Jayaprakash Narayan Srivastava,also known as JP and Lok Nayak,was an Indian politician,theorist and independence activist. He is mainly remembered for leading the mid-1970s opposition against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and calling for her overthrow in a "total revolution". In 1999,Narayan was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna,India's highest civilian award,in recognition of his social service. His other awards include the Magsaysay award for public service in 1965.
Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu is an Indian politician who served as the 13th vice president of India from 2017 to 2022. He has also served as the minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation,Urban Development and Information and Broadcasting in the Modi Cabinet.
Rayalaseema is a geographic region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It comprises four southern districts of the State,from prior to the districts reorganisation in 2022,namely Kurnool,Anantapur,YSR,and Chittoor. Four new districts were created from these,namely Sri Sathya Sai,Nandyal,Annamayya,and Tirupati. As of 2011 census of India,the western four districts of the region had a population of 15,184,908 and cover an area of 77,424 km2 (29,894 sq mi).
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 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.
Krishan Kant was an Indian politician who served as the tenth vice president of India from 1997 until his death in 2002. Prior to his vice presidency,Kant was the governor of Andhra Pradesh from 1990 to 1997. He was a member of both houses of the Indian Parliament,representing Chandigarh in the Lok Sabha from 1977 to 1980,and Haryana in the Rajya Sabha from 1966 to 1977.
Tanguturi Prakasam popularly known as Prakasam Pantulu,was an Indian jurist,political leader,social reformer,and anti-colonial nationalist who served as the Premier of the Madras Presidency. Prakasam subsequently became the first chief minister of the erstwhile Andhra State,created by the partition of Madras State along the linguistic lines. Prakasam was known as "Andhra Kesari" which translates to "Lion of Andhra". The Andhra Pradesh government issued G.O RT-2500 on 10 August 2014 declaring his birth anniversary a State holiday.
Sardar Gouthu Latchanna was an Indian politician,statesman and freedom fighter from India.
AcharyaGogineni Ranga Nayukulu,also known as N. G. Ranga,was an Indian freedom fighter,classical liberal,parliamentarian and farmers' leader. He was the founding president of the Swatantra Party,and an exponent of the peasant philosophy. He received the Padma Vibhushan award for his contributions to the Peasant Movement. N.G. Ranga served in the Indian Parliament for six decades,from 1930 to 1991.
The recorded history of Andhra Pradesh,one of the 28 states of 21st-century India,begins in the Vedic period. It is mentioned in Sanskrit epics such as the Aitareya Brahmana. Its sixth-century BCE incarnation Assaka lay between the Godavari and Krishna Rivers,one of sixteen mahajanapadas. The Satavahanas succeeded them,built Amaravati,and reached a zenith under Gautamiputra Satakarni.
Lok Satta is a classical liberal political party in India,founded by Nagabhairava Jaya Prakash Narayana,a former IAS officer and renowned activist from Andhra Pradesh. Since 1996,the Lok Satta Movement functioned as a non-governmental organisation,but on 2 October 2006,the movement was reorganised into a formal political party. The party intends to further the causes of the Lok Satta Movement,including a reduction in the size of the cabinet,promotion of the Right to Information Act,and disclosure of criminal records and assets by political candidates. Beginning with the 2009 elections the party has adopted a whistle as their official symbol. On 23 March 2016,the party founder president,Jayaprakash Narayan said that they will not take part in electoral politics for sometime.
Ravi Narayana Reddy was an Indian politician,a founding member of the Communist Party of India,and a peasant leader. He was a leader in the Telangana Rebellion against the rule of Osman Ali Khan,Asaf Jah VII. Reddy was also a philanthropist,social reformer,and parliamentarian. He is renowned in Telangana for fighting on behalf of peasants. Raavi Narayana Reddy also played a critical role in the Andhra Mahasabha as its chairman in 1941.
Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy,is an Indian politician in the state of Andhra Pradesh. He was born in Thimmasamudram village of Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh. He was elected as MLC under MLA quota on 6 March 2017. In 2019 General elections he won as MLA from Chirala constituency with a majority of 17,912 votes.
Pavani Parameswara Rao was a Senior Advocate practising in the Supreme Court of India. Widely considered a doyen of Constitutional Law,he had argued a number of landmark cases before the Supreme Court. He died on 13 September 2017 in a private hospital in South Delhi following a cardiac arrest,India.
Lok Satta is a non-partisan movement for democratic reforms in the country of India,led by Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan,a former I. A. S. officer and renowned activist from Andhra Pradesh,India. The movement was started in 1996 with the founding of Lok Satta,a non-governmental organization. In 2006,the movement transformed into Lok Satta Party.
D.V.V.S. Varma was the Working President of the Lok Satta Party for Andhra Pradesh State. He was actively involved in Lok Satta movement from the time of its inception. He has served in various office-bearer positions for the Lok Satta Party. He is also a reputed newspaper columnist and media analyst of political and policy affairs.
K G Kannabiran was a human rights activist and a lawyer of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh (AP). He was cofounder and National President of People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL).
Dr. Kambhampati Hari Babu is an Indian politician currently serving as the Governor of Odisha. He is the first individual from the bifurcated state of Andhra Pradesh and the first Telugu person to serve as the Governor of Mizoram. He served as a Member of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha,representing the Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency in Andhra Pradesh. He won the 2014 Indian general election as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He previously served as the President of Bharatiya Janata Party for Andhra Pradesh from 2014 to 2018.
The Foundation for Democratic Reforms is a non-profit,non-partisan and independent research institution founded by Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan,an Indian Administrative Service officer turned politician and a political activist based in Hyderabad. It is one of India's leading think tanks and scientific research-resource center for studying,formulating and promoting fundamental reforms in political,electoral and governance spheres and in critical areas of state policy. Established in 1996 and located in Hyderabad,it is recognized by the Department of Scientific &Industrial Research (DSIR),Ministry of Science &Technology,Govt. of India.
Andhra Pradesh,retrospectively referred to as United Andhra Pradesh,and Undivided Andhra Pradesh,was a state in India formed by States Reorganisation Act,1956 with Hyderabad as its capital and was reorganised by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act,2014. The state was made up of three distinct cultural regions of Telangana,Rayalaseema,and Coastal Andhra. Before the 1956 reorganisation,Telangana had been part of Hyderabad State,whereas Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra had been part of Andhra State,formerly a part of Madras Presidency ruled by British India.
Venkatesh Geriti is an Indian classical liberal,anti-corruption activist,and social entrepreneur. He is the founder of Swatantrata Center and India's Future Foundation,an educational organization in Hyderabad,and a scholar at Atlas Summit. Venkatesh received the Karmaveer Chakra Award and Global Fellowship Award in 2019 from the International Confederation of Non-Governmental Organizations in partnership with United Nations. He is a member of the Centre for Civil Society and an alumnus of Foundation for Economic Education.,Students For Liberty,Friedrich Naumann Foundation,Liberty International,Atlas Network
