Armoor - Eminent People of Armoor

Eminent People of Armoor

• Raja Gaddam Venkata Bhooma Reddy-Erstwhile King of Armoor. Raja Gaddam Venkata Bhooma Reddy and Rani Yamuna Bhai were the landlords of Armoor. In 1940 they shifted their residence to an eight acre Palace in Ankapoor village.
• Argul Gaddam Rajaram-former finance minister. Rajaram was a great leader and visionary and was elected to Assembly five times. He held key portfolios in P.V. Narasimha Rao, J. Vengal Rao, T. Anjaiah and M. Chenna Reddy Cabinets.
• Shri Govardhana Narasimha Chary: A teacher and a Spiritual Guru. He was well known for his discipline, punctuality, excellent teaching, firmness and control over the subject and students. He was also regarded as spiritual guru, performed many poojas, rituals and dharmika pravachan. He played a major role in renovating the Maruti Temple (active member of Maruti Bhajana Mandali) at Janda Galli in Armoor.
• Shri Narayana Rao Joshi : A Pandit and Spiritual Guru. He performed many Poojas and rituals in Armoor and surrounding villages. He was called the Pandit (Pantulu) of the Armoor Village.
• Chitla Parthasaradhi, Indian Administrative Service (IAS).
• Shanigaram Santhosh Reddy- Former MLA and Former Transport Minister.
• Baji Reddy Govardhan- Former MLA (INC)
• Ramchandra Hande, Ex-Sarpanch, who played a crucial role in Armoor's development.
• Late Eleti Mahipal Reddy- Former MLA and Former Forest Minister.
• Eleti Annapurnamma- Present MLA.
• Gaddam Amruthalatha- Chairperson-Vijay Group of Educational Institutions.
• Peddolla Ganga Reddy- BJP District President.
• Gaddam/Aloor Ganga Reddy- TRS District Convener
• Yaqoob Sarosh- Edotor Bisat Monthly, Author of Various books
• Kethi Reddy (KR) Suresh Reddy-former speaker of Legislative Assembly-Andhra Pradesh. He is the incharge of Armoor Constituency for Indian National Congress.