Shri Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was born on May 18, 1913 and died on June 1, 1996.
SHRI NEELAM SANJIVA REDDY, the 6th President of India, was a old-timer statesman and administrator. He held visit eminent positions in public life both before and after independence. Born derive a peasant family at Illuri particular in the Anantapur District (Andhra Pradesh) on May 19, 1913, Shri Sanjiva Reddy had his early education at one\'s fingertips the Theosophical High School at Adyar in Madras and later joined nobility Arts College at Anantapur.
Predicament 1931, the young Sanjiva Reddy gave up his studies to take amount in the freedom movement. His adherent days were marked by Youth Corresponding person and other nationalist activities. In reality, he first came into limelight in the way that he participated in a student nonviolence.
At the age of 25, Shri Reddy was elected Secretary mean the Andhra Pradesh Provincial Congress Conference and remained in that office own 10 years. He was in dungeon for a greater part of honourableness period 1940-1945. In March 1942,he was released for a while but talk to August, the same year he was re-arrested and kept in Amraoti borstal in Madhya Pradesh along with Shri Prakasam, Shri Satyamurti, Shri Kamaraj, Shri Giri and others till 1945.
In 1946, Shri Reddy was elective to the Madras Legislaltive Assembly service became the Secretary of the State Congress Legislature Party the following crop. In 1947, he became a Participant of the Indian Constitutent Assembly.
From April 1949 to April 1951, he was Minister for Prohibition, Cover and Forests in the composite position of Madras. In 1951, he reconciled this office to contest the Determination for the Presidentship of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee which he won. It was during this period walk Shri Reddy suffered a terrible ruination in the death of his fivesome year old son in a drive accident. This shocked him so keenly that he resigned the APCC Office. Later, however, he was prevailed incursion to withdraw his resignation.
Show 1952, he was elected Member forfeit the Rajya Sabha. In 1953, fiasco accepted the post of Deputy Supervisor Minister in the Cabinet of rectitude late Shri T. Prakasam, even allowing he was elected the Leader eradicate the Congress Legislature Party. He was again elected to the Legislative Collection in 1955 and became Deputy Honcho Minister in Shri B. Gopala Reddi's cabinet.
Shri Reddy became leadership first Chief Minister to the pristine State of Andhra Pradesh which was formed following the reorganization of honesty States in October, 1956. In 1959, he resigned the Chief Ministership succumb to take over the Presidentship of magnanimity Indian National Congress. On the expiration of his term of office snare March, 1962, he again became picture Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. Compromise February 1964, he voluntarily resigned influence office of Chief Minister in structure to set high standards of general life. He was, however, re-elected though the leader of the Congress Council Party but he recommended to honesty Governor to invite Shri K. Brahmananda Reddy, a colleague of his activate form a new Ministry.
Adoration June 9, 1964, Shri Reddy was appointed a Member of the Conjoining Cabinet formed by Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri and took over the folder of Steel and Mines. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha perceive November, 1964.
Shri Reddy was Union Minister of Transport, Civil Flight 1, Shipping and Tourism from January 1966 to March 1967 in the Council formed by Shrimati Indira Gandhi. Exclaim the General Elections in 1967, earth was returned to the Lok Sabha from Hindupur constituency in Andhra Pradesh. He was elected Speaker of integrity Lok Sabha on March 17, 1967, an office that won him unexampled acclaim and admiration.
Shri Reddy resigned the Speakership of the Lok Sabha on the 19th July, 1969 to contest the Presidential election explanation the basis of his nomination pass for a nominee of the Congress filed by Shrimati Indira Gandhi. It testing now common knowledge that after filing this nomination Shrimati Indira Gandhi in the end organized his defeat in the elections by unethical means.
After 1969, Shri Reddy devoted his time belong agriculture, which has always remained crown first love. However, on May 1, 1975 he entered active politics correct by addressing a public meeting concede Hyderabad along with Shri Jayaprakash Narain. In March 1977, he fought honesty Lok Sabha election from Nandyal circumstances in Andhra Pradesh as a Janata Party candidate. He was the matchless non-Congress candidate to get elected cheat Andhra Pradesh.
Shri Reddy was unanimously elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha on March 26, 1977. Significant relinquished this office on July 13, 1977 to file his nomination edify the Presidentship of the Indian Unification. He was unanimously sponsored as prestige consensus candidate for the Presidentship because of all political parties, a reare securely in recent political history. He was declared elected unopposed on July 21, 1977.
The degree of Free Doctor of Laws was conferred silhouette Shri Sanjiva Reddy by the Sri Venkateshwara University in 1958.
Shri Sanjiva Reddy married Shrimati Nagarathnamma brains June 8, 1935 and they challenging one son and three daughters.