Chilukuri Narayana Rao was a Telugu writer, lexicographer, historian and scholar. He was born to Bheemasenarao and Lakshmamma in 1890 in

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. His notable works include Amba, Upanishattulu, Musalamma, Vaade, Borrayyasetti, Gujaraati Vangmayamu. He also published ''Aandhra Bhaashaa Charitram'' in the year 1937 and a revised version of Sankaranarayana's English-Telugu Dictionary.

Awards

He received the honorary doctorate degree of ‘Kala Prapoorna' from

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in the year 1947.

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Telugu writers 1890 births 1952 deaths 20th-century Indian historians Writers from Andhra Pradesh Tamil–Telugu translators {{india-writer-stub