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Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
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| In office 25 July 1977 – 25 July 1982 |
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1st Chief minister of Andhra pradesh
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Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (May 18, 1913 - June 1, 1996 ) was the sixth President of India of the republic of India, serving from 1977 to 1982.
He was born in a peasant family in the Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh.
He had his primary education at the High School run by Theosophical Society Adyar, Madras. The spiritual atmosphere of the school left a deep impact on his mind.
He joined the Government Arts College at Anantapur for his higher studies.
Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Anantapur in July 1929 was the turning point in Reddy's life. He came under the profound influence of Gandhiji's thoughts, words and actions. He discarded his foreign clothes and took to Khadi as his dress. He gave up his studies and joined the Indian Independence Movement.
He was elected to the Madras Legislaltive Assembly in 1946 and became the Secretary of the Madras Congress Legislature Party. In 1947, he became a Member of the Indian Constituent Assembly. He was Minister for Prohibition, Housing and Forests in the composite state of Madras from 1949 to 1951. He was Elected as President of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee in 1951. In 1952, he was elected as a Member of the Rajya Sabha.
He served as the first chief minister of Andhra Pradesh in October 1956 and again from 1962 to 1964. He also served as President of the Indian National Congress from 1959 to 1962.
The degree of Honorary Doctor of Laws was conferred on him by the Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi in 1958.
On June 9, 1964, He was appointed a Member of the Union Cabinet and took over the portfolio of Steel and Mines. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in November, 1964.
He was Union Minister of Transport, Civil Aviation, Shipping and Tourism from January 1966 to March 1967 in the Cabinet. He was Elected to the Lok Sabha from Hindupur constituency in Andhra Pradesh. He was elected Speaker of Lok Sabha on March 17, 1967, where he won unprecedented acclaim and admiration.
He entered active politics again in 1975 along with Shri Jayaprakash Narayan. In March 1977, he fought the Lok Sabha election from Nandyal constituency in Andhra Pradesh as a Janata Party candidate. He was the only non-Congress candidate to get elected from Andhra Pradesh. He was unanimously elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha on March 26, 1977.
He was elected President by the electoral college in July 1977, and was the only person to be elected President of India unopposed.
He died in Bangalore, India.
- Bio details on Congress Sandesh website accessed at [1] July 26, 2006
- Biographical details of Past Presidents of India at http://pastpresidentsofindia.indiapress.org/]
- Biographical details of Speakers of Lok Sabha at http://speakerloksabha.nic.in/former/Nsanjivareddy.asp
| Preceded by Then Created |
Deputy chief minister of Andhra State 1 October 1953-15 November 1954 |
Succeeded by None |
| Preceded by Sardar Hukam Singh |
Speaker of Lok Sabha 17 March 1967-19 July 1969 |
Succeeded by G.S. Dhillon |
| Preceded by Bali Ram Bhagat |
Speaker of Lok Sabha 26 March 1977-13 July 1977 |
Succeeded by K.S. Hegde |
| Preceded by Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
President of India July 25, 1977-July 25, 1982 |
Succeeded by Zail Singh |
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| Rajendra Prasad • Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan • Zakir Hussain • V. V. Giri • Muhammad Hidayat Ullah • V. V. Giri • Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed • Basappa Danappa Jatti • Neelam Sanjiva Reddy • Zail Singh • R. Venkataraman • Shankar Dayal Sharma • K. R. Narayanan • Abdul Kalam • Pratibha Patil |  |
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