| 词条 | Sarojini Pulla Reddy |
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}}{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}{{Infobox MLA | name = Sarojini Pulla Reddy | birth_date = 22 February 1923 | death_date = 3 February 2013 | death_place = Hyderabad, Telangana, India | party = Indian National Congress | spouse = Dr. Pulla Reddy Bolumpalli | religion = Hindu | residence = Bowenpally, Hyderabad }} Sarojini Pulla Reddy was the first woman Mayor of Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, veteran Indian National Congress leader and former minister of Andhra Pradesh. Early lifeSarojini Pulla Reddy was born on 22 February 1923 to Konda Reddy and Anusuya Reddy in Mahbubnagar, Hyderabad State (now Telangana).[1] CareerSarojini Pulla Reddy joined the Indian National Congress party in 1963 and in 1964 won a seat in the municipal elections. She was the first woman Mayor of Hyderabad Municipal Corporation from 1965 to 1966. She was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly twice from Malakpet constituency, in 1967 and 1972, but lost in 1978 by a narrow margin of 1,000 votes. She became the first chairperson of Hyderabad Urban Development Authority in 1975. She was nominated to the Legislative Council and inducted into the cabinet by then chief minister Marri Chenna Reddy in 1979.[2] Reddy served as Municipal Administration minister, Information and Public Relations and Women and Child Welfare ministries between 1978-82 in the cabinets of Tanguturi Anjaiah, Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy and Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy. Reddy was the first woman to be president of the Hyderabad Congress Committee. She had a stint as a general secretary of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee during Jalagam Vengala Rao's stewardship. Later on, she was vice-president of the APCC under successive PCC chiefs. She was a member of the Congress Working Committee, the highest policy-making body of the party in 2001.[3] Personal lifeReddy married Dr. Pulla Reddy Bolumpalli in 1945. The couple had a son. She died on February 3, 2013 at her Bowenpally residence due to pancreatic cancer. She was cremated with state honours.[4] References1. ^https://www.geni.com/people/Sarojini-Pulla-Reddy/4016895 {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Reddy, Sarojini Pulla}}2. ^http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/sarojini-pulla-reddy-dead/article4378137.ece 3. ^http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/feb/12reddy.htm 4. ^http://www.siasat.com/news/ghmc-pays-rich-tributes-sarojini-pulla-reddy-398840/ 12 : Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|1923 births|2013 deaths|Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh|People from Mahbubnagar|Women in Andhra Pradesh politics|20th-century Indian women politicians|20th-century Indian politicians|21st-century Indian women politicians|21st-century Indian politicians|Mayors of Hyderabad, India|Women mayors of places in India |
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