Tangaturi Manemma (1942–2018) was an

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politician from

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. She was a member of the

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and 9th Lok Sabha.

Early life

Manemma was born on 29 April 1942 in Hyderabad to K. Shankar Reddy and completed her matriculation from Marwadi Hindi Vidyalaya, Chadar Ghat.

Career

As the official candidate of the

(INC), Manemma received 1,82,861 votes and won the by-election conducted after the death of her husband in 1986. She represented

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in the 8th Lok Sabha and served on the Consultative Committee for Health and Family Welfare beside being a member of the House Committee. During the

1989 Indian general election General elections were held in India on 22 and 26 November 1989 to elect the members of the 9th Lok Sabha. The incumbent Indian National Congress government under the premiership of Rajiv Gandhi lost its mandate, even though it was still the ...

, Manemma retained her seat defeating

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's candidate by a margin of 1,47,601 votes. During her second term in the parliament she served on the Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House alongside the Consultative Committee for Health and Family Welfare. In 2009, she won the assembly election of Musheerabad.

Personal life

In May 1960, Manemma married INC politician Tanguturi Anjaiah who later on went to become the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. She had one son and four daughters from him. Mrs. Manemma died on 9 September at 11:30 am due to illness at Apollo Hospital, Jubilee Hills.

References

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