Chandra Pulla Reddy (1917 – 9 November 1984,

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) was an Indian communist leader.

Biography

Chandra Pulla Reddy was born in 1917 at Velugodu village in what is currently the

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. A leading activist in Indian freedom struggle as a student of Guindy Engineering College of the then

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(present Chennai) against

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. He was dismissed from the college. Later he became the

secretary of the then united

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(CPI). Later he became the editor of the party organ ''Janasakthi''. C.P. Reddy became one of the main leaders of the Andhra Pradesh Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries. Reddy began organising armed struggles in the

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and

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areas, without the approval of the APCCCR leadership. Reddy then conducted

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. In December 1969, the APCCCR leadership was arrested. In their absence Reddy strengthened his role inside the organisation. The leadership sent a letter of criticism from jail against the line implemented by Reddy. Effectively the organisation faced a split, with Reddy leading his own APCCR as of 1971. In 1975 his group merged with the CPI (ML) led by Satyanarayan Singh. In 1980, he broke away from the party, forming a CPI (ML). Karat, Prakash.
Naxalism today
''. He died on 9 November 1984 at Calcutta due to a massive heart attack. His ''Selected Writings'' consists, so far, of seven volumes. More are to come.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reddy, Chandra Pulla 1917 births Naxalites 1984 deaths Indian independence activists from Andhra Pradesh People from Kurnool district Communist Party of India politicians from Andhra Pradesh Madras MLAs 1952–1957