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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Indian English Шаблон:Infobox officeholder 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

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

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

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

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