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{{Short description|Indian politician (1935–2022)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Chandupatla|lang=Telugu}}
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| name = Chandupatla Janga Reddy
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency = [[Hanamkonda (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hanamkonda]]
| term_start = 1984
| term_end = 1988
| predecessor = [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| successor = [[Kamaluddin Ahmed (politician)|Kamaluddin Ahmed]]
| office2 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2 = 1978
| term_end2 = 1984
| predecessor2 = ''constituency established''
| successor2 = Namidi Narsimha Reddy
| constituency2 = Shyampet
| term_start3 = 1967
| term_end3 = 1972
| predecessor3 = Rauthu Narsimha Ramiah
| successor3 = Pingali Dharma Reddy
| constituency3 = [[Parkal Assembly constituency|Parkal]]
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'''Chandupatla Janga Reddy''' (18 November 1935 – 5 February 2022) was an Indian politician and member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He was elected to the 8th [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]] from [[Hanamkonda]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] defeating the future Prime Minister [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] in 1984.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://theprint.in/politics/they-got-bjp-into-parliament-but-now-the-party-has-forgotten-them/103953/ | title=They got BJP into Parliament, but now the party has forgotten them | publisher=[[ThePrint]] | date=26 August 2018 | accessdate=1 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/internal-democracy-in-bjp-weakened-but-country-needs-party-says-first-bjp-mp-in-ls-119030300365_1.html | title=How has BJP changed over the years? Here's what the party's first MP thinks | newspaper=Business Standard India | publisher=Business Standard | date=4 March 2019 | accessdate=1 January 2021}}</ref> He helped many poor students with their education. He was the co-founder of Vaagdevi Group of Institutions.

== Early life ==
Reddy was born 18 November 1935. He worked as a teacher in Parkala Village, located in the [[Warangal District]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]] (now part of [[Telangana]]), for ten years ending in 1967.

==Political career==
He was a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He was a member of the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] in 1967–72 (from Parkal as Jana Sangh member),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1967-election-results.html|title=Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1967}}</ref> 1978–83 (from Shyampet as Janata Party member) and 1983–84 (from Shyampet as member of BJP). He was arrested in 1970 for leading a group in Delhi in support of the recognition of Bangladesh, and imprisoned under the [[Maintenance of Internal Security Act]] (MISA) from 14 November 1975 to 18 December 1976.

He is best known for his time as [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] in the 8th Lok Sabha in [[1984 Indian general election|1984]].<ref>{{Cite web| title=India - Dates of Elections: 24, 27 and 28 December 1984 | url=http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/INDIA_1984_E.PDF | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611071310/http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/INDIA_1984_E.PDF | archive-date=2011-06-11}}</ref> That year the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] won just two of the 543 Parliament constituencies; one was won by Chendupatla Janga Reddy, representing [[Hanamkonda (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hanamkonda]] in the then [[undivided Andhra Pradesh]], and the other by [[AK Patel]], representing [[Mehsana (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mehsana]], [[Gujarat]]. He took active part in the Telangana Satyagraha Movement and anti-[[Malappuram district]] agitation in [[Kerala]]. He participated in the ''satyagraha'' in [[Delhi]] against the [[Operation Blue Star|deployment of the army]] to the [[Golden Temple]] in 1984.

He was an active member of [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] and held many offices in the Andhra Pradesh Student Union, including Executive Member. He resided in [[Hanamakonda]], [[Warangal]].

== Personal life and death ==
Reddy married C. Sudeshma in 1953, with whom he had one son and two daughters. Reddy died in [[Hyderabad]] on 5 February 2022, at the age of 86.<ref>{{Cite web|title=First BJP MP in Lok Sabha, Chandupatla Janga Reddy, passes away|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2022/feb/05/first-bjp-mp-in-lok-sabhachandupatla-janga-reddy-passes-away-2415657.html|access-date=2022-02-05|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3148.htm Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]

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