33. In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as President of the Congress Party defeating A.Pattabhi Sitharamayy B.Jawaharlal Nehru C.Maulana Abul Kalam Azad D.VB Patel
In the Tripuri Session of 1939 of INC a deadlock was created due to the ideological differences between M.K. Gandhi and Subhash Chandra Bose and election was held for the post of chairman in which Bose defeated Pattabhi Setharamayya (supported by M.K Gandhi).
