first wife, Mrs. Basava Tarakam, died of cancer in 1985. The Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital & Research Institute was established in her memory in  Hyderabad . In 1993, at the age of 70, NTR married Lakshmi Parvathi. After the succession of  Telugu Desam  party by  Nara Chandrababu Naidu , Lakshmi