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'''Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya''' (b. [[November 24]], [[1880]] in Gundugolanu village,krishna district(now part of West Godavari District) in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]; d. [[1959]]) was an Indian independence activist and political leader in the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]].

Pattabhi who had a BA degree in 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]]. He left his lucrative practice to join the freedom fighting movement. He was recruited to run for the presidency of the [[Indian National Congress]] 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 people|Tamil]]-majority districts in a future [[Telugu people|Telegu]] state in independent India.

Serving on the [[Congress Working Committee]] 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]]. During this time he maintained a detailed [[diary]] of day-to-day life during imprisonment, which was published later as ''Feathers and Stones''. He ran successfully for Congress presidency in [[1948]], winning with the support of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the [[Prime Minister of India]]. 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]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]] from [[1952]] to [[1957]]. He established [[Andhra Bank]] in [[Machilipatnam]] on [[28 November]], [[1923]]. [[Andhra Bank]] is currently one of the major [[commercial bank]]s of India, with over 1179 branches as of [[September 2005]].