Mothey Vedakumari (24 September 1931 – 1977) was an Indian parliamentarian and singer.

Life and career

Mothey Vedakumari was born at

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, Andhra Pradesh on 24 September 1931. Her father was Mothey Narayana Rao. Vedakumari was secretary of the Students' Congress, Eluru. She was secretary, West Godavari Branch of All India Women's Conference. She has started an institution for giving free coaching to women in Hindi, tailoring, typewriting etc. Vedakumari was recognized by

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as first-class artiste and broadcasts Carnatic music regularly. Vedakumari was elected to

2nd Lok Sabha The Second Lok Sabha (5 April 1957 – 31 March 1962) was elected after the 1957 Indian general election. The 2nd Lok Sabha lasted its full tenure of five years till 1962. 15 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 2nd Lok Sabha after th ...

from

constituency in 1957 as a member of

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. Vedakumari died from cancer in 1977.

References

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