C.R. Reddy statue to be installed in Chittoor

Sunday December 10 2006 09:50 IST

CHITTOOR: CR Reddy Memorial Trust here will commemorate the 116th birth anniversary of noted educationist Cuttamanchi Ramalinga Reddy on December 10.

Secretary of the Trust, M V Kesav Reddy said the memorial award lecture which would be delivered by noted litterateur and Mysore University Telugu department head RVS Sundaram.

Prizes to the winners of elocution and essay-writing competitions for high school and college students would be given at the function. The trust is planning to install a statue in the town soon.

The trust also brought out three books మహా మేధావి సీ.ఆర్.రెడ్డి (Maha Medhavi CR Reddy), మహా మహోపాధ్యాయ సీ.ఆర్.రెడ్డి (Maha Mahopadhyaya CR Reddy), విమర్శక మేధావి సీ.ఆర్.రెడ్డి (Vimarshaka Medhavi CR Reddy) marking the centenary celebrations.

Two books in English comprising his articles ‘CR Reddy, politics and nationalism, ‘Democracy of Indian Constitution and National Integration’ by CR Reddy were published by the trust in 2005.

Cuttamanchi Ramalinga Reddy (1880-1951), widely known as Dr CR Reddy, was an outstanding intellectual of his time. Born at Cuttamanachi now forming part of Chittoor town, he brought nation-wide renown to his place of birth.

A multi-faceted personality, Reddy began writing poetry in Telugu during his school days in Chittoor. Later he joined the Madras Christian College.

The Andhra students of Madras Christian College honoured Reddy with a prize for his work ‘Musalamma Maranam’.

He had his higher studies in Cambridge University and was the first Indian to be elected as vice president of the Cambridge Union.

Courtesy: NewIndPress