Puchalapalli Sundarayya

Puchalapalli Sundarayya
1st Leader of the Opposition
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1957–1962
Chief Minister
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byTarimela Nagi Reddy
ConstituencyGannavaram
1st Leader of the Opposition
Andhra State Legislative Assembly
In office
1955–1956
Chief Minister
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
ConstituencyGannavaram
Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
In office
1964–1982
General Secretary
General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
In office
9 November 1964 – 6 April 1978
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byE.M.S. Namboodiripad
Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1978–1983
Preceded byT. S. Anand Babu
Succeeded byM. Rathna Bose
ConstituencyGannavaram
In office
1956–1967
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byV.Seetha Ramayya
ConstituencyGannavaram
Member of the Andhra State Legislative Assembly
In office
1955–1956
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
(Himself as a member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly)
ConstituencyGannavaram
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
3 April 1952 – 21 March 1955
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byTJM Wilson
Constituency
Personal details
Born
Puchalapalli Sundararami Reddy

(1913-05-01)1 May 1913
Nellore, Madras Presidency, British India (now Andhra Pradesh, India)
Died19 May 1985(1985-05-19) (aged 72)
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (1964-1978)
Other political
affiliations		Communist Party of India (before 1964)
SpouseLela
Known forCo-founder of Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Puchalapalli Sundarayya (born Sundararami Reddy; 1 May 1913 – 19 May 1985), popularly known as Comrade PS, was an Indian Communist leader including of the peasant revolt in the former Hyderabad State of India, called the Telangana Rebellion and he was also one of the founding members of Communist Party of India (Marxist).[1][2] 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 the Telangana Rebellion against the Nizam of Hyderabad. Sundarayya remained General Secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist) until 1976.

  1. ^ History on the verge of collapse in Hindu on 3 May 2006.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 June 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)