Sulagitti Narasamma (1920 – 25 December 2018) was an Indian midwife from Pavagada town, Tumakuru district of Karnataka state.
[1] She performed more than 20,000 traditional deliveries free of charge over a 70-year period of service in deprived regions of Karnataka with no medical facilities.
She also learned the art of preparing natural medicine for pregnant women and soon became competent in checking the health and position of the baby.
She died at BGS Gleneagles Global Hospitals in Kengeri, Bengaluru, Karnataka, on 25 December 2018 at the age of 98 of chronic lung disease.
On 26 December 2018, Narasamma was laid to rest with full state honours at Gangasandra village on the outskirts of the Tumakuru city.