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

Communist Party of India The Communist Party of India (CPI) is a political party in India. The CPI considers the Foundation of the Communist Party of India, December 26, 1925 Cawnpore (Kanpur) conference as its foundation date. Between 1946 and 1951, the CPI led m ...

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

Telangana Rebellion The Telangana Rebellion of 1946–1951 was a communist-led insurrection of peasants against the princely state of Hyderabad in the region of Telangana that escalated out of agitations in 1944–1946. Hyderabad was a feudal monarchy where mo ...

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 Hyderabad State, the largest state in the erstwhile Indian Empire. He ascended the throne on 29 August 1911, at the age of 25 and ruled ...

. 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 in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...

for fighting on behalf of peasants. Raavi Narayana Reddy also played a critical role in the Andhra Mahasabha 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 Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. Nehru was a pr ...

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 a ...

Hyderabad Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...

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

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...

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