Gujjula Ravindra Reddy (born 1954) is a former member of the
state parliament of
Brandenburg
Brandenburg, officially the State of Brandenburg, is a States of Germany, state in northeastern Germany. Brandenburg borders Poland and the states of Berlin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony. It is the List of Ger ...
and former mayor of
Altlandsberg.
He was born in Neredupalli (village), Pedacherlopalli (mandal)
Kanigiri,
Prakasam District
Prakasam district is one of the twelve districts in the coastal Andhra region of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It was formed in 1970 and reorganised on 4 April 2022. The headquarters of the district is ...
,
Andhra Pradesh
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,
India
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.
Reddy visited areas devastated by the
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
On 26 December 2004, at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+07:00, UTC+7), a major earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2–9.3 struck with an epicenter, epicentre off the west coast of Aceh in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The Submarine earthquake, undersea ...
. In four villages near
Avanigadda
Avanigadda is a town in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Avanigadda mandal in Machilipatnam revenue division.
This area compromises the old area of Diviseema.
Geography
Avanigadda i ...
, Andhra Pradesh
tsunami
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shelters doubling as school buildings were constructed using charitable donations from the German Government and organisations such as
Lions Club
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, Altlandsberg,
Solidarity Service International (SODI) and
Aktion Deutschland Hilft and
Berlin-Lichtenberg
Lichtenberg () is a quarter (''Ortsteil'') of Berlin in the homonymous borough (''Bezirk'') of Lichtenberg. Until 2001 it was an autonomous district with the localities of Fennpfuhl, Rummelsburg, Friedrichsfelde and Karlshorst.
History
The ...
.
External links
Dr Ravindra was felicitated by President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee during the World Telugu Conference in December 2012.
He was recognized as one of the top ten Telugu-speaking people making the community proud.
Official Website of Ravindra Gujjula
References
Mayors of places in Brandenburg
Indian emigrants to Germany
Living people
People from Prakasam district
1954 births
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