How to Pronounce Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy
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Jul 01, 1924 99 years old
Indian activist
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About Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy
- Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy (born 1 July 1924 in Pallaprolu, Andhra Pradesh, India) moved to the United States to study at New York University.
- He held several positions at the United Nations and was a driving force behind the Special Committee against Apartheid (of which he was secretary from 1963–1965) and its Centre against Apartheid (of which he was director from 1976–1983).
- He also served as director of the UN Trust Fund for South Africa and the Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa.He was awarded the Order Of Companions of O R Tambo : Silver by President J.G.
- Zuma of the Republic Of South Africa on 27 April 2013. He was awarded Padma Shri, one of the highest civilian awards of India, in 2000.E.S Reddy received the World Peace Council Prize of the World Peace Council in 1982 for his contribution to the struggle against apartheid. The University of Durban-Westville awarded him the honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1995 in recognition of his contribution to the struggle against apartheid and scholarly work on South Africa. Noted Indian historian Ramchandra Guha dedicated his new book Gandhi before India, and these words appear in the book ?Indian patriot, South African democrat, friend and mentor to Gandhian scholars of all nationalities?. And also praises Reddy in his own words: No one knows more about Gandhi’s impact in South Africa than a man named E.
- S.
- Reddy.
- A student radical in India in the 1940s, Reddy was the moving spirit behind the United Nations’ Centre Against Apartheid from the 1960s to the 1980s.
- Writing in 1996, Reddy noted that Gandhi’s example and methods animated both the Indian passive resistance of 1946 and the broader Defiance Campaign of 1952.
- Then he continued: ‘Even when the ANC decided on armed struggle, there was great emphasis on avoiding loss of life.
- Non-violent resistance continued in new forms throughout the struggle.
- The influence of Gandhi may also be discerned in the spirit of reconciliation which followed the establishment of a democratic government in 1994.
- I believe that the thor liberation.’
