Challagalla Narasimham

{{Short description|Indian civil servant and author}}

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Challagalla Narasimham was an Indian civil servant and author, known for his contributions for the modernization of Jubilee Hills area in Greater Hyderabad in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh{{cite web | url=https://www.realtycompass.com/blog/advisory/jubilee-hills-upscale/ | title=Real Compass | publisher=Real Compass | date=2015 | accessdate=April 29, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910220027/https://www.realtycompass.com/blog/advisory/jubilee-hills-upscale/ | archive-date=10 September 2017 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://www.indiantravels.com/Andhra-Pradesh/Hyderabad/Places/Jubilee-hills | title=Indian Travels | publisher=Indian Travels | date=2015 | accessdate=April 29, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810071948/http://www.indiantravels.com/Andhra-Pradesh/Hyderabad/Places/Jubilee-hills | archive-date=August 10, 2014 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://vedasris.com/2012/09/22/evolution-of-hyderabads-architecture/ | title=Vedasris | publisher=Vedasris | date=2015 | accessdate=April 29, 2015 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304222801/http://vedasris.com/2012/09/22/evolution-of-hyderabads-architecture/ | archivedate=March 4, 2016 }} He was a former Indian Administrative Service officer and Commissioner of Chennai Corporation from 1947 to 1953{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/state-orders-transfer-of-18-ias-officers/article801792.ece | title=The Hindu | website=The Hindu | date=29 September 2010 | accessdate=April 29, 2015}} who developed several townships in Chennai, in Tamil Nadu.{{cite web | url=http://hydpackers.com/jubilee-hills | title=Hyd Packers | publisher=Hyd Packers | date=2015 | accessdate=April 29, 2015 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20150429124300/http://hydpackers.com/jubilee-hills | archive-date=2015-04-29 | url-status=dead }} The story of his life has been documented in his autobiography, Me and My Times, published in 1986.{{cite book | oclc=499477218 | url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/499477218 | title=Me and My Times | author=C. Narasimhan | year=1986 | pages=517}} The Government of India honoured him in 1962, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his services to the nation.{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |accessdate=November 11, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=October 15, 2015 }}