George Reddy was the founder of the Revolutionary Students Movement in Andhra Pradesh, India. He was a student of the Osmania University, Hyderabad and was the university gold medalist, a mark of academic excellence.
He was the founder of the Progressive Democratic Students Union, which was a student body on the campus of Osmania University. The PDSU is now the student wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New Democracy.
Reddy was murdered on campus allegedly by the Jan Sangh sympathizers within sight of the police, in 1972.Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 4, no 1, p 1302 (Jan. 1969).
Reddy is the inspiration for the lead character Michael, played by Ajay Devgan in the movie Yuva and Surya in the movie Aayutha Ezhuthu, directed by Maniratnam.
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