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Preceded by
  
Godey Murahari

Role
  
Politician

Constituency
  
Vijayawada

Parents
  
Saraswathi Gora


Children
  
1 son; 3 daughters

Party
  
Indian National Congress

Name
  
Chennupati Vidya

Awards
  
Jamnalal Bajaj Award

Chennupati Vidya Chennupati Vidya Speech At Aids Day VijayawadaHybiztv YouTube

Succeeded by
  
Vadde Sobhanadreeswar Rao

Born
  
5 June 1934 (age 89) Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, India (
1934-06-05
)

Political party
  
Indian National Congress

Spouse(s)
  
Chennupati Seshagiri Rao

Chennupati vidya awardee 2014 jamnalal bajaj awards


Chennupati Vidya (born 5 June 1934) is an Indian politician and social worker. She was twice elected to the Lok Sabha, in 1980 and 1989.

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Vasavya mahila mandali chennupati vidya


Biography

She is the daughter of famous atheist Goparaju Ramachandra Rao, better known as Gora, and of his wife Saraswathi. She was born in Vizianagram in today's Andhra Pradesh on 5 June 1934 and was educated at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. In 1950, she married Chennupati Seshagiri Rao (1921–2008). She has one son and three daughters.

Since 1969 she has been the president of the Vasavya Mahila Mandali, an NGO dedicated to the empowerment of women and children in Andhra Pradesh.

She was elected to the 7th Lok Sabha in 1980 from Vijayawada constituency on an Indian National Congress ticket. She was reelected in 1989 to the 9th Lok Sabha from the same constituency.

She was President of Andhra Pradesh Kho-kho Association and associated with Rotary Movement and Lions Club.

Awards and recognition

  • 2014: Jamnalal Bajaj Award under "Development and welfare of women and children" category.
  • Aadarsa Manya Mahila (Ideal Woman) in the Telugu Book of Record.
  • References

    Chennupati Vidya Wikipedia