Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya
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6000 Niyogi Brahmin family on November 24, 1880 in Gundugolanu
Gundugolanu
Gundugolanu is a village under Bhimadole mandal in West Godavari District in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.-Geography:Gundugolanu is a Village which is located 15 km away from Eluru Town in West Godavari District...
village, Krishna district (now part of West Godavari district) in Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
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, was an Indian independence activist and political leader in the state of Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
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Pattabhi graduated from the prestigious Madras Christian College
Madras Christian College
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, fulfilled his ambition to become a medical practitioner by securing a M.B.C.M. degree. He started his practice as a doctor in the coastal town of Machilipatnam
Machilipatnam
Machilipatnam is a city and a special grade municipality in the Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located south east of state capital, Hyderabad.-History:...
. He left his lucrative practice to join the freedom fighting movement. He was recruited to run for the presidency of the Indian National Congress
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as the candidate closest to Mohandas Gandhi, against the more-radical Subhas Bose in 1939. He lost owing to Bose's rising popularity and the belief that Pattabhi favored the inclusion of Tamil
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-majority districts in a future Telugu
Telugu people
The Telugu people or Telugu Prajalu are an ethnic group of India. They are the native speakers of the Telugu language, the most commonly spoken language in India after Hindi and Bengali...
state in independent India.
Serving on the Congress Working Committee
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when Quit India 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
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. During this time he maintained a detailed diary
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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. He ran successfully for Congress presidency in 1948, winning with the support of Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru
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, the Prime Minister of India
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. Prior to this he served as a member in the Constituent Assembly, in 1952 he was elected to Rajya Sabha. Pattabhi also served as the Governor
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of Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
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from 1952 to 1957. He established Andhra Bank
Andhra Bank
Andhra Bank was registered on 20 November 1923 and commenced business on 28 November 1923 with a paid up capital of Rs 1.00 lakh and an authorised capital of Rs 10.00 lakhs. The Bank crossed many milestones and the Bank's Total Business as on 30.06.2008 stood at Rs.83,256 Crores with a Clientele...
in Machilipatnam
Machilipatnam
Machilipatnam is a city and a special grade municipality in the Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located south east of state capital, Hyderabad.-History:...
on 28 November 1923 which is currently one of the major commercial bank
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s of India.