Yerrapureddy Adinarayana Reddy (15 October 1916 – 8 June 2002) was an Indian freedom fighter and politician. He organized the Individual Satyagraha Movement 1940 in the District and suffered three months in the Vellore Central Jail. During the Quit India Movement, he worked underground and later he was arrested and detained from 1942 to 1944 in the Vellore and Thanjavur Jails. He was a two term Member of Parliament, representing

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in the

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the

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as a member of the

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. He even served as

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of the earlier

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and

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from

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. He was also elected as MLC by

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Personal life

Yerrapureddy Adinarayana Reddy was born on 15 October 1916 in T.Sundupalle in the

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of Andhra Pradesh. He completed his B.A. from

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and was an Agriculturist. Being born into a Hindu family as eldest son of Y Nagi Reddy, Adinarayana Reddy was married to Y. Basamma. They had 4 sons and 3 daughters - Y. Ravindra Reddy (Ex-Chairman

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), Shivaram Reddy, Dr Yerukala Reddy, Anand Reddy, Arundhati, Savithri Allapureddy and Sridevi. He is related to many political personalities in the State. Then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh

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is his brother-in-law. Prestigious Pincha Project Dam on

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tributary is his brain child. Later in 2004 then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh State Y S Rajashekar Reddy renamed it as Adinarayana Reddy Pincha Project as a tribute.

Freedom struggle

Adinarayana Reddy organized the Individual Satyagraha Movement from 1940 - 41 in the District as the D.C.C. President; he was fined Rs. 500/- and suffered three months S.I. from May 1941 in the Vellore Central Jail. He exhorted the people throughout the District to organize and fight the British by any means at their disposal during the Quit India Movement, as per the famous Andhra P.C.C. circular of 1942. He worked underground before he was arrested and detained from December 1942 to December 1944 in the Vellore and Thanjavur Jails. He played a major role in formation of Andhra Pradesh State from

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. He was Editor of a Telugu weekly at Cuddapah ‘Azad Hind’. He was awarded the

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in 1974, an award for outstanding contribution to Indian Freedom Struggle by

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Political life

He worked as District Congress Committee President,

from 1940-49. When the Food Crisis struck in 1952, he invited Prime Minister

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and

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to explain the plight of the people during the drought and see to it that relief programs were put in place. He had close ties with many

leaders, including the then Prime Minister

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and

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. Later In 1969, he was selected as a Member of

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. He was considered a part of the power center in the Andhra Pradesh Congress party due to his proximity to the then Prime Minister,

. During 1965-69 he worked as President of

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. He served as Director of Andhra Pradesh State Cooperative Bank and Andhra Pradesh State Cooperative Marketing Federation for three years. He was elected as

from

in erstwhile

from 1952 to 1954 and again in 1954 to 1962 from

. He was elected twice as a

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from

in 1964 and 1982. In June 1974, he was elected as a member of the

. In 1986 he represented as a member from

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in the

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held in

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Death & Honours

On June 8, 2002, he had taken his last breath at his residence in

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. On 13th Oct. 2021, as part of the Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav Department of Posts released a Special Cover/Stamp on Shri Y Adinarayana Reddy - Unsung hero of our freedom movement. The Special Cover was released by Shri

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, Minister of Education, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Shri

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, Minister of Communications, Railways, and IT. They recollected the struggle of Shri Adinarayana Reddy and reminded the present generation of their duties to upkeep the values and path shown by these eminent personalities.

References

{{Reflist Rajya Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh 1916 births Kadapa district Rayalaseema Indira Gandhi 2002 deaths