Agarala Eswara Reddi

Agarala Eswara Reddi
Agarala Eswara Reddi
Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	In office; 7 September 1982 – 16 January 1983
Preceded by	Kona Prabhakara Rao
Succeeded by	Tangi Satyanarayana
Deputy Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	In office; 27 March 1981 – 6 September 1982
Preceded by	K. Prabhakara Reddy
Succeeded by	Ireni Lingaiah
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1967–1972
Preceded by	Raddivari Nathamuni Reddy
Succeeded by	Vijayasikhamani
Constituency	Tirupati
	In office; 1978–1983
Preceded by	Vijayasikhamani
Succeeded by	N. T. Rama Rao
Constituency	Tirupati
Personal details
Born	28 December 1933; Thukivakam, Chittoor, Madras Presidency, British India
Died	16 February 2020 (aged 86); Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, India
Political party	Indian National Congress

Agarala Eswara Reddi (also written as Agarala Eswara Reddy; 28 December 1933 – 16 February 2020) was an Indian writer and politician from Andhra Pradesh belonging to Indian National Congress. He served as the speaker and deputy speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

Biography

Reddi was born on 28 December 1933 at Thukivakam in Chittor.^[1]^[2] He was elected as a legislator of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Tirupati in 1967 and 1978.^[3]^[4]

Reddi served as the deputy speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 27 March 1981 to 6 September 1982.^[5] He also served as the speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 7 September 1982 to 16 January 1983.^[6] Besides politics he also authored seven books on public affairs.^[2]

Reddi died on 16 February 2020 at the age of 86.^[1]^[7]

^ ^a ^b "Former Andhra Pradesh assembly speaker Dr Agarala Eswara Reddy passes away". The Times of India. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Ex-Assembly speaker Agarala Eswara Reddy passes away". The New Indian Express. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
^ "Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1967". www.elections.in. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^ "Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1978". www.elections.in. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^ "Former Deputy Speakers". Andhra Pradesh Legislature. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
^ "Former Speakers". Andhra Pradesh Legislature. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
^ "Agarala Eswara Reddi, former Speaker, dead". The Hindu. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.