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Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

1913 - 1996

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Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (; 19 May 1913 – 1 June 1996) was an Indian politician who served as the sixth president of India, serving from 1977 to 1982. Beginning a long political career with the Indian National Congress Party in the independence movement, he went on to hold several key offices in independent India – as Deputy Chief minister of Andhra state and the first chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, a two-time Speaker of the Lok Sabha and a Union Minister— before becoming the Indian president. Born in present-day Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, Reddy completed his schooling at Adayar and joined the Government Arts College at Anantapur. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Neelam Sanjiva Reddy has received more than 2,011,177 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Neelam Sanjiva Reddy is the 7,602nd most popular politician (down from 6,542nd in 2019), the 251st most popular biography from India (down from 205th in 2019) and the 84th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy ranks 7,602 out of 19,576Before him are Hayam Wuruk, Beatrice of Luxembourg, Harry Dexter White, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Johann Trollmann, and Setepenre. After him are Chea Sim, Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons, Wai Ren, William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Ngawang Namgyal, and Prusias II of Bithynia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy ranks 102Before him are Georgy Flyorov, Álvaro Cunhal, Lucien Goldmann, Maurice Wilkes, Alan Ladd, and José Sánchez del Río. After him are Gustaaf Deloor, Waldemar de Brito, Otto Wichterle, Nikolai Amosov, Hélio Gracie, and Bill Hewlett. Among people deceased in 1996, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy ranks 86Before him are Albert R. Broccoli, Zeki Müren, Karl Frenzel, Christopher Robin Milne, Saul Bass, and Dondinho. After him are Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, Amos Tversky, Ben Johnson, Lew Ayres, David Packard, and Lo Wei.

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In India

Among people born in India, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy ranks 251 out of 1,861Before him are Liaquat Ali Khan (1895), Anandi Gopal Joshi (1865), Abdul-Qādir Bedil (1642), Tansen (1493), Motilal Nehru (1861), and Jayalalithaa (1948). After him are Bal Thackeray (1926), Chandrakirti (600), Sanghamitta (-281), Farrukhsiyar (1685), Eknath (1533), and Velu Nachiyar (1730).

Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy ranks 84Before him are Jahanara Begum (1614), Shantanu (null), Mir Jafar (1691), Liaquat Ali Khan (1895), Motilal Nehru (1861), and Jayalalithaa (1948). After him are Bal Thackeray (1926), Sanghamitta (-281), Farrukhsiyar (1685), Velu Nachiyar (1730), Akbar II (1760), and Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918).