Jhansi Lakshmi was born on 20 October 1941 in Visakhapatnam to the family of C. K. Chowdary.
[1] As a member of the newly formed Telugu Desam Party, Jhansi Lakshmi contested the 1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Chittoor seat and defeated N. P. Venkateswara Chowdary of the Indian National Congress by a difference of 16,434 votes.
[2] The following year, she stood for and won the general election for the 8th Lok Sabha from Chittoor, obtaining 3,32,543 votes.
[3] She was a regional organiser for Women and Child Welfare programs and secretary of Kasturba Centenary Committee.
[4] Jhansi Lakshmi married N. P. Veeraraghavulu Naidu on 9 December 1956 and together they had two sons and one daughter.