Chilukuri Narayana Rao

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Chilukuri Narayana Rao
Born1890
Ponduru, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Died1952
OccupationWriter
NationalityIndian
Notable worksAn introduction to Dravidian philology, Aandhra Bhaashaa Caritram
Notable awardsKala Prapoorna
SpouseLakshminarasamma

Chilukuri Narayana Rao is a well known Telugu writer, lexicographer, historian and scholar. He was born to Bheemasenarao and Lakshmamma in 1890 in Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh.[1]

His notable works include amba, upanishattulu, musalamma, vaade, borrayyasetti, gujaraati vangmayamu.[2] He also published Aandhra Bhaashaa Caritram 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 Andhra University in the year 1947.

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