Kamalapati Tripathi (3 September 1905 – 8 October 1990) was an Indian politician, writer, journalist, and freedom fighter. He was a senior

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leader from

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constituency. He served as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh as well as Union Minister for Railways. He also served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 1969 to 1970 and first and, to date, only Excutive President of

from 1983 to 1986.

Family

Kamlapati Tripathi was born in a

Saryupareen Brahmin Saryupareen Brahmins, also known as Sarvarya Brahmins, Sarjupar Brahmins or Saryupariya Brahmins, are North Indian Brahmins residing on the eastern plain of the Sarayu. Saryupareen families, were involved solely in the research and analysis of ...

family. 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

His father's name was Pandit Narayan Pati Tripathi. 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 Muhi al-Din Muhammad (; – 3 March 1707), commonly known as ( fa, , lit=Ornament of the Throne) and by his regnal title Alamgir ( fa, , translit=ʿĀlamgīr, lit=Conqueror of the World), was the sixth emperor of the Mughal Empire, ruling ...

. 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

Indian independence movement

During 1921, Kamalapati Tripathi participated in

Non-cooperation Movement The Non-cooperation movement was a political campaign launched on 4 September 1920, by Mahatma Gandhi to have Indians revoke their cooperation from the British government, with the aim of persuading them to grant self-governance.

. He was also an active participant in the

Civil Disobedience Movement The Salt March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, Dandi March and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India led by Mahatma Gandhi. The twenty-four day march lasted from 12 March to 6 April 1930 as a di ...

, for which he was jailed. In 1942 he was on his way to Mumbai to participate in the

Quit India Movement The Quit India Movement, also known as the August Kranti Movement, was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8th August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British rule in ...

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.

Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh

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 The 1973 Provincial Armed Constabulary revolt was a mutiny by three Battalions of Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary located in Bareilly, Meerut and Agra, in May 1973 in demand of better pay, work conditions, etc. The army was called in ...

Union Minister for Railways

He was Union Minister for Railways for two times first from 1975 to 1977 and then briefly in 1980. He presented

Railway Budget Railway budget of India was the Annual Financial Statement of the state-owned Indian Railways, which handles rail transport in India. It was presented every year by the Minister of Railways, representing the Ministry of Railways, in the Parliam ...

of India four times: 1975–76, 1976–77, 1980–81 (interim) and 1980–81 (final). Following trains were introduced during his tenure: *

Sabarmati Express The 19167 / 19168 Sabarmati Express is an express train which connects the city of Ahmedabad in the western state of Gujarat to Varanasi city in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh through Jhansi. The train may take up to two days to complete ...

Ganga Kaveri Express The 12669 / 12670 Ganga Kaveri Express is a bi-weekly Express train service operated by Indian Railways, connecting Chennai in Southern India to Chhapra in Bihar. Inaugurated on 16 February 1977 by Kamalpati Tripathi, between Madras (now Chenn ...

* Neelambari Express * Varanasi Express (Delhi-Lucknow Exp. extended) *

Tamil Nadu Express The 12621 / 12622 ''Tamil Nadu Express'' is a superfast train of the Indian Railways. Accidents Tamil Nadu Express has traditionally been accident-prone, with many accidents occurring due to its speed which when inaugurated had a top s ...

Kashi Vishwanath Express Kashi Vishwanath Express is an Indian express train that runs between in Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi railway station. The train is named after the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi. Main Citys along the way are Pratapgarh, Amethi, Raebar ...

An 8-kilometer-long new Railway line between Telapur-Patanchera was opened during his tenure. The Diesel Loco Shed in

Pune Pune (; ; also known as Poona, (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million ...

was started in his tenure.

Excutive President of
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After the death of son

Sanjay Gandhi Sanjay Gandhi (14 December 1946 23 June 1980) was an Indian politician and the younger son of Indira Gandhi and Feroze Gandhi. He was a member of parliament, Lok Sabha and the Nehru–Gandhi family. During his lifetime, he was widely expected ...

in a plane crash,

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made tripathi as the executive president. But, After the

Assassination of Indira Gandhi Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated at 9:30 a.m. on 31 October 1984 at her residence in Safdarjung Road, New Delhi. She was killed by her bodyguards Satwant Singh and Beant Singh in the aftermath of Operation Blue Star, an I ...

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sworn as

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and

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Tripathi made conflict with him.In November 1986,He resigned.

As an author

He authored following works: Bandi Ki Chetna, 1946 * Bapu aur Bharat,http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/cgi-bin/advsearch_db.cgi?listStart=12925&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&language1=Any&perPage=25&scentre=Any&subject1=Any&title1=t http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/cgi-bin/advsearch_db.cgi ** Barcode : 1990010092576 ** Country : India ** Language : Hindi ** Edition : Hardcover (386 pages) ** Publisher : (1945) * Bapu aur manawata,http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/cgi-bin/metainfo.cgi?&title1=Bapu%20aur%20manawata&author1=KAMALAPATI%20TRIPATHI&subject1=LITERATURE&year=1945%20&language1=hindi&pages=413&barcode=1990010092577&author2=&identifier1=&publisher1=SARASWATI%20MANDIR%20VANARAS&contributor1=&vendor1=NONE&scanningcentre1=iiit,%20allahabad&slocation1=NONE&sourcelib1=RAM%20KRISHNA%20MISHAN&scannerno1=&digitalrepublisher1=Digital%20Library%20of%20India&digitalpublicationdate1=2005-12-30&numberedpages1=&unnumberedpages1=&rights1=OUT_OF_COPYRIGHT©rightowner1=©rightexpirydate1=&format1=TIFF%20&url=/rawdataupload/upload/0092/577 http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/cgi-bin/metainfo.cgi ** Barcode : 1990010092577 ** Country : India ** Language : Hindi ** Edition : Hardcover (413 pages) ** Publisher : (1945) * Gandhi and Humanity ** ISBN: ** Country : India ** Language : English ** Edition : Hardcover (248 pages) ** Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (1993) * Freedom movement and afterwards ** ISBN: ** Country : India ** Language : English ** Edition : Hardcover (228 pages) ** Publisher : Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan (1989)

References

External links

Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh

Kamalapati Tripathi - About The Author
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