Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

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Sixth President of India (1913-1996)

India PoliticiansLived 1913 to 1996 · aged 83

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Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was an Indian politician who served as the president of India from 1977 to 1982.

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President Reddy doing an aerial survey of flood affected areas of Tamil Nadu in 1977.

President Jimmy Carter visited India during January 1-3, 1978. Seen in this picture of his reception at the airport in Delhi are (from left to right) President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, his wife, Jimmy Carter, Prime Minister Morarji Desai, the Indian Ambassador to the United States Nanabhoy Palkhivala, First Lady of the United States Rosalynn Carter and the External Affairs Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.[66]

Seen here (from left to right) are Speaker of the Lok Sabha Balram Jakhar, Vice President Mohammad Hidayatullah, Mani Ram Bagri, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy.

President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy led seven state visits between 1980 and 1982. He visited USSR, Bulgaria, Kenya, Zambia, UK, Ireland, Indonesia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Ireland and Yugoslavia.

President R. Venkataraman with Neelam Sanjiva Reddy at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

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About this person

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was an Indian politician who served as the president of India from 1977 to 1982. Beginning a long political career with the Indian National Congress in the independence movement, he went on to hold several key offices in independent India - as deputy chief minister of Andhra state and the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, a two-time Speaker of the Lok Sabha and a Union Minister - before becoming the Indian president.

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