 |
SHRI. B. SATYA NARAYAN REDDY
Governor of UP
B.A. LL.B. |
|
Born on 21st August, 1927 in his native
village Annaram, Shad nagar, district Mehboobnagar, Andhra Pradesh. Sri B. Satyanarayan Reddy hails from an
agricultural family. He had his primary
education in village Edulabad of Rangareddy district and thereafter in Kayastha Pathshala
and Keshav Memorial School, Hyderabad. After
getting his High School education in Vivekvardhini High School, Hyderabad , had college
education at Nizam College, Hyderabad. He
received Law Graduate Degree from famous Osmania University, Hyderabad.
|
Term of Office |
| 12-02-1990 |
to |
25-05-1993 |
|
He is
well known Freedom Fighter and took part in " Quit India" movement in 1942 at an
early of 14 years, and was arrested when he took out
a procession of students
against Gandhiji's arrest.
He took an active part in the Socialist
movement and participated in the Hyderabad Peoples' Movement in 1947. He took inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi, Acharya
Narendra Dev, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia and Jai Prakash Narayan and took part in the
"Socialist Movement" under the inspiring leadership of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia. He organised "Satyagraha Movement"
against the Nizam's Rule. At the time of
merger of the State in the Indian union, he was arrested in 1947 by the then Nizam's
Government and imprisoned in Central Jail, Chanchalguda, Hyderabad for six months.
While in prision he started and edited the
Weekly "Payam-e-Nav" which he used to circulate it among his prisoner
colleagues. Before this while he was styding
in Class VI, he used to publish a Hindi Fortnightly "Mukul".
He was arrested on 1st August, 1975 and
was detained under "MISA" for 18 months during the Emergency. He was arrested several times during the Congress
Rule. He took part in the "Bhoodan
Movement" of Acharya Vinobha Bhave and Sri Jai Prakash Narayan. |
Sri Reddy has wide experiences of Indian politics. He
was the Chairman of the Action Committee of the Hyderabad Students' Union in the year
1947-48. He was the General Secretary of Bar Association, City Civil Court, Hyderabad. He was the Chairman of the Telengana Praja Samiti
during 1969-71. He was the General Secretary
of the Executive Committee of the Socialist Party. He
was the General Secretary of the Janata Party of Andhra Pradesh Unit. Thereafter, he was General Secretary of Lok Dal (
Central Party). He was Convenor of Jai Prakash Narayan Committee, Andhra Pradesh in 1975. He was founder member of the Socialist Party.
Socialist Youth Wing, National High School, Samajwadi Yuvajan Sabha and Janta Party. Sri
Reddy visited Malaysia, Singapore, Rome, Libya,
Nairobi (Kenya). London, China, Hong Kong, West Germany, France, Holland, Switzerland,
Neitherland, Norway etc.
He was elected to Rajya Sabha in 1978 as
the nominee of the Janata Party. He joined
Telgu Party in 1983 and was re-elected to the Rajya Sabha as Telgu Desam nominee in 1984.
|
|
