Kamalapati Tripathi

Kamalapati Tripathi (3 September 1905[1] – 8 October 1990) was an Indian politician, writer, journalist, and freedom fighter. He was a senior Indian National Congress leader from Varanasi constituency. He served as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh as well as Union Minister for Railways.

Indian politician

Kamalapati Tripathi

15th Minister of Railways
In office
14 January 1980 - 12 November 1980
Prime Minister| Indira Gandhi
Preceded by| T. A. Pai
Succeeded by| Kedar Pandey
In office
11 February 1975 - 23 March 1977
Prime Minister| Indira Gandhi
Preceded by| Lalit Narayan Mishra
Succeeded by| Madhu Dandavate
7th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
In office
4 April 1971 - 13 June 1973
Preceded by| Tribhuvan Narain Singh
Succeeded by| President's rule
2nd Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
In office
26 February 1969 - 17 February 1970
Chief Minister| Chandra Bhanu Gupta
Preceded by| Ram Prakash Gupta
Succeeded by| Keshav Prasad Maurya
Dinesh Sharma
Excutive President of Indian National Congress
In office
1983-November 12 1986
President| Indira Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
Preceded by| position created
Succeeded by| Vacant
Personal details
Born| 3 September 1905
Benares, Benares State, British India
Died| 8 October 1990
(aged 85)
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party| Indian National Congress

He also served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 1969 to 1970 and first and, to date, only Excutive President of Indian National Congress from 1983 to 1986.

## Contents

* 1 Family
* 2 Early days
* 3 Political career
* 3.1 Indian independence movement
* 3.2 Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
* 3.3 Union Minister for Railways
* 3.4 Excutive President of INC
* 4 As an author
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Family[edit]

Kamlapati Tripathi was born in a Saryupareen Brahmin family.[2][3] He had three sons and two daughters. The eldest son was Lokpati Tripathi who was also a minister in Uttar Pradesh, his second son was Mayapati Tripathi who founded the social organisation by the name of Akhil Bharatiya Kissan Mazdoor Vahini. His youngest son was Manglapati Tripathi (also called Shashipati Tripathi).

## Early days[edit]

His father's name was Pandit Narayan Pati Tripathi.[4] Originally he belonged to Tripathi Family of Pindi, popularly known as Pindi Tiwarys. He had no connection with Unnao or Kanpur. He belonged to Saryuparin community which essentially has roots in Trans-Saryu Area of Uttar Pradesh. His ancestors settled down in Varanasi during the time of Aurangzeb. He started his career as a journalist working for the daily Hindi newspaper Aaj and later Sansaar. He was also the editor of the two tabloids. He was married at the age of 19 and had 5 children.

## Political career[edit]

### Indian independence movement[edit]

During 1921, Kamalapati Tripathi participated in Non-cooperation Movement. He was also an active participant in the Civil Disobedience Movement, for which he was jailed. In 1942 he was on his way to Mumbai to participate in the Quit India Movement when he was arrested and jailed for 3 years. Kamalapati Tripathi was elected to the Constituent Assembly from United Province on Congress Party ticket and played an important part in the drafting of the Constitution of India.[5]

### Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh[edit]

He remained Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 4 April 1971 until 12 June 1973. His resignation was a result of the 1973 Provincial Armed Constabulary revolt.

### Union Minister for Railways[edit]

He was Union Minister for Railways for two times first from 1975 to 1977 and then briefly in 1980. He presented Railway Budget of India four times: 1975–76, 1976–77, 1980–81 (interim) and 1980–81 (final).[6] Following trains were introduced during his tenure:[7]

* Sabarmati Express
* Ganga Kaveri Express
* Neelambari Express
* Varanasi Express (Delhi-Lucknow Exp. extended)
* Tamil Nadu Express
* Kashi Vishwanath Express

An 8-kilometer-long new Railway line between Telapur-Patanchera was opened during his tenure.[8]

The Diesel Loco Shed in Pune was started in his tenure.

### Excutive President of INC[edit]

After the death of son Sanjay Gandhi in a plane crash, Indira Gandhi made tripathi as the executive president. [9]But, After the Assassination of Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi sworn as Congress President and Prime Minister of India Tripathi made conflict with him.In November 1986,He resigned.

## As an author[edit]

He authored following works: Bandi Ki Chetna, 1946

* Bapu aur Bharat,[10][11]
* Barcode  : 1990010092576
* Country  : India
* Language  : Hindi
* Edition  : Hardcover (386 pages)
* Publisher : (1945)
* Bapu aur manawata,[10][12]
* Barcode  : 1990010092577
* Country  : India
* Language  : Hindi
* Edition  : Hardcover (413 pages)
* Publisher : (1945)
* Gandhi and Humanity
* ISBN: ISBN 978-81-7156-335-7
* Country  : India
* Language  : English
* Edition  : Hardcover (248 pages)
* Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (1993)
* Freedom movement and afterwards
* ISBN: ISBN 978-81-7124-041-8
* Country  : India
* Language  : English
* Edition  : Hardcover (228 pages)
* Publisher : Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan (1989)

## References[edit]

1. ^ [1] Archived 14 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ Jaffrelot, Christophe (2003). India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India. Hurst. p. 125\. ISBN 978-1-85065-670-8.
3. ^ "Big fight for Brahmin votes in Uttar Pradesh". Deccan Herald. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
4. ^ "Shahid Smark". Varanasi.nic.in. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
5. ^ "Constitution of India". www.constitutionofindia.net.
6. ^ "[IRFCA] Railway Ministers". Irfca.org. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
7. ^ "[IRFCA] Trains introduced by railway ministers". Irfca.org. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
8. ^ [2] Archived 27 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine
9. ^ "With Rahul as Congress president, post of vice-president to again fall vacant after a long time".
10. ^ a b http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/cgi-bin/advsearch_db.cgi?listStart=12925&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&language1=Any&perPage=25&scentre=Any&subject1=Any&title1=t Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/cgi-bin/advsearch_db.cgi Archived 17 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
11. ^ http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/cgi-bin/metainfo.cgi?&title1=Bapu aur bharat&author1=KAMALAPATI TRIPATHI&subject1=LITERATURE&year=1945 &language1=hindi&pages=386&barcode=1990010092576&author2=&identifier1=&publisher1=SARASWATI MANDIR VANARAS&contributor1=&vendor1=NONE&scanningcentre1=iiit, allahabad&slocation1=NONE&sourcelib1=RAM KRISHNA MISHAN&scannerno1=&digitalrepublisher1=Digital Library of India&digitalpublicationdate1=2005-12-30&numberedpages1=&unnumberedpages1=&rights1=OUT_OF_COPYRIGHT&copyrightowner1=&copyrightexpirydate1=&format1=TIFF &url=/rawdataupload/upload/0092/576 http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/cgi-bin/metainfo.cgi Archived 19 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
12. ^ http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/cgi-bin/metainfo.cgi?&title1=Bapu aur manawata&author1=KAMALAPATI TRIPATHI&subject1=LITERATURE&year=1945 &language1=hindi&pages=413&barcode=1990010092577&author2=&identifier1=&publisher1=SARASWATI MANDIR VANARAS&contributor1=&vendor1=NONE&scanningcentre1=iiit, allahabad&slocation1=NONE&sourcelib1=RAM KRISHNA MISHAN&scannerno1=&digitalrepublisher1=Digital Library of India&digitalpublicationdate1=2005-12-30&numberedpages1=&unnumberedpages1=&rights1=OUT_OF_COPYRIGHT&copyrightowner1=&copyrightexpirydate1=&format1=TIFF &url=/rawdataupload/upload/0092/577 http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/cgi-bin/metainfo.cgi Archived 19 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine

## External links[edit]

* Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh
* Kamalapati Tripathi - About The Author

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Preceded by

Tribhuvana Narayana Singh

|  Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
4 April 1971 – 12 June 1973  | Succeeded by

President's Rule
Administered by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Akbar Ali Khan
title/post subsequently held by-
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna

Preceded by

Lalit Narayan Mishra

|  Union Minister for Railways
1975 – 1977  | Succeeded by

Madhu Dandavate

Preceded by

Madhu Dandavate

|  Union Minister for Railways
1980  | Succeeded by

Kedar Pandey

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* N. D. Tiwari
* Ram Naresh Yadav
* Banarsi Das
* Vishwanath Pratap Singh
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* Vir Bahadur Singh
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