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| name = Puchalapalli Sundarayya | | name = Puchalapalli Sundarayya | ||
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| office = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)#General Secretaries of CPI(M)|General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] | | office = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)#General Secretaries of CPI(M)|General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] | ||
| term_start = November 1964 | | term_start = November 1964 | ||
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'''Puchalapalli Sundarayya ''' (Born Sundararami Reddy on 1 May 1913 – 19 May 1985) was a founding member of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and a leader of the peasant revolt in the former [[Hyderabad State]] of India, called the [[Telangana Rebellion]]. He is popularly known as Comrade PS.<ref>History on the verge of collapse in Hindu on 3 May 2006. | '''Puchalapalli Sundarayya ''' (Born Sundararami Reddy on 1 May 1913 – 19 May 1985) was a founding member of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and a leader of the peasant revolt in the former [[Hyderabad State]] of India, called the [[Telangana Rebellion]]. He is popularly known as Comrade PS.<ref>History on the verge of collapse in Hindu on 3 May 2006. | ||
</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2006052008410400.htm&date=2006%2F05%2F20%2F&prd=th& |title=Archived copy |access-date=12 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605111218/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2006052008410400.htm&date=2006%2F05%2F20%2F&prd=th& |archive-date=5 June 2008 |url-status= | </ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2006052008410400.htm&date=2006%2F05%2F20%2F&prd=th& |title=Archived copy |access-date=12 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605111218/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2006052008410400.htm&date=2006%2F05%2F20%2F&prd=th& |archive-date=5 June 2008 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> Fired by Communist ideals and egalitarian values he changed his name from Sundararami Reddy, to drop his caste suffix. He was so dedicated to the upliftment of the poor that he and his spouse chose not to have children, for the purpose of social service. He directly participated in [[Telangana Rebellion|Telangana armed struggle]] against the imperialism of the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]]. Sundarayya remained the Party's General Secretary until 1976. | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
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==Legislative career== | ==Legislative career== | ||
In 1952, he was elected to the Upper House of the [[Indian Parliament]], the [[Rajya Sabha]] from the [[Madras]] Assembly constituency and became the leader of the Communist group in Parliament. He went to Parliament on a bicycle at a time when most of the MPs were either zamindars or hailed from aristocratic families who arrived in luxury cars.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/puchalapalli-sundarayya-remembered/article4049826.ece |title = Puchalapalli Sundarayya remembered|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 31 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | url=http://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/putchalapalli-sundarayya-autobiography-NAG308/ |title = Putchalapalli Sundarayya (An Autobiography)}}</ref> He was elected to the State assembly of Andhra Pradesh and remained a member of that House until 1967. After a long gap he contested again and got elected to the State assembly of Andhra Pradesh in 1978, he continued this up to 1983. Sundarayya held the party's state Secretary post in [[Andhra Pradesh]] and was a member of the Central Committee of the Party from this period to his death on 19 May 1985.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2004052010530300.htm&date=2004%2F05%2F20%2F&prd=th& |title=Archived copy |access-date=12 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605111148/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2004052010530300.htm&date=2004%2F05%2F20%2F&prd=th& |archive-date=5 June 2008 |url-status= | In 1952, he was elected to the Upper House of the [[Indian Parliament]], the [[Rajya Sabha]] from the [[Madras]] Assembly constituency and became the leader of the Communist group in Parliament. He went to Parliament on a bicycle at a time when most of the MPs were either zamindars or hailed from aristocratic families who arrived in luxury cars.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/puchalapalli-sundarayya-remembered/article4049826.ece |title = Puchalapalli Sundarayya remembered|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 31 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | url=http://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/putchalapalli-sundarayya-autobiography-NAG308/ |title = Putchalapalli Sundarayya (An Autobiography)}}</ref> He was elected to the State assembly of Andhra Pradesh and remained a member of that House until 1967. After a long gap he contested again and got elected to the State assembly of Andhra Pradesh in 1978, he continued this up to 1983. Sundarayya held the party's state Secretary post in [[Andhra Pradesh]] and was a member of the Central Committee of the Party from this period to his death on 19 May 1985.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2004052010530300.htm&date=2004%2F05%2F20%2F&prd=th& |title=Archived copy |access-date=12 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605111148/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2004052010530300.htm&date=2004%2F05%2F20%2F&prd=th& |archive-date=5 June 2008 |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref>[http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEA20070521020634&Page=A&Title=Southern+News+-+Andhra+Pradesh&Topic=0 ‘Political background must for presidential candidate’ – Newindpress.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004739/http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEA20070521020634&Page=A&Title=Southern+News+-+Andhra+Pradesh&Topic=0 |date=27 September 2007 }}</ref> | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
