Shri Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
| 6th President of India | |
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| In office 25 July 1977 – 25 July 1982 |
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| Prime Minister | Morarji Desai Charan Singh Indira Gandhi |
| Vice President | B. D. Jatti Mohammad Hidayatullah |
| Preceded by | B. D. Jatti (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Zail Singh |
| 4th Speaker of the Lok Sabha | |
| In office 17 March 1967 – 19 July 1969 |
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| Deputy | R.K. Khadilkar |
| Preceded by | Sardar Hukam Singh |
| Succeeded by | Gurdial Singh Dhillon |
| In office 26 March 1977 – 13 July 1977 |
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| Deputy | Godey Murahari |
| Preceded by | Bali Ram Bhagat |
| Succeeded by | K. S. Hegde |
| 1st Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh | |
| In office 12 March 1962 – 20 February 1964 |
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| Governor | Bhim Sen Sachar Satyawant Mallannah Shrinagesh |
| Preceded by | Damodaram Sanjivayya |
| Succeeded by | Kasu Brahmananda Reddy |
| In office 1 November 1956 – 11 January 1960 |
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| Governor | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi Bhim Sen Sachar |
| Succeeded by | Damodaram Sanjivayya |
| Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement | |
| In office 7 March 1983 – 11 March 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Fidel Castro |
| Succeeded by | Zail Singh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 May 1913 Illur, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, India) |
| Died | 1 June 1996 (aged 83) Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Political party | Janata Party (since 1977) |
| Other political affiliations |
Indian National Congress(before 1977) |
| Spouse(s) | Neelam Nagaratnamma |
| Alma mater | University of Madras |
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (19 May 1913 – 1 June 1996) was the sixth President of India, serving from 1977 to 1982. Beginning a long political career with the Indian National Congress party in the Indian independence movement, he went on to hold several key offices in independent India—as the first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, a two-time Speaker of the Lok Sabha and a Union Minister—before becoming the youngest-ever Indian president.[2]
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 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 Kalahalli near Bangalore. In 2013, the Government of Andhra Pradesh commemorated Reddy’s birth centenary.
Reddy was born into a Telugu-speaking Hindu peasant family in Illur village, Madras Presidency (present-day Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh) on 19 May 1913. He studied at the Theosophical High School at Adayar in Madras and later enrolled at the Government Arts College at Anantapur, an affiliate of the University of Madras, as an undergraduate. In 1958, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati bestowed the degree of Honorary Doctor of Laws on him because of his role in its founding.
Reddy was married to Neelam Nagaratnamma. The couple had one son and three daughters.
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