Ravi Narayana Reddy

Ravi Narayana Reddy (5 June 1908 – 7 September 1991) was an Indian politician, a founding member of the Communist Party of India, and a peasant leader. He was a leader in the Telangana Rebellion against the rule of Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII. Reddy was also a philanthropist, social reformer,^[1] and parliamentarian. He is renowned in Telangana for fighting on behalf of peasants.^[2] Raavi Narayana Reddy also played a critical role in the Andhra Mahasabha as its chairman in 1941.^[3]

Ravi Narayana Reddy
Member of the Lok Sabha
In office 1952–1967
Preceded by	D.V. Rao
Succeeded by	Mohammad Yunus Saleem
Constituency	Nalgonda (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Personal details
Born	5 June 1908 Bollepally, Hyderabad State, British India (now in Telangana, India)
Died	7 September 1991 (aged 83) Andhra Pradesh, India now in Telangana, India
Political party	Communist Party of India
Occupation	Indian independence movement, Telangana Rebellion
Awards	Padma Vibhushan (1992)

Post 1947

In the 1952 Indian general election, Reddy stood for the People's Democratic Front, (a pseudonym for the banned Communist Party of India), and polled more votes than Jawaharlal Nehru and also the first one entering in the parliament in independent India.^[4]

An auditorium, the Raavi Narayana Reddy Memorial Auditorium Complex at Banjara Hills in Hyderabad, was built and named in his memory by the Telangana Martyrs' Memorial Trust.^[1]

In 2006, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy presented the Raavi Narayana Reddy memorial national foundation award to A. B. Bardhan, Communist Party of India general secretary.^[5]