Tarimela Nagi Reddy (11 February 1917 – 28 July 1976) was a communist politician from Andhra Pradesh, India. He was born in a wealthy family in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. He completed his schooling from the Rishi Valley School India, founded by Andhra philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti. He would later study at Loyola College in Chennai and at Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi. During his student days, he got involved with nationalism and Marxism. His political activities got him jailed in 1940, 1941 and 1946. He revolted against his father who was a landlord and donated his land of over 1000 acres to landless labourers.

Tarimela Nagi Reddy
2nd Leader of the opposition
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1962–1967
Governor
Chief Minister
Preceded byPuchalapalli Sundarayya
Succeeded byGouthu Latchanna
Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
In office
1967 - 1972
Preceded byPonnapati Antony Reddy
Succeeded byAnantha Venkata Reddy
Constituency Anantapur
In office
1962 - 1967
Preceded byTarimela Ramachandra Reddy
Succeeded byG. Sivaiah
Constituency Putturu
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1957 - 1962
Preceded byPaidi Lakshmayya
Succeeded byOsman Ali Khan
Constituency Anantapur
Madras Legislative Assembly[1]
Madras State
In office
1951 - 1953
Preceded byConstituency Established
Succeeded byMadras Assembly Divided
Constituency Anantapur[2]
Personal details
Born(1917-02-11)11 February 1917
Anantapuram, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Andhra Pradesh, India)
Died28 July 1976(1976-07-28) (aged 59)
Osmania General Hospital, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Reddy was elected to the Madras Legislative Assembly as a Communist Party of India candidate in 1951 from Anantapuram. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Anantapuram in 1957. In 1962 he was elected to the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly as a Communist Party of India candidate from Puttur. In 1967 he was again elected to the assembly, now as a Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) candidate from Anantapuram. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy, a two-time Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and the sixth President of India, was Nagi Reddy's brother-in-law.

In 1968, T.N. Reddy broke with the CPI(M) and formed the Andhra Pradesh Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries (APCCCR). He succeeded in attracting a large part of the CPI(M) cadre to APCCCR. During a brief period APCCCR was part of All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries (AICCCR). Reddy was however very critical of the left adventurist line of Charu Majumdar. Instead, he wanted to promote a mass line. Thus, Reddy and the APCCCR were expelled from the AICCCR.

In 1975, Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist) was formed through the merger of the APCCCR with three other smaller groups. T.N. Reddy worked as a leader of APCCCR until his death in 1976. His most famous work is India Mortgaged.

Siblings: Tarimala Ranga Reddy, MLA and Samithi President Tarimala Krishna Reddy, Samithi President Tarimala Ramadoss Reddy, Communist leader.

UCCRI(ML)

People
T. Nagi Reddy
Moni Guha
Shamsher Singh Sheri

Mass organisations
Wahikar Union

Predecessors
APCCCR
RCUC(ML)
PCRC

Splinter groups and
successor organisations
Sohi faction
Ajmer faction
DV faction
CCRI
CPI(ML) Janashakti

Related subjects
Communism
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References

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  1. ^ "MADRAS LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 1952-1957 A REVIEW" (PDF). Legislative Assembly Department Madras-2. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  2. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1951 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADRAS". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 December 2018.