Moturu Udayam

Deceased Person

1924 – 2002

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Who was Moturu Udayam?

Moturu Udayam was an Indian politician and women's rights activist. She was the General Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh Mahila Sangham for eighteen years, and then the honorary president of the organisation between 1992 and 2001. She was also Vice President of the All India Democratic Women's Association, to which the APMS is affiliated, between 1981 to 2001.

Udayam came from a family of communist sympathizers in Turumella village. She got married to the communist leader Moturi Hanumantha Rao. Along with her husband, she lived underground during the periods of 1940-1945 and 1949-1951. During these periods she led the first all-female Burrakatha cultural group, a vehicle for anti-fascist campaign activities. She was also was known in Andhra Pradesh as the first woman to peddle a bicycle in the state.

When the Communist Party of India was split in 1964, she sided with the Communist Party of India. During the Emergency, she again went underground to escape repression.

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Born
Oct 13, 1924
India
Died
Mar 31, 2002

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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