Bezawada Gopala Reddy

Bezawada Gopala Reddy
Andhra Tagore in 1944
6th Governor of Uttar Pradesh
In office
1 May 1967 – 30 June 1972
Chief MinisterCharan Singh
Chandra Bhanu Gupta
Tribhuvan Narain Singh
Kamalapati Tripathi
Preceded byBishwanath Das
Succeeded byShashi Kant Varma (Acting)
4th Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting
In office
10 April 1962 – 31 August 1963
Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru
Preceded byB. V. Keskar
Succeeded bySatya Narayan Sinha
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1962–1967
Preceded byconstituency established
Succeeded byR. D. Reddy
ConstituencyKavali
(Abolished as per Delimitation Act, 1972)
4th Union Minister of State for Revenue & Civil Expenditure
In office
10 May 1958 – 7 April 1961
Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru
MinisterMorarji Desai
Preceded byManilal Chaturbhai Shah
Succeeded byBali Ram Bhagat
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
18 August 1958 – 27 February 1962
Preceded byTJM Wilson
Succeeded byN. Narotham Reddy
ConstituencyAndhra Pradesh
2nd Chief Minister of Andhra State
In office
28 March 1955 – 1 November 1956
GovernorChandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
Preceded byPresident's rule
Succeeded byOffice Dissolved
(Neelam Sanjiva Reddy as Chief Minister of United Andhra Pradesh)
2nd President of the
Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
1955–1956
AICC PresidentU. N. Dhebar
Preceded byNeelam Sanjiva Reddy
Succeeded byDamodaram Sanjivayya
Personal details
Born
Bezawada Gopala Reddy

5 August 1907
Buchireddypalem, Madras Presidency, British India
(now in Andhra Pradesh, India)
Died9 March 1997(1997-03-09) (aged 89)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseLakshmikanthamma
RelativesBezawada Ramachandra Reddy

Bezawada Gopala Reddy (5 August 1907 – 9 March 1997) was an Indian freedom fighter, writer and politician. He was the Chief Minister of the erstwhile Indian state, Andhra State from 1955 to 1956 and later served as the Governor of Uttar Pradesh from 1967 to 1972. He was popularly known as "Andhra Tagore" in recognition of his literary works.[1][2]

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  2. ^ Desk, OV Digital (9 March 2023). "9 March in Indian and World History". Observer Voice. Retrieved 21 November 2023. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)