Chilukuri Narayana Rao

Chilukuri Narayana Rao was a Telugu writer, lexicographer, historian and scholar. He was born to Bheemasenarao and Lakshmamma in 1890 in Visakhapatnam District, British India.^[1]

Chilukuri Narayana Rao
Born	1890 Ponduru, Visakhapatnam District, British India
Died	1952
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Indian
Notable works	An Introduction to Dravidian Philology, Aandhra Bhaashaa Charitram Named dattamandalam(ceded) as Rayalaseema
Notable awards	Kala Prapoorna
Spouse	Lakshminarasamma

His notable works include Amba, Upanishattulu, Musalamma, Vaade, Borrayyasetti, Gujaraati Vangmayamu.^[2] He also published Aandhra Bhaashaa Charitram 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.^{[citation needed]}