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Chandraprabha Urs
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
for Hunsur
In office
1983–1991
Member of the 10th Lok Sabha from Mysore
In office
1991–1996
Preceded bySrikanta Datta Narsimharaja Wadiyar
Succeeded bySrikanta Datta Narsimharaja Wadiyar
Majority16,882
Personal details
Born(1946-05-25)25 May 1946
Hunsur, Karnataka, India
Died3 May 2016(2016-05-03) (aged 69)
Mysore, Karnataka, India
Cause of deathCardiac arrest
Political partyIndian National Congress
Other political
affiliations
Janata Party

Chandraprabha Urs (25 May 1946 – 3 May 2016) was a politician from Karnataka. She was a member of the 10th Lok Sabha and Karnataka Legislative Assembly. She was with Janata Party and Congress at various times.[1]

Early life[edit]

Chandraprabha was born on 25 May 1946 in Hunsur, Mysore district.[2] Her father D. Devaraj Urs was a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) and went on to become the Chief Minister of Karnataka.[3] She graduated from the Smt. VHD Central Institute of Home Science with a degree in library science.[2]

Career[edit]

As a member of the Janata Party, Urs won the 1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election from Hunsur and was appointed the Minister for Social Welfare, Sericulture and excise in Ramakrishna Hegde's cabinet.[4] Later she joined the INC and served her second term in the state assembly from 1989 to 1991.[5] In the 1991 Indian general election, 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.[6]

Personal life[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Resignations of two senior ministers raise possibility of Hegde govt premature demise". India Today.
  • ^ a b c "Members Bioprofile: Urs, Smt. Chandraprabha". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  • ^ a b "Chandraprabha Urs passes away". The Hindu. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  • ^ "Chandraprabha Urs cremated with State honours". The Hindu. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  • ^ "Statistical Report on the General Elections, 1989 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 142. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  • ^ "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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