Archive · 6 Oct 2026
Former Hyderabad Mayor Alampally Pochayya Dies at 76
Alampalli Pochayya, a longtime political leader in Hyderabad, has died at age 76.
He was a senior Dalit leader in the AIMIM party.
Pochayya was mayor of Hyderabad from 1989 to 1991.
He had been sick with a lung infection and was recently in a hospital.
He was elected from the Jangammet division.
He also worked alongside the party’s founder, Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi.
After his death, party leaders visited his family to offer condolences.
One senior party leader said Pochayya had been popular and regularly active until about three months ago.
Alampalli Pochayya, a former Hyderabad mayor and senior AIMIM Dalit leader, died on October 4 at age 76.
He had been suffering from a lung infection and was recently admitted to a hospital.
Pochayya served as mayor from 1989 to 1991, when Hyderabad was governed by the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad.
He was elected from the Jangammet division and served alongside AIMIM founder Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi.
AIMIM leaders, including Charminar MLA Mir Zulfiqar Ali, visited his residence to offer condolences.
- Who
- Alampalli Pochayya, former Hyderabad mayor and senior AIMIM Dalit leader.
- What
- He died at age 76 after suffering from a lung infection.
- When
- October 4; the article does not specify the year.
- Where
- Hyderabad, India.
- Why
- The article says he had a lung infection and was recently admitted to a hospital.
- Age
- 76
- Date of death
- October 4; year not specified
- Mayor of Hyderabad
- 1989–1991
- Electoral division
- Jangammet
- Party
- All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)
- Reported illness
- Lung infection
- Municipal election detail
- AIMIM won 38 seats in the 100-member Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad, according to a senior party leader.