Karamchedu
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Karamchedu is a very prosperous model village located 8 km from the busy commercial town of Chirala in Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh, India. Karamchedu village has its own significance right from the time of British Raj because of its zamindars and other influential personalities. Many newsmakers hail from this historically famous village.
Benefitting from the irrigation facilities provided by the century-old, British-built Krishna and the post-Independence Nagarjunasagar canals, the fertile irrigated land and combined with tobacco farming at Nizam area were the major sources of prosperity of the village, which in the course of time diversified its wealth into business, rice mills, contracts, transport operation, banking, shipping, higher education and film production. Thus Karamchedu counts among its natives some well-known film producers and businessmen. A significant proportion of villagers regularly migrated to other States and even to foreign countries mainly USA.
It is interesting to note that, despite the diversification into urban economic activities and migration to far-off places, the villagers of Karamchedu retained an active connection with the village by owning properties there and some migrant farmers’ families continued to live there. Currently this village has all modern eminities such as Educational Institutions, Eye Hospital, Sports Complex, Marriage Halls, General Hospital, Veternary Hospital, Movie theatres, Recreational Clubs and all religious temples.
This village was in news after a massacre in July, 1985.
Famous Personalities of Karamchedu include:
- Vajjiya Preggada,Minister in the court of King Vimaladitya of Easteren Chalukya Dynasty
- Karamchedu Kumara Swamy Pantulu(Pedda Pantulu garu), renowned scholor & teacher
- Yarlagadda Ranganayakulu Nayudu, Member of States Council (equivalent of Union Cabinet in British Raj)
- Daggubati Raghavaiah Chowdary,Member of Zilla Board,Associate of Prof.N.G.Ranga and Krishikar Lok Party
- Daggubati Chowdary, Ex.M.L.A
- Daggubati Venkateswara Rao,Ex-Minister, Ex-Member of Parliament,Cabinet Current Member of Assembly
- Daggubati Purandheswari, Current Minister of State for Human Resource Development, W/o Dr.Daggubati Venkateswara Rao and Daughter of NT Rama Rao)
- Jagarlamudi Kuppuswami Chowdary, Zilla Board President,M.L.A.
- Jagarlamudi Chandramouli, Ex-Member of Parliament
- Jagarlamudi Lakshminarayana, Ex-Member of Assembly
- Jagarlamudi Lakshmi Padmavati,Ex-Minister
- Yarlagadda Venkanna Chowdary, Film Producer, Ex-President of Andhra Chamber of Commerce
- Yarlagadda Durga vara Prasad (known as) Durgaiah garu, Follower of Vinobha bhave,works for the welfare of the village.
- Y. Ranganayakulu Chowdary, Poet,Scholor,Pioneer in Village developmentTranslated Gitanjali into Telugu
- Yarlagadda Ranganayakulu B.E., Founder of Hyderabad Study Circle
- Y. Sambhuprasad, Film Producer, Ex-President of Andhra Chamber of Commerce
- D. Ramanaidu, Film Producer, listed in Guinness book of records (most films produced)
- D. Suresh, Film Producer
- D. Venkatesh, Film Actor
- Daggubati Raja, Film Actor
- Yarlagadda Sumanth, Film Actor
- Boina Subbarao, Film Director
- Dr. Yarlagadda Nayudamma, listed in Limca book of records (for separating conjoined twins)
