13 Facts About Puchalapalli Sundarayya

Puchalapalli Sundarayya was the child of a feudal family and, when Sundarayya was six, his father died.

Puchalapalli Sundarayya completed primary education and entered a college where he studied at entry level until he left in 1930, at the age of 17, to join Mahatma Gandhi's non-cooperation movement.

Puchalapalli Sundarayya was arrested and spent time in a Borstal school in Rajahmundry where he became acquainted with various communists and local dalit leaders.

Puchalapalli Sundarayya was mentored by Amir Hyder Khan, who prompted him to become a member of the Communist Party of India, which was condemned and banned by the British government during the Second World War.

In 1934, Puchalapalli Sundarayya became a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India.

Puchalapalli Sundarayya was re-elected to the Central Committee in 1952 when a special party conference was held.

Puchalapalli Sundarayya was elected to the Politburo, the highest forum within the Party.

Puchalapalli Sundarayya was then re-elected to Central Committee and the Politburo in the third party congress in Vijayawada and again in the fourth congress held at Palakkad.

Puchalapalli Sundarayya was elected to the Central Executive and the Central Secretariat of the Party at the fifth party congress at Amritsar.

Puchalapalli Sundarayya was a prominent leader of the leftist group and he resigned the positions conferred upon him during the Amritsar congress of the Party, protesting against the policies of the dominant leadership of the Party.

Puchalapalli Sundarayya was arrested and imprisoned during November 1962, at the time of the Sino-Indian border war.

Puchalapalli Sundarayya was elected to the State Assembly of Andhra Pradesh and remained a member of that House until 1967.

Puchalapalli Sundarayya held the party's state secretary post in Andhra Pradesh and was a member of the Central Committee of the Party from this period to his death on 19 May 1985.