Raavi Narayana Reddy (5 June 1908 – 7 September 1991) was an Indian politician, a founding member of the

Communist Party of India Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925. H ...

, and a peasant leader. He was a leader in the

Telangana Rebellion The Telangana Rebellion popularly known as Telangana Sayuda Poratam (Telugu : తెలంగాణ సాయుధ పోరాటం) of 1946–51 was a communist-led insurrection of peasants against the princely state of Hyderabad in the r ...

against the rule of

Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII (5 or 6 April 1886 — 24 February 1967), was the last Nizam (ruler) of the Princely State of Hyderabad, the largest princely state in British India. He ascended the throne on 29 August 1911, at the age of ...

. Reddy was also a philanthropist, social reformer,"Patil hints at payment of pension to freedom fighters"
''The Hindu'' 22 September 2004. Retrieved 27 March 2011 and parliamentarian. He is renowned in

Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian subcontinent, Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India b ...

for fighting on behalf of peasants. Raavi Narayana Reddy also played a critical role in the

Andhra Mahasabha Andhra Mahasabha (Telugu language, Telugu: ఆంధ్ర మహాసభ, IAST: ''Āndhra mahāsabha'') was a people's organisation in the erstwhile Hyderabad state of India. The organization spearheaded people's awareness and people's movemen ...

as its chairman in 1941.

Post 1947

In the 1952 Indian general election, Reddy stood for the People's Democratic Front, (a pseudonym for the banned

), and polled more votes than

Jawaharlal Nehru Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (; ; ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat— * * * * and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20t ...

and also the first one entering in the parliament in independent India. An auditorium, the ''Raavi Narayana Reddy Memorial Auditorium Complex'' at

Banjara Hills Banjara Hills is an urban commercial centre and one of the most affluent neighbourhoods in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. This is an upmarket locality close to Jubilee Hills. This area was a hilly forest and was least inhabited in the past. Only f ...

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

, was built and named in his memory by the ''Telangana Martyrs' Memorial Trust''. In 2006, the Chief Minister of

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 ...

, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, presented the ''Raavi Narayana Reddy memorial national foundation award'' to

A.B. Bardhan Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan (24 September 1924 – 2 January 2016) was a trade union leader and the former general secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI), one of the oldest political parties in India. Early life Bardhan was born in Bar ...

, Communist Party of India general secretary."Bardhan lashes out at critics of Left parties"
''The Hindu''; 10 July 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2011

References

External links

''Parliament of India''; 11 September 1991. Retrieved 27 March 2011

''Press Information Bureau, Government of India''. Retrieved 27 March 2011
Shri Ravi Narayan Reddy gari Interview by Telugu university (part of Telugu velugulu)

Dr Ravi Narayana Reddy Freedom Fighter Interview by All India Radio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Reddy, Raavi Narayana 1908 births 1991 deaths 20th-century Indian philanthropists Participants in the Telangana Rebellion Telangana Rebellion Indian independence activists from Telangana India MPs 1962–1967 Communist Party of India politicians from Telangana