Nannapaneni Rajakumari

Nannapaneni Rajakumari
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Constituency	Sathenapalli, Vinukonda
Personal details
Born	October 9, 1948 (1948-10-09) (age 63) Saripudi, Guntur district Andhra Pradesh
Political party	Telugu Desam Party
Spouse(s)	Nannapaneni Mukunda Rao
Children	Nannapaneni Raghu, Nannapaneni Padma
Residence	Masab tank, Hyderabad, India
Religion	Hindu
Website	http://www.telugudesam.org

Nannapaneni Rajakumari (born October 9, 1948) was born at Saripudi village to Veerayya and Vijayalakshmi is an Indian politician and Telugu Desam Party Leader. She is M.L.C and Official spokesperson for Telugu Desam Party. She entered politics when the actor N. T. Rama Rao started the Telugu Desam party. Rajakumari was elected as M.L.A to Andhra Pradesh Assembly two terms from Sathenapalli (1983–1988) and Venukonda (1989–1994). She worked as minister for Cultural affairs and Tourism in Nadendla Bhaskara Rao's government. She was first women chief whip ever become in India during the N. Janardhana Reddy and Dr. Chenna Reddy regimes. She also worked President of Andhra Pradesh State Mahila Congress. Rajakumari also held president of Telugu Mahila, women wing of Telugu Desam party.

Rajakumari wrote several novels, most famous one include 'Nannapaneni Navarathnalu 'series of 9 novels. Her interest in singing and writing is well known. She was good painter as well. Rajakumari spoke on All India Radio (AIR) on 97 prime time occasions on different issues of public interest.

Rajakumari declared she will be on fast-unto-death from December 20, 2009 against the bifurcation of AndhraPradesh state with pressure from some groups from Telegana. Federal Government announced on December 9, 2009 that process of bifurcation process will begin and later clarified on December 23 the process will begin only after wide consultation with groups from all regions of the state. Rajakumari called off her strike after this announcement from the federal government ^[1]

References

1. ^ http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Nannapaneni+pulls+a+fast+one&artid=PaYpguGQ3TE=&SectionID=e7uPP4%7CpSiw=&MainSectionID=fyV9T2jIa4A=&SectionName=EH8HilNJ2uYAot5nzqumeA==&SEO=

External links

• ABN Insider interview with Nannapaneni
• Nannapaneni demands action against DGP
• Nannapaneni injured in ‘attack’
• Nannapaneni slams YSR
• Nannapaneni’s agony unheard

Persondata
Name	Rajakumari, Nannapaneni
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Date of birth	October 9, 1948
Place of birth	Saripudi, Guntur district Andhra Pradesh
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