in 1999 joined the Telugu Desam Party.