Question

At the historic Tripuri Session of the Congress (March 1939) Subhas Bose defeated Mahatma Gandhi's official candidate for the Presidentship of the Congress. Who was Gandhiji's nominee?
(A) Abdul Kalam Azad
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
 (C) Pattabhi Sitaramayya
 (D) Vallabhbhai Patel

Answer 1

Hint: The person whom Gandhiji nominated for Tripuri Session of Congress was the famous politician of Andhra Pradesh. He was an active member of the Congress Working Committee in 1942 and served selflessly in the Quit India Movement. He wrote the book ‘The History of the Congress' which was released in 1935.

Complete answer:
Every year Congress holds its yearly session to discuss various agenda and policies. These sessions are held in different cities every year. In 1939, this Session of Congress was held at Tripuri which is a small town situated in the state of Madhya Pradesh. This session is famous as in this Pattabhi Sitaramayya was standing against Subhas Chandra Bose. Pattabhi Sitaramayya was the closest candidate appointed by Mahatma Gandhi on his behalf. But he was defeated by Subhas Chandra Bose. Bose got a large number of votes as he was much popular among Indian people which made him win the election. Dr Pattabhai Sitaramayya was born in the year 1880. He studied at Madras Medical College. While pursuing his medical degree, he got an interest in politics and in 1916 he joined the Indian Independence Movement and later became an active member of the Congress party.

So, the correct answer is Option C.

Note Pattabhi Sitaramayya was also nominated as the Governor for the state of Madhya Pradesh for a duration of five years from 1952 to 1957. He was also the Chairman of the Chief Commissioner Committee and thus played a major role in the Constitution-making of India. The famous book ‘The Redistribution of Indian Provinces on a Linguistic Basis’ that depicts the differences between the Indians based on caste and colour was also written by him.