G. Pulla Reddy (Gunampalli Pulla Reddy) was a businessman

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, India, best known for the Pulla Reddy Sweets chain in

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and

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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

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

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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, 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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