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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name =
Nayini Narsimha Reddy
| image = Nayini Narsimha Reddy.jpg
|office1 = Minister of
Home, Law, Prisons, Fire services, Sainik welfare, Labour and Employment
([[Government of Telangana]])
|term_start1 = June 2, 2014
|term_end1 =December 11, 2018
|office2 = Minister of
Technical Education, Labour and Employment
([[Government of Andhra Pradesh]])
|term_start2 =2004
|term_end2 =2008
|birth_date = {{birth date|1934|5|12}}
|birth_place = [[Devarakonda|Neredugommu]], [[Hyderabad State]], [[British Raj|British India]] (present-day [[Telangana]], India)
|death_date = {{death date and age|2020|10|22|1934|5|12}}
|death_place = [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], India
| spouse = Nayini Ahalya Reddy <ref>{{cite web |title=Telangana Former minister Nayani Narasimha Reddy's wife passes away |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/telangana-former-minister-nayani-narasimha-reddys-wife-passes-away-653083 |website=The Hans India}}</ref>
| children =
|alma_mater = HSC (12th at present)
|party = [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]]
}}

'''Nayini Narsimha Reddy''' (12 May 1934 – 22 October 2020) was an Indian politician. He served as the first [[Home Ministry|Home Minister]] of [[Telangana]] from 2014 to 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=KCR to Be Sworn in Telangana State's First CM on June 2|url=http://deccan-journal.com/content/kcr-sworn-first-chief-minister-telangana-indias-29th-state|work=Deccan-Journal|accessdate=2 June 2014}}</ref> He also took charge of portfolios including Prisons, Fire Services, Sainik Welfare, Labour and Employment. He was the [[Member of Legislative Council]] (MLC) of Telangana. He was the Senior Labour Leader in Telangana. A senior leader of the [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] (TRS), Reddy fought alongside [[K. Chandrashekar Rao]] for the statehood of Telangana.<ref>{{cite web|title=Council of Ministers|url=http://www.telangana.gov.in/Pages/CouncilofMinisters.aspx|work=telangana.gov.in|accessdate=14 July 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714142420/http://www.telangana.gov.in/Pages/CouncilofMinisters.aspx|archivedate=14 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Telangana State ushers in its first Bonalu|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/telangana-state-ushers-in-its-first-bonalu/article6161628.ece|work=Hindu-Journal|accessdate=14 July 2014}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
He was born and grew up in Neredugommu village of [[Devarakonda]], [[Nalgonda district]] to a farmer couple, Devaiah Reddy and Subadhramma.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rahul|first=N.|date=2020-10-22|title=Nayani Narasimha Reddy: from a trade union leader to State Home Minister|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/nayani-narasimha-reddy-obituary/article32914486.ece|access-date=2020-10-22|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He was educated up to HSC. He mainly took active role in 1969 Telangana Agitation and started his political career from Janata Party.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}

==Career==
He was first a labor union leader in VST industries. He took to active politics in [[Hyderabad]] as he had migrated to [[Hyderabad]] in the 1970s. He took active role in [[Telangana movement]] in 1969.
He won three times as MLA from Musheerabad Constituency in Hyderabad. He was a Cabinet Minister of Technical Education in [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]]'s Cabinet from 2005 to 2008 in Government of Andhra Pradesh. He was the leader to form Telangana and took part in an active role with KCR and Senior Leader from TRS Party.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}

He joined [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] after [[K. Chandrashekhar Rao]] launched the party in 2001 and has been one of the key leaders in the movement. He won as MLA from TRS Party in 2014 Elections. He became the first Home Minister in the newly formed state of [[Telangana]] in [[K. Chandrashekhar Rao]]'s cabinet. He was Member of Legislative Council (MLC) from Governor Quota. He was the Advisor for VST Labour Union Industries.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-22|title=Among the 1st voices for separate Telangana, Nayini Narasimha Reddy falls to Covid-19|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/telangana/among-the-1st-voices-for-separate-telangana-nayini-narasimha-reddy-falls-to-covid-19/story-9urmk3gx01eZp2poccR32L.html|access-date=2020-10-22|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

==Death==
In October 2020, Reddy was hospitalized with symptoms of [[COVID-19]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]]. He tested positive for the disease on 28 September 2020; his wife (who was hospitalized), eldest son and son-in-law also tested positive. On 9 October, he tested negative, but his condition continued to deteriorate owing to lung infection and post COVID complications, according to a statement from Apollo Hospitals. He died from extensive lung damage on 22 October 2020 at 12:25 AM at the age of 86.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Former Home Minister Nayani Narasimha Reddy passes away|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/nayani-passes-away/article32912734.ece|date=21 October 2020|accessdate=21 October 2020|publisher=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Nayini Narasimha Reddy, former Telangana Home Minister dies at 86 |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/nayini-narasimha-reddy-former-telangana-home-minister-dies-at-86-652447 |website=The Hans India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Telangana: Naini Narsimha Reddy Health Condition Is Critical |url=https://english.sakshi.com/news/telangana/telangana-naini-narsimha-reddy-health-condition-critical-125394 |website=Sakshi Post}}</ref>

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[[Category:Janata Party politicians]]
[[Category:Members of the Telangana Legislative Council]]
[[Category:People from Nalgonda]]
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[[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India]]

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