Chennupati Vidya Explained

Chennupati Vidya
Birth Date:5 June 1934
Birth Place:Vizianagaram, British India
Death Place:Vijayawada, India
Office:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Term:1989 - 1991
Predecessor:Vadde Sobhanadreeswara Rao
Successor:Vadde Sobhanadreeswara Rao
Constituency:Vijayawada
Term1:1980 - 1984
Predecessor1:Godey Murahari
Successor1:Vadde Sobhanadreeswara Rao
Constituency1:Vijayawada
Party:Indian National Congress
Spouse:Chennupati Seshagiri Rao
Children:1 son, 3 daughters
Parents:Gora (father)
Saraswathi Gora (mother)
Awards:Jamnalal Bajaj Award (2014)
Relations:G. Samaram (brother)
G. Lavanam (brother)
Hemalatha Lavanam (sister-in-law)

Chennupati Vidya (5 June 1934 – 18 August 2018) was an Indian politician and social worker. She was twice elected to the Lok Sabha in 1980 and 1989 from Vijayawada constituency on an Indian National Congress ticket. G. Lavanam and G. Samaram are her brothers.

Biography

She was 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 had one son and three daughters.[1]

From 1969 she was the president of the Vasavya Mahila Mandali, an NGO dedicated to the empowerment of women and children in Andhra Pradesh.[2]

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.[1]

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

She died in Vijayawada on 18 August 2018.[3]

Awards and recognition

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biodata of Chennupati Vidya at Parliament of India. . 6 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003136/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2705.htm . 4 March 2016 . dead .
  2. http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/media/pdf/JBA_2014_Bio_Chennupati-Vidya.pdf Biography
  3. News: Former MP Chennupati Vidya dead . . 18 August 2018.
  4. News: Jamnalal bajaj award for Chennupati Vidya. 29 November 2014.
  5. http://www.telugubookofrecords.com/home/decades-of-selfless-social-service/ Decades of Selfless Social Service