Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya

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Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya (24 November 1880 – 17 December 1959)^[1][a] was an Indian independence activist and political leader in the state of Andhra Pradesh. He was also the first governor (1 November 1956 – 13 June 1957) of Madhya Pradesh. His books include Feathers and Stones, The History of Congress, and Gandhi and Gandhism.

Early life and education

Born in

He started his practice as a doctor in the coastal town of Machilipatnam, headquarters of Krishna District and the political centre of Andhra. He left his lucrative practice to join the freedom fighting movement. During the years 1912–13, when there was a great controversy over the desirability of forming a separate province for Andhra, he wrote a number of articles in "The Hindu" and other journals explaining the need for immediate formation of linguistic provinces.

At the Lucknow session of the Congress in 1916, he demanded the formation of separate Congress circle for Andhra. The demand was opposed by Mahatma Gandhi, but as Tilak supported Pattabhi, the Andhra Congress Committee came into existence in 1918. He was a member of the Working Committee of the Congress for a number of years and the President of Andhra Provincial Congress Committee in 1937–40.

Publications and imprisonment

He ran for the presidency of the

Serving on the Congress Working Committee when the Quit India Movement was launched in 1942, Pattabhi was arrested with the entire committee and incarcerated for three years without outside contact in the fort in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. During this time he maintained a detailed diary of day-to-day life during imprisonment, which was published later as Feathers and Stones. He is also the author of The History of the Congress published in 1935 with an introductory note given by the Rajendra Prasad. His other popular publication was Gandhi and Gandhism .

High office

He ran successfully for Congress presidency in 1948, winning with the support of

Andhra Bank

With the financial support of

Notes

References

External links

• Pattabhi's biography
• FreeIndia.org – B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya's biography
• Congress Sandesh – Pattabhi Sitaramayya's biography