Surendra Reddy

Surendra Reddy
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1965–1971
Preceded byEtikala Madhusudan Rao
ConstituencyMahabubabad
In office
1967–1971
Preceded byBakar Ali Mirza
Succeeded byS.B. Giri
ConstituencyWarangal
In office
1989–1996
Preceded byT. Kalpana Devi
Succeeded byAzmeera Chandulal
ConstituencyWarangal
Member of the Legislative Assembly
In office
1978–1989
Preceded byN. Ramchandra Reddy
Succeeded byDharamsoth Redya NaikDharamsoth Redya Naik
ConstituencyDornakal
President of Hyderabad Race Club[1]
In office
1976–1977
In office
1983–present
Personal details
Born
Ramasahayam Surender Reddy

(1931-10-10) 10 October 1931 (age 93)[1]
Maripeda, Mahabubabad
(now in Telangana, India)
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse
Jayamala Reddy
​
(m. 1956)​
Children3

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.[2]

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]

References

  1. ^ a b "Surender Reddy". Asian Racing Federation. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile-". Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Aashritha Daggubati and Vinayak Reddy tie the knot in a grand wedding in Jaipur – Times of India". The Times of India.
  4. ^ Bureau, The Hindu (19 October 2022). "First roadshow held from Thorrur to Maripeda: Surender Reddy". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 April 2024. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ "Honour for Congress veteran Surender Reddy". Deccan Chronicle. 8 October 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Mr Surender Reddy – Profile | Asian Racing Federation". www.asianracing.org. Retrieved 3 April 2024.