Sarojini Pulla Reddy Explained

Sarojini Pulla Reddy
Birth Date:22 February 1923
Birth Place:Mahbubnagar
Death Place:Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Party:Indian National Congress
Spouse:Dr. Pulla Reddy Bolumpalli
Residence:Bowenpally, Hyderabad
Office:Mayor of Hyderabad
Term:1965 - 1966
Predecessor:Rani Kumudini Devi
Successor:Mir Akber Ali Naser
Office1:Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
Term1:1962 - 1972
Predecessor1:Mir Ahmed Ali Khan
Successor1:Kandala Prabhakar Reddy
Constituency1:Malakpet

Sarojini Pulla Reddy (1923-2013) was the second woman Mayor of Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, veteran Indian National Congress leader and former minister of Andhra Pradesh.

Early life

Sarojini Pulla Reddy was born on 22 February 1923 to Konda Reddy and Anusuya Reddy in Mahbubnagar, Hyderabad State (now Telangana).[1]

Career

Sarojini Pulla Reddy joined the Indian National Congress party in 1963 and in 1964 won a seat in the municipal elections. She was the second woman Mayor of Hyderabad Municipal Corporation from 1965 to 1966 and the immediate successor of Rani Janumpalli Kumudini Devi who is the first Mayor of Hyderabad Municipal Corporation from 1962 to 1964. She was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly twice from Malakpet constituency, in 1967 and 1972, but lost in 1978 by a narrow margin of 1,000 votes. She became the first chairperson of Hyderabad Urban Development Authority in 1975. She was nominated to the Legislative Council and inducted into the cabinet by then chief minister Marri Chenna Reddy in 1979.[2]

Reddy served as Municipal Administration minister, Information and Public Relations and Women and Child Welfare ministries between 1978–82 in the cabinets of Tanguturi Anjaiah, Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy and Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy.

Reddy was the first woman to be president of the Hyderabad Congress Committee. She had a stint as a general secretary of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee during Jalagam Vengala Rao's stewardship. Later on, she was vice-president of the APCC under successive PCC chiefs. She was a member of the Congress Working Committee, the highest policy-making body of the party in 2001.[3]

Personal life

Reddy married Dr. Pulla Reddy Bolumpalli in 1945. The couple had a son. She died on February 3, 2013, at her Bowenpally residence due to pancreatic cancer. She was cremated with state honours.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sarojini Pulla Reddy .
  2. News: 2013-02-04. Sarojini Pulla Reddy dead. en-IN. The Hindu. 0971-751X.
  3. Web site: Jafri. Syed Amin. 2001-02-12. 'It is a reward for my loyalty'. www.rediff.com.
  4. Web site: Shashank. February 6, 2013. GHMC pays rich tributes to Sarojini Pulla Reddy. The Siasat Daily – Archive. en-US.