Chandraprabha Urs

Chandraprabha Urs (1946–2016) was an Indian National Congress politician from Karnataka. She was a member of the 10th Lok Sabha and Karnataka Legislative Assembly.

Early life

Chandraprabha was born on 25 May 1946 in Hunsur, Mysore district.[1] Her father D. Devaraj Urs was a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) and went on to become the Chief Minister of Karnataka.[2] She graduated from the Smt. VHD Central Institute of Home Science with a degree in library science.[1]

Career

As a member of the Janata Party, Urs won the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1983 from Hunsur and was appointed the Minister for Social Welfare, Sericulture and excise in Ramakrishna Hegde's cabinet.[3] Later she joined the INC and served her second term in the state assembly from 1989 to 1991.[4] In the Indian general election, 1991, INC made her its official candidate from Mysore against Bharatiya Janata Party's Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar, the titular Maharaja of Mysore. She polled 2,25, 881 votes against his 2,08,999; defeating him by a margin of 16,882 votes.[5]

Personal life

She married M.C. Mohan Raj Urs.[1] Urs died on 3 May 2016 at a Mysore hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Members Bioprofile: Urs, Smt. Chandraprabha". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Chandraprabha Urs passes away". The Hindu. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Chandraprabha Urs cremated with State honours". The Hindu. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Statistical Report on the General Elections, 1989 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 142. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1991 to the Tenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 196. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
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