Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya biography in Telugu
Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya (24 November 1880 – 17
December 1959)was an Indian independence activist and political leader in the
state of Andhra Pradesh. Born in Gundugolanu village, Krishna district (now
part of West Godavari district) in Andhra Pradesh, Pattabhi graduated from the
prestigious Madras Christian College, 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, headquarters of Krishna District
and the political centre of Andhra. He left his lucrative practice to join the
freedom fighting movement. At the Lucknow session of the Congress in 1916, he
demanded the formation of separate Congress circle for Andhra. 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.
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. He ran successfully for Congress presidency in 1948,
winning with the support of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India. Pattabhi
also served as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh from 1952 to 1957. He established
Andhra Bank in Machilipatnam on 28 November 1923 which is currently one of the
major commercial banks of India. Its present headquarters are located at
Hyderabad. The head office of Andhra Bank, "Pattabhi Bhavan", is
named after him. He also started Andhra Insurance Company, Krishna Jilla
Co-Operative Bank in Krishna District Bhagyalakshmi Bank.he was member of JVP
Committee. As announced by Govt of India on 29 August 2019, Andhra Bank is
being merged with Union Bank of India and Corporation Bank and thus losing it's
exclusive identity.
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