Surendra Reddy Explained

Birth Name:Ramasahayam Surender Reddy
Birth Date:10 October 1931[1]
Birth Place:Maripeda, Mahabubabad
(now in Telangana, India)
Children:3
Office1:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Constituency1:Mahabubabad
Termstart1:1965
Termend1:1971
Predecessor1:Etikala Madhusudan Rao
Constituency2:Warangal
Termstart2:1967
Termend2:1971
Predecessor2:Bakar Ali Mirza
Successor2:S.B. Giri
Constituency3:Warangal
Termstart3:1989
Termend3:1996
Predecessor3:T. Kalpana Devi
Successor3:Azmeera Chandulal
Office4:Member of the Legislative Assembly
Constituency4:Dornakal
Termstart4:1978
Termend4:1989
Predecessor4:N. Ramchandra Reddy
Successor4:Dharamsoth Redya NaikDharamsoth Redya Naik
Office5:President of Hyderabad Race Club
Termstart5:1976
Termend5:1977
Termstart6:1983
Termend6:present
Party:Indian National Congress

Ramasahayam Surender Reddy (born 10 October 1931) is a former Indian Member of Parliament and Member of Legislative Assembly who represented Mahabubabad of Andhra State in the 3rd Lok Sabha and Warangal in the 4th, 9th and 10th Lok Sabha.[2]

Personal life

Surender Reddy married Jayamala Reddy on 28 November 1956. They had one son Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy and two daughters. His grandson Vinayak Reddy is married to Aashritha Daggubati, the eldest daughter of actor Daggubati Venkatesh.[3]

Career

Political career

Surender Reddy joined the Indian National Congress and was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1962 from the Mahabubabad constituency in Andhra State. He was re-elected in 1967 from the Warangal constituency.

In 1978, he was elected to Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Dornakal and re-elected in 1983, 1985 from same constituency.

He was presented the Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana award by All India Congress Committee secretary Rohit Choudhury and V. Hanumantha Rao during Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 2022 Bharat Jodo Yatra in Hyderabad.[4] [5]

Hyderabad Race Club

Surender Reddy was elected as Committee Member of Hyderabad Race Club (HRC) in 1974 and elected Chairman in 1976. He was re-elected as chairman in 1983 and has been the longest serving chairman in Indian racing.

Other appointments

Mr. Reddy has also served as the chairman of the Andhra Pradesh State Finance Corporation and the Director of Andhra Bank, president of the Hyderabad Cricket Association and the Hyderabad Golf Association.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Surender Reddy. 29 September 2022. Asian Racing Federation.
  2. Web site: Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile- . 13 December 2017.
  3. Web site: Aashritha Daggubati and Vinayak Reddy tie the knot in a grand wedding in Jaipur – Times of India. The Times of India.
  4. News: Bureau . The Hindu . 2022-10-19 . First roadshow held from Thorrur to Maripeda: Surender Reddy . 2024-04-03 . The Hindu . en-IN . 0971-751X.
  5. Web site: 2022-10-08 . Honour for Congress veteran Surender Reddy . 2024-04-03 . . en.
  6. Web site: Mr Surender Reddy – Profile Asian Racing Federation . 2024-04-03 . www.asianracing.org . en.