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| name = Chennupati Vidya<br />
| image = Chennupati Vidya.jpg<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|6|5|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Vizianagaram]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br />
| residence = <br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|8|18|1934|6|5|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Vijayawada, India]]<br />
| constituency = [[Vijayawada (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vijayawada]]<br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament]]<br />
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| term = 1980 - 1984 and 1989 - 1991<br />
| predecessor = [[Godey Murahari]]<br />
| successor = [[Vadde Sobhanadreeswar Rao]]<br />
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| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| religion = <br />
| spouse = Chennupati Seshagiri Rao<br />
| children = 1 son, 3 daughters<br />
| parents = [[Goparaju Ramachandra Rao|Gora]] (father)<br />[[Saraswathi Gora]] (mother)<br />
| awards = [[Jamnalal Bajaj Award]] (2014)<br />
| website = <br />
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'''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.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
She was the daughter of famous atheist [[Goparaju Ramachandra Rao]], better known as ''Gora'', and of his wife [[Saraswathi Gora|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.<ref name="LS">{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2705.htm |title=Biodata of Chennupati Vidya at Parliament of India. |access-date=6 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003136/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2705.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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From 1969 she was the president of the [[Vasavya Mahila Mandali]], an [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]] dedicated to the empowerment of women and children in Andhra Pradesh.<ref>[http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/media/pdf/JBA_2014_Bio_Chennupati-Vidya.pdf Biography] on the website of the Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation.</ref><br />
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She was elected to the [[7th Lok Sabha]] in 1980 from [[Vijayawada (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vijayawada]] constituency on an [[Indian National Congress]] ticket. She was reelected in 1989 to the [[9th Lok Sabha]] from the same constituency.<ref name="LS"/><br />
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She was President of Andhra Pradesh Kho-kho Association and associated with Rotary Movement and [[Lions Club]].<br />
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She died in Vijayawada on 18 August 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/former-mp-chennupati-vidya-dead/article24727954.ece |title=Former MP Chennupati Vidya dead |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=18 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Awards and recognition==<br />
* 2014: [[Jamnalal Bajaj Award]] under "Development and welfare of women and children" category.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jamnalal bajaj award for Chennupati Vidya|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/jamnalal-bajaj-award-for-chennupati-vidya/article6645928.ece|access-date= 29 November 2014}}</ref><br />
* Aadarsa Manya Mahila (''Ideal Woman'') in the Telugu Book of Record.<ref>[http://www.telugubookofrecords.com/home/decades-of-selfless-social-service/ Decades of Selfless Social Service].</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1934 births]]<br />
[[Category:2018 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:7th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:9th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:Women in Andhra Pradesh politics]]<br />
[[Category:People from Vizianagaram]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Telugu politicians]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian women politicians]]<br />
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