G. Pulla Reddy (Gunampalli Pulla Reddy) was a businessman and a political activist from

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

, India, best known for the

Pulla Reddy Sweets Pulla Reddy Sweets is a pure ghee Indian sweets and snacks manufacturer based in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. It has a chain of retail sweet shop outlets in Hyderabad and Kurnool, which G. Pulla Reddy started. History Pullareddy began selling swee ...

chain in

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and

Kurnool Kurnool is a city in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It formerly served as the capital of Andhra State (1953–1956). The city is often referred to as "The Gateway of Rayalaseema".Kurnool is also known as The City of Gem Stones. It also se ...

Life

Sri G. Pulla Reddy began selling sweets in 1948 using a small cart. The business grew, spreading from the lanes of Kurnool to eventually encompass four shops in India. Later he could open stores in many US cities, including New York City, cities in California and

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. He founded the G. Pulla Reddy College of Engineering & Technology in

and started G. Narayanamma Institute of Technology and Science in

. Sri G. Pulla Reddy had been active in

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organizations. He became a ''sanghchalak'' (local director) of the

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ( ; , , ) is an Indian right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary volunteer organisation. The RSS is the progenitor and leader of a large body of organisations called the Sangh Parivar (Hindi for "Sangh family" ...

(RSS) in 1974, and set up the Pulla Reddy Charitable Trust in 1975. He became the Andhra Pradesh state President for the

Vishva Hindu Parishad The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) () is an Indian right-wing Hindu organization based on Hindu nationalism. The VHP was founded in 1964 by M. S. Golwalkar and S. S. Apte in collaboration with Swami Chinmayananda. Its stated objective is "to ...

in 1980. He also set up the ''Samskrita Bhasha Prachar Samiti'' (Society for the propagation of

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).Philanthropist G Pulla Reddy passes away – oneindia.in
/ref> His son,

G. Raghava Reddy G. Raghava Reddy (1928 – 4 April 2022) was an Indian Police Service officer, who was also known for his innovative farming. He was the main investigator on the famous case against communist leader T. Nagi Reddy. In his long career as a police ...

, succeeds him in the Vishva Hindu Parishad.Change in VHP sweet for Sangh – Telegraph India
/ref> He died on 9 May 2007. He funded many religious activities during his time.

References

External links

www.gnits.ac.in www.gprmschool.org
G. Pulla Reddy Engineering College
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