Born - 24 November 1880
Died - 1959
Achievements - He was a freedom fighter cum political person in
the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh during the pre-independence era. He
was requested to stand for the presidency of the Indian National
Congress as a candidate closest to the great Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
in 1939. Further, he was Madhya Pradesh governor from 1952 to 1957 and
also set up the Andhra Bank at Machilipatnam in November 1923.
Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya was a freedom fighter cum political
person in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh during the pre-independence
era. He was born on 24 November 1880 at the Gundugolanu village and
later went on to acquire a BA degree from the Madras Christian College.
Thereafter, he went on to realize his desire of becoming a medical
practitioner by getting M.B.C.M. degree. Though he had started working
as a doctor in the coastal town of Machilipatnam, he relinquished
everything to lend support to the freedom struggle against the British
in India.
Read on to know more about the biography of Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya,
who became so prominent that he was requested to stand for the
presidency of the Indian National Congress as a candidate closest to the
great Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi against the more radical Subhas Chandra
Bose in the year 1939. He, however, lost primarily due to the huge
popularity of Bose. When the Quit India Movement was launched in the
year 1942, Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya who was a member of the
Congress Working Committee then, was put behind bars for 3 years with
other Committee members.
The life history or the account of the days spent in jail by Bhogaraju
Pattabhi Sitaramayya during this period can be availed from the book
Feathers and Stones. Though he penned this book during his time in jail,
it was published later. He even successfully ran for the presidency of
the Congress in the year 1948 with full support of Jawaharlal Nehru, the
then Prime Minister of India. Further, he was Madhya Pradesh governor
from 1952 to 1957 and also set up the Andhra Bank at Machilipatnam in
November 1923 that's currently one of the major commercial banks of
India.
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