Key facts
- Born
- 19 May 1913, Kadapa
- Died
- 1 June 1996, Bengaluru
- State of birth
- Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh
- Sector
- Politics & governance
- Profession
- Sixth President of India (1913-1996)
- Gender
- Male
Biography
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was an Indian politician who served as the president of India from 1977 to 1982. Beginning a long political career with the Indian National Congress in the independence movement, he went on to hold several key offices in independent India – as deputy chief minister of Andhra state and the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, a two-time Speaker of the Lok Sabha and a Union Minister— before becoming the Indian president.
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Timeline
- 1913Born in Kadapa
- 1946Becomes Member of the Constituent Assembly of India
- 1956Becomes Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
- 1962Becomes Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
- 1967Becomes Speaker of the Lok Sabha
- 1977Becomes President of India
- 1977Becomes Speaker of the Lok Sabha
- 1983Becomes Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement
- 1996Dies in Bengaluru
Sources & licences
- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5