The first Andhra Mahasabha conference was held in Bapatla on May 26, 1913. About 2000 visitors and 800 delegates attended this conference. In addition to Kosta and Seema delegates, there were representation from Nagpur, Warangal, and Hyderabad.
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| The Bapatla Town Hall, Source - The Hindu |
This historic event was held at the famous Edward VII Coronation Memorial town hall in Bapatla under the presidentship of Sir B N Sarma, then a member of the Madras Legislative Council. Sir B N Sarma, twice the municipal chairman of Visakhapatnam, rose to become a member of the Imperial Legislative Council and president of the Council of State. He was a visionary who envisaged, along with stalwarts such as Sir Mocherla Rama Chandra Rao, Nyapathi Subba Rao Panthulu, Desabhaktha Kondavenkatappayya and Bhogaraju Pattabhi Seetharamayya, a Federal India with linguistic provinces.
Konda Venkatappaiah, born in 1866, was secretary of the first Andhra Mahasabha and president of the Nellore conference in 1917. He was president of Guntur district congress committee and rose to the position of secretary of All India Congress Committee in 1923. He was president of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee between 1918 and 1923.
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Read More for long list of conferences held following the inaugural conference in Bapatla.
1. Times of India
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