When was Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya born and where?
Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya was born on the 24th of November 1880 in Gundugolanu village. He grew up in Krishna district within what is now Andhra Pradesh to a Telugu Niyogi Brahmin family.
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Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya was born on the 24th of November 1880 in Gundugolanu village. He grew up in Krishna district within what is now Andhra Pradesh to a Telugu Niyogi Brahmin family.
Pattabhi left his lucrative medical practice to join the freedom fighting movement instead of continuing his work as a doctor. This decision marked his transition from a medical practitioner in Machilipatnam to a political activist.
Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya ran for the presidency of the Indian National Congress against Netaji Subash Chandra Bose at the Tripuri Session held in Madhya Pradesh. He lost owing to Netaji's rising popularity among party members despite remaining a member of the Working Committee for years.
Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya was incarcerated for three years without outside contact when he served on the Congress Working Committee during the launch of the Quit India Movement in 1942. They kept him inside the fort in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra throughout this period while he maintained a detailed diary of day-to-day life.
With financial support from Srimantu Raja Yarlagadda Sivarama Prasad Bahadur, Sitaramayya established Andhra Bank in Machilipatnam on the 28th of November 1923. It remains one of the major commercial banks of India today with its present headquarters located at Hyderabad rather than its birthplace.