Ramasahayam Surender Reddy (born 10 October 1931) is a former Indian Member of Parliament and

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who represented

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in the

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and

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in the

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, 9th and

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Personal life

Surender Reddy married Jayamala Reddy on 28 November 1956. They had one son Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy and two daughters. His grandson Vinayak Reddy is married to Aashritha Daggubati, the eldest daughter of actor

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Career

Political career

Surender Reddy joined the

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and was elected to the

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in 1962 from the Mahabubabad constituency in Andhra State. He was re-elected in 1967 from the

constituency. In 1978, he was elected to

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from

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and re-elected in 1983, 1985 from same constituency. He was presented the ''

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Sadbhavana'' award by

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secretary Rohit Choudhury and

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during Congress leader

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's 2022

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in Hyderabad.

Hyderabad Race Club

Surender Reddy was elected as Committee Member of Hyderabad Race Club (HRC) in 1974 and elected Chairman in 1976. He was re-elected as chairman in 1983 and has been the longest serving chairman in Indian racing.

Other appointments

Mr. Reddy has also served as the chairman of the Andhra Pradesh State Finance Corporation and the Director of

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, president of the

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and the Hyderabad Golf Association.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reddy, Surendra 1931 births People from Khammam district India MPs 1967–1970 India MPs 1962–1967 India MPs 1989–1991 India MPs 1991–1996 Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Telangana Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1978–1983 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1983–1985 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1985–1989