Global InformationNeelam Sanjiva Reddy information
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | |
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 Reddy in January 1977 | |
| 6th President of India | |
| In office 25 July 1977 – 25 July 1982 | |
| Prime Minister |
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| Vice President |
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| Preceded by | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed[a] |
| Succeeded by | Zail Singh |
| 4th Speaker of the Lok Sabha | |
| In office 17 March 1967 – 19 July 1969 | |
| Deputy | R.K. Khadilkar |
| Preceded by | Hukam Singh |
| Succeeded by | Gurdial Singh Dhillon |
| In office 26 March 1977 – 13 July 1977 | |
| Deputy | Godey Murahari |
| Preceded by | Bali Ram Bhagat |
| Succeeded by | K. S. Hegde |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 23 March 1977 – 13 July 1977 | |
| Preceded by | Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah |
| Succeeded by | Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah |
| Constituency | Nandyal |
| 8th Union Minister of Transport and Aviation | |
| In office 24 January 1966 – 13 March 1967 | |
| Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
| Preceded by | Raj Bahadur |
| Succeeded by | V. K. R. V. Rao |
| 3rd Union Minister of Steel and Mines | |
| In office 11 January 1966 – 24 January 1966 | |
| Prime Minister | Gulzarilal Nanda |
| Preceded by | Himself |
| Succeeded by | C. M. Poonacha |
| In office 9 June 1964 – 11 January 1966 | |
| Prime Minister | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| Preceded by | Chidambaram Subramaniam |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 1974–1977 | |
| Preceded by | JC Nagi Reddy |
| Succeeded by | G Swamy Naik |
| Constituency | Andhra Pradesh |
| In office 1970–1972 | |
| Preceded by | Himself |
| Succeeded by | N. Janardhana Reddy |
| Constituency | Andhra Pradesh |
| In office 1964–1970 | |
| Preceded by | S Chenna Reddy |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| Constituency | Andhra Pradesh |
| President of the Indian National Congress | |
| In office 1960–1963 | |
| Preceded by | Indira Gandhi |
| Succeeded by | K. Kamaraj |
| 1st Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh | |
| In office 12 March 1962 – 20 February 1964 | |
| Governor |
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| Deputy Chief Minister |
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| Preceded by | Damodaram Sanjivayya |
| Succeeded by | Kasu Brahmananda Reddy |
| In office 1 November 1956 – 11 January 1960 | |
| Governor |
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| Deputy Chief Minister |
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| Preceded by | Office Established |
| Succeeded by | Damodaram Sanjivayya |
| 1st Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra | |
| In office 30 March 1955 – 31 October 1956 | |
| Governor | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi |
| Chief Minister | Bezawada Gopala Reddy |
| Preceded by | President's rule |
| Succeeded by | Office Dissolved |
| In office 1 October 1953 – 15 November 1954 | |
| Governor | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi |
| Chief Minister | Tanguturi Prakasam |
| Preceded by | Office Established |
| Succeeded by | President's rule |
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| In office 1953–1955 | |
| AICC President |
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| Preceded by | Office Established |
| Succeeded by | Bezawada Gopala Reddy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 May 1913 Illur, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Andhra Pradesh, India) |
| Died | 1 June 1996 (aged 83) Bangalore, Karnataka, India (present-day Bengaluru) |
| Political party | Janata Party (from 1977) |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (before 1977) |
| Spouse |
Neelam Nagaratnamma (m. 1935) |
| Relatives | T. Nagi Reddy (brother-in-law) |
| Alma mater | University of Madras |
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (; 19 May 1913 – 1 June 1996) was an Indian politician who served as the sixth president of India, serving from 1977 to 1982. Beginning a long political career with the Indian National Congress Party in the independence movement, he went on to hold several key offices in independent India – as Deputy Chief minister of Andhra state and the first chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, a two-time Speaker of the Lok Sabha and a Union Minister— before becoming the Indian president.[1]
Born in present-day Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, Reddy completed his schooling at Adayar and joined the Government Arts College at Anantapur. He quit to become an Indian independence activist and was jailed for participating in the Quit India Movement. He was elected to the Madras Legislative Assembly in 1946 as a Congress party representative. Reddy became the deputy chief minister of Andhra State in 1953 and the first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh in 1956. He was a union cabinet minister under Prime Ministers Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi from 1964 to 1967 and Lok Sabha Speaker from 1967 to 1969. He later retired from active politics but returned in 1975, responding to Jayaprakash Narayan's call for "Total Revolution" against the Indira Gandhi Government.
Elected to Parliament in 1977 as a candidate of the Janata Party, Reddy was unanimously elected Speaker of the Sixth Lok Sabha and three months later was elected unopposed as President of India. As president, Reddy worked with Prime Ministers Morarji Desai, Charan Singh and Indira Gandhi. Reddy was succeeded by Giani Zail Singh in 1982 and he retired to his farm in Anantapur. He died in 1996 and his samadhi is at Kalpally Burial Ground, Bangalore. In 2013, the Government of Andhra Pradesh commemorated Reddy's birth centenary.
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- ^ "Speech by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at the concluding function of the centenary celebrations of the former President of India, Dr.Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. Archived from the original on 4 May 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.