Kavali Prathibha Bharathi (born 6 February 1956) is a politician from the

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Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

. She is a former speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1999–2004). She was the first woman speaker in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. She was Minister of Social Welfare, Health Welfare and Family Welfare 1983, 1985 and 1994 and served as the Minister of Higher Education between 1995 & 1999. She won successively 5 times (1983 - 2004) from Etcherla by representing

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. Pratibha Bharati was born into a politically active

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Kavali Kavali is a town in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh of India. It also serves as headquarters of Kavali mandal and Kavali revenue division.It is one of the few cities from Andhra Pradesh which were selected for Atal Mission for Rejuvenation a ...

in the

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. Her father ( K. Punnaiah) and grandfather (K. Narayana) had previously served as Members of the Legislative Assembly.

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