B. Satya Narayan Reddy
| B. Satya Narayan Reddy | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Odisha | |
|
In office 1 June 1993 – 17 June 1995 |
|
| Preceded by | Saiyid Nurul Hasan |
| Succeeded by | Gopala Ramanujam |
| 19th Governor of West Bengal | |
|
In office 13 July 1993 – 14 August 1993 |
|
| Preceded by | Saiyid Nurul Hasan |
| Succeeded by | K. V. Raghunatha Reddy |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
21 August 1927 Annaram Shadnagar, Mahboobnagar, Andhra Pradesh |
| Died | 6 October 2012 (aged 85) Hyderabad, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Profession | Politician |
B. Satya Narayan Reddy (21 August 1927 – 6 October 2012) was a freedom fighter, Socialist politician and a former Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal.
Reddy died at the age of 85 on 6 October 2012 in Hyderabad.
Reddy belonged to an agricultural family from annaram village Shadnagar in the Mehboobnagar district of Andhra Pradesh. He was educated at the Nizam College in Hyderabad and graduated in law from the Osmania University.
Reddy, then only 14, participated in the Quit India Movement in 1942 and was arrested for taking out a students' procession protesting Gandhi's arrest. He later participated in the Hyderabad Peoples' Movement in 1947 where he organised a satyagraha movement against the Nizam's Rule for which he was arrested and imprisoned at the Chanchalguda Jail for 6 months. During his time in prison he edited the Payam-e-Nav, a weekly he circulated among his prison mates.
Inspired by Acharya Narendra Dev, Jaiprakash Narayan and Ram Manohar Lohia, Reddy became a part of the Socialist Movement. He was a participant in Vinobha Bhave's Bhoodan Movement. Staying out the Congress fold, he was variously associated with the Socialist Party, the Janata Party and the Lok Dal. As a nominee of the Janata Party he was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1978. In 1983 he joined the Telugu Desam Party and was re-elected to the Rajya Sabha as its nominee in 1984.
...
Wikipedia