Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
నీలం సంజీవ రెడ్డి

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President of India
In office
25 July 1977 – 25 July 1982
Prime Minister Morarji Desai
Charan Singh
Indira Gandhi
Vice President Basappa Danappa Jatti
Mohammad Hidayatullah
Preceded by Basappa Danappa Jatti (Acting)
Succeeded by Zail Singh
Speaker of the Lok Sabha
In office
26 March 1977 – 13 July 1977
Preceded by Bali Ram Bhagat
Succeeded by Kawdoor Sadananda Hegde
In office
17 March 1967 – 19 July 1969
Preceded by Sardar Hukam Singh
Succeeded by Gurdial Singh Dhillon
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
In office
12 March 1962 – 20 February 1964
Governor Bhim Sen Sachar
Satyawant Mallannah Shrinagesh
Preceded by Damodaram Sanjivayya
Succeeded by Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
In office
1 November 1956 – 11 January 1960
Governor Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
Bhim Sen Sachar
Preceded by Burgula Ramakrishna Rao (Hyderabad)
Bezawada Gopala Reddy (Andhra)
Succeeded by Damodaram Sanjivayya
Personal details
Born 13 May 1913(1913-05-13)
Illur, British Raj (now India)
Died 1 June 1996(1996-06-01) (aged 83)
Bangalore, India
Political party Janata Party (1977–present)
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (Before 1977)
Alma mater Government Arts College, Rajahmundry

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy About this sound pronunciation (Telugu: నీలం సంజీవ రెడ్డి ) (19 May 1913 - 1 June 1996) was the sixth President of India, serving from 1977 to 1982 and was the only person to be elected President of India unopposed.

Reddy was born in Illur village of district Anantapur in the State 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. In 1931 he left his studies to join Congress Party.

He was elected to the Madras Legislative 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 9 June 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 17 March 1967, where he won unprecedented acclaim and admiration.

In 1969, following the death of Dr. Zakir Hussain, then President of India, Sanjiva Reddy was nominated as the official candidate of Congress party. Even before the election he resigned from his Lok Sabha speakership in order not to take advantage of a position while contesting for another as a party candidate. However Indira Gandhi, knowing that Sanjiva Reddy was too independent a person to toe her line, took the stance of allowing the party electors to vote according to their conscience, rather than asking to vote for the party candidate. This actually implied her support to V.V.Giri and Sanjiva Reddy lost the election. He retired from active politics, returned to his native village Illuru to take up what was always close to his heart, and his fore-fathers occupation of farming.

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 26 March 1977.

He was regarded as the best speaker ever in the Lok Sabha of Indian parliament. ((fact)) He also said that he would not remain as the "rubber stamp president" and proved himself to be most dynamic president of India.[citation needed]

He was elected President by the electoral college in July 1977.He was the youngest President and also the only unanimous President of India up to now.

He died in Bangalore, India in 1996.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Burgula Ramakrishna Rao
as Chief Minister of Hyderabad
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
1977–1982
Succeeded by
Damodaram Sanjivayya
Preceded by
Bezawada Gopala Reddy
as Chief Minister of Andhra
Preceded by
Damodaram Sanjivayya
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
1962–1964
Succeeded by
Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
Preceded by
Sardar Hukam Singh
Speaker of the Lok Sabha
1967–1969
Succeeded by
Gurdial Singh Dhillon
Preceded by
Bali Ram Bhagat
Speaker of the Lok Sabha
1977
Succeeded by
Kawdoor Sadananda Hegde
Preceded by
Basappa Danappa Jatti
Acting
President of India
1977–1982
Succeeded by
Zail Singh

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