reddy famous persons

FROM ENCYLOPEDIA

Notable Reddys

Politicians
O P Ramaswamy Reddy - Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy - Former President of India and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Dr. S. Jaipal Reddy - Information & Broadcasting Minister, Government Of India (2004-till date)
T. Anjaiah (alias Ramakrishnareddi Talla)[6] ---Former Chief Minister of Andhra pradesh.
Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy - Current Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Dr. Marri Chenna Reddy - Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy
Dr. Bejawada Gopalareddy
Kysamballi Chengalraya Reddy -first Chief Minister of the old Mysore state
Kasu Brahmananda Reddy - Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Bhavanam Venkatrami Reddy - Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Kotla VijayaBhaskara Reddy - Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Nedurumalli Janardhan Reddy - Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
P.Sundarayya - Communist party leader


Non-Politicans
Raja Bahaddur Venkatram Reddy
Suravaram Pratap Reddy
Cattamanci Ramalinga Reddy - Educationalist, First vice chancellor of Andhra university
Potu Narsimha Reddy --Social Reformer, Satyagraha Movement Member
G. Pulla Reddy - Entrepreneur and educationalist
Prof. G. Ram Reddy - Former University Grants Commission chairman
Dr. Anji Reddy - entrepreneur-scientist (Dr. Reddy's Laboratories)
Dr. C. Narayana Reddy - Poet
Yogi Vemana (Real Name: Gona Vema Buddha Reddy) - Poet
Vedre Ramachandra Reddy Bhoodhan - Social Reformer, Satyagraha Movement Member
Dr. Raj Reddy - winner of the ACM Turing Award
Dr. Y. Venugopal Reddy - present Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Annamalai Reddiyar - Tamil Poet, 19th Century.
P. Siva Reddy - Eye surgeon
Dr. M. Mahadeva Reddi - Mechanical Engineer and Entrepreneur - Founder of Conrad Technologies


ACTOR
nitin reddy

link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddy

Reddy is a dominant caste (community) mainly from the state of Andhra Pradesh in southern India. Reddys wield significant social and economic power and they are dominant in every part of Andhra Pradesh, and have strong political hold in Rayalaseema, Telengana and coastal areas. They are generally Telugu-speaking farming community originally from the state of Andhra Pradesh, though there are considerable number of Reddys settled in the neighbouring states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.


Role in politics
Historically, Reddys dominated the politics of the south India and are the most powerful caste in wealth and are highly educated. Interestingly, the sixth President of India, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy and some of the chief ministers of the State of Andhra Pradesh and many Notable Reddy personalities come from Middle class and very poor families . Dr. Bejawada Gopalareddy served as the chief minister of Andhra State from March, 1955 to October, 1956. Ten of the twenty[3] elected Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh including the present chief minister of Andhra Pradesh Dr. Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy are from the Reddy community. Sixth President of India, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy who was in office from 1977 to 1982 is also from the Reddy community. Even though the population of Reddys is 11% in the state of Andhra Pradesh they occupy 40% of the state legislative assembly seats (MLA) and had played a vital role in the social and economic development of the state of Andhra Pradesh. Situation is changing from the last ten years because of the rise of reservations at every level and more and more people are opposing the reddy dominations. If the same trend continues it is very hard to have many reddy politicicians in the coming days. The community is very devided bacuse of the many sub castes and even religions. for example out of the Five chief ministers of Andhra pradesh four belonged to Christian religion and they are YSR, Janardhan Reddy and Kasu brahmananda reddy .Chenna reddy belonged to the kapu community and Anjaiah belonged to the Gone sub caste.Neelam Sanjiva reddy bolonged to pakanati.Motati and Gudati are yet become chief misisters though they are more popular compared to others as they always fight with the other.

Incidentally, the first chief ministers of the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu were from the reddy caste:

First Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh: Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1-11-1956 –10-1-1960)
First Chief Minister of Karnataka: Sri Kyasamballi Chengalaraya Reddy (25-10-1947 30-03-1952)
First Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu: O P Ramaswamy Reddiyar[4] (March 23, 1947 April 06, 1949)


Immigration of community
Indira Gandhi's land reform policy in 1969 of putting a ceiling on personal income and private property affected the rich Reddy land lords in the state of Andhra Pradesh and most of them now live in Middle class. Economic changes that took place during the 1960's and 70's triggered the migration of the community to North America.

In the 2004, the American Medical Association survey of last or middle names in United States revealed 4.02% of the practicing physicians had Reddy as their Middle or Last Name[5]. Most of them work in the Information Technology fields and there is a significant Reddy community in Academia and Research at American Universities. Reddys are a very influential and affluent group among the immigrated South Indian communities of North America. Many Reddys who were educated between 1940 and 1950 migrated to USA and UK, but Reddy communities from places where reservations are 100% are leading hand to mouth as agricultural labor. The Reddy community is also a major comunity in Karnataka and Tamilnadu. Most of the Tamilnadu Reddys are the people migrated from the neighbouring Rayalseema and Andhra areas and the roots are very hard to trace. In Karnataka most Reddys work in agriculture.


Reddy kings and the Dynasty
Reddys ruled Andhra Pradesh area from 1353 to 1448. At the height of its days, their kingdom spanned over most of South India. The initial capital of the kingdom was Addanki and then Kondavidu and later shifted to Rajahmundry. Some of the major cities of the kingdom included Orugallu (present Warangal), Bezawada (now Vijayawada), Devagiri (present Davanagere in Karnataka state), Dharmapuri (Tamil Nadu), Rayagada (Orrisa), Ratnagiri (Maharashtra). Reddys rose to power by starting a revolt against the Muslim rulers in Andhra Pradesh. The dynasty had its decline due to the wars with Recharla chiefs and Gajapathis of Orissa. Ratnagiri fort was built by reddys but was captured by muslims and the small community of reddy's fled to andhrapradesh border districts like Adilabad and Karim nagar and there was few cultural gaps between the local reddys and the migrated Ratnagiri reddys who are locally known as reddy gandla and saudars. The Reddys were known for their fortifications. Two major hill forts, one at Kondapally 20 km north west of Vijayawada and another at Kondavidu about 30 km west of Guntur bear testimony of the fort building skill of the Reddi kings. The other fort which the Reddis were partially involved in building was the Khammam fort.

Reddys also ruled many local dominions (samsthanams) until the british seized their power.