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| name = Komarraju Atchamamba<br />
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| birth_date = 6 September 1906<br />
| birth_place = [[Guntur]], India<br />
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| death_date = 20 October 1964<br />
| death_place = [[Vijayawada]], India<br />
| constituency = [[Vijayawada (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vijayawada constituency]]<br />
| office = MP<br />
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| predecessor = [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]]<br />
| successor = [[Kanuri Lakshmana Rao]]<br />
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| spouse = V. Venkatarama Sastry<br />
| children = 1 daughter<br />
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'''Dr. Komarraju Atchamamba''' (6 September 1906 – 20 October 1964) [[L.R.C.P.]] was an [[Demographics of India|Indian]] lawyer, [[obstetrician]], [[gynecologist]], politician and a former [[Parliament of India|Member of Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1119.htm | title=Second Lok Sabha Members | accessdate=3 April 2018}}</ref><br />
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== Life sketch ==<br />
Komarraju Atchamamba was born to [[Komarraju Venkata Lakshmana Rao]], a historian, and his wife in [[Guntur]] in 1906. She participated in the [[Indian independence movement]]. She was a student leader of girl volunteers at [[Indian National Congress]] Session held at [[Kakinada]] in 1924. In 1928, she was also the leader of a black flag demonstration of female students against the [[Simon Commission]] in the city of [[Madras]] (now Chennai). During 1943–1948, she was the member of the [[Communist Party of India]]. Soon thereafter, she joined the Indian National Congress party in 1948. In 1957, she was elected as a [[Parliament of India|member]] to the [[2nd Lok Sabha]] from [[Vijayawada (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vijayawada]] representing the Indian National Congress.<br />
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She authored a book on ''Prasuthi – Sisu Poshana'' in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] that aimed to remove the traditional misconceptions held about children's growth. She also published ''Mahila'', a magazine for women.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Satyavathi|first=Kondaveeti|title=Hitha Suchani to Bhumika: Women's Magazines in Telugu|journal=Sparrow Newsletter|date=May 2009|volume=61|issue=16–17|pages=3–4|url=http://www.sparrowonline.org/downloads/SNL17.pdf|accessdate=15 October 2010}}</ref> She married V. Venkatarama Sastry in 1940; a daughter Tanya was born out of their marriage.<br />
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Atchamamba died on 20 October 1964.<ref>{{cite journal |date=16 November 1964 |title=Tenth Session |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/2951/1/lsd_03_10_16-11-1964.pdf|journal=Lok Sabha Debates |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=15}}</ref> In 2006, her birth centenary celebrations were held in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]].<ref>{{cite news|title=In Hyderabad Today|url=http://hindu.com/2006/10/06/stories/2006100620880300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070326001455/http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/06/stories/2006100620880300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 March 2007|accessdate=15 October 2010|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=6 October 2006}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1119.htm Dr. Komarraju Atchamamba] at [http://loksabha.nic.in/ Lok Sabha]<br />
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