The town of Pulivendula is well-known in the state of Andhra Pradesh as the birthplace of renowned politicians. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy was one of the Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh from 2004 to 2009. He was reelected as Chief Minister in the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, but died three months later in a helicopter crash near Nallamala Forest on 2 September 2009. His son, Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy, President of YSR Congress, is the present Chief Minister in the Andhra Pradesh State Assembly.

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