Kasu Brahmananda Reddy | |
Birth Date: | 28 July 1909 |
Birth Place: | Chirumamilla, Guntur district, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Chirumamilla, Palnadu district, Andhra Pradesh, India) |
Death Place: | Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (now in Telangana, India) |
Order: | 11th |
Office: | Governor of Maharashtra |
Term Start: | 20 February 1988 |
Term End: | 18 January 1990 |
1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata: | |
Predecessor: | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
Successor: | Chidambaram Subramaniam |
Office2: | 20th Union Minister of Industry |
Term Start2: | 30 July 1979 |
Term End2: | 27 November 1979 |
Primeminister2: | Charan Singh |
Predecessor2: | K. C. Pant |
Successor2: | T. A. Pai |
Office3: | President of Indian National Congress |
Term Start3: | June 1977 |
Term End3: | January 1978 |
Predecessor3: | Devakanta Barua |
Successor3: | Indira Gandhi |
Office4: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
Term Start4: | 1977 |
Term End4: | 1984 |
Predecessor4: | Maddi Sudarsanam |
Successor4: | Katuri Narayana Swamy |
Constituency4: | Narasaraopet |
Office5: | 11th Union Minister of Home Affairs |
Term Start5: | 10 October 1974 |
Term End5: | 12 March 1977 |
Primeminister5: | Indira Gandhi |
Predecessor5: | Uma Shankar Dikshit |
Successor5: | Charan Singh |
Office6: | 10th Union Minister of Communications |
Term Start6: | 11 January 1974 |
Term End6: | 10 October 1974 |
Primeminister6: | Indira Gandhi |
Predecessor6: | Raj Bahadur |
Successor6: | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
Office7: | 3rd Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh |
Governor7: | |
Term Start7: | 21 February 1964 |
Term End7: | 30 September 1971 |
1Blankname7: | Deputy Chief Minister |
1Namedata7: | J. V. Narsing Rao (1967-1971) |
Predecessor7: | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
Successor7: | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
Office8: | Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh |
Term Start8: | 1967 |
Term End8: | 1972 |
Predecessor8: | Chapalamadugu Ramaiah Chowdary |
Successor8: | Dondeti Krishna Reddy |
Constituency8: | Narasaraopet |
Term Start9: | 1956 |
Term End9: | 1967 |
Predecessor9: | Andhra Pradesh Assembly Created |
Successor9: | Constituency Dissolved |
Constituency9: | Phirangipuram |
Office10: | Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra State |
Term Start10: | 1955 |
Term End10: | 1956 |
Predecessor10: | Chandramouli |
Successor10: | Andhra State Assembly Dissolved |
Constituency10: | Phirangipuram |
Party: | Indian National Congress |
Nationality: | Indian |
Spouse: | Kasu Raghavamma |
Relatives: |
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Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (28 July 1909 – 20 May 1994) was the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India, from 29 February 1964 to 30 September 1971. On 3 June 1977, he was elected president of the Indian National Congress.[1]
Kasu Brahmananda Reddy was born in Chirumamilla in Gunturu district, British India
(now in Palnadu district, Andhra Pradesh, India).[2] His early education took place in Guntur and he graduated from Madras Presidency College. He also studied in Kerala. He practised law and was a very successful advocate. He married Raghavamma. Reddy had no children.[3]
Reddy is credited with creating the Industrial infrastructure in and around Hyderabad. He was Second Congress Leader to expel Indira Gandhi from Indian National Congress. During his long regime of seven years (longest for any Congress chief minister in the state of Andhra Pradesh), many major industries like BHEL, HMT, IDPL, Hindustan Cables and several defence establishments like MIDHANI, Bharath Dynamics were established. During his tenure as the Chief Minister, Jalagam Vengal Rao, the Home Minister was instrumental in suppressing the Naxal movement in the north coastal Andhra Pradesh.
Reddy also held key positions such as Telecommunications Minister, Home Minister of India (1974–1977). It was during his tenure as home minister, Indira Gandhi declared Emergency in 1975 without his knowledge. His deputy Om Mehta was closer to Gandhi family than Reddy. He rebelled against Indira and expelled her from the Congress. She walked away with majority of leaders and cadres. Reddy headed the residual group called Reddy Congress which later merged with Congress (Indira). And also served as the Governor of Maharashtra (20 February 1988 to 18 January 1990). He was also only one of two elected All India Congress Committee Presidents, all others having been nominated.[4]
Reddy spared no effort to keep AP united, even in the face of the 1969 Telangana Agitation. It is said that over 9 months of the movement, about 370 youngsters and students were killed in police firings and that more than 70,000 people were arrested of which 7,000 were women and that people were lathi-charged 3,266 times, and about 20,000 people were injured in the lathi charge, and 1,840 people had received bullet injuries and fractures, tear gas was supposedly used 1,870 times. It is alleged that all of this was suppressed by the then Kasu Brahmananda Reddy government by using brute force.
The famous Chiran Palace was named after Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, in his honor.