Back بيزاوادا جوپالا ريدى ARZ Bezawada Gopala Reddy German बेजवाड़ा गोपाला रेड्डी Hindi Bezawada Gopala Reddy ID बेझावडा गोपाळ रेड्डी Marathi பேஜவாடா கோபால் ரெட்டி Tamil బెజవాడ గోపాలరెడ్డి Tegulu
Bezawada Gopala Reddy | |
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.png) Andhra Tagore in 1944 | |
| 6th Governor of Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 1 May 1967 – 30 June 1972 | |
| Chief Minister | Charan Singh Chandra Bhanu Gupta Tribhuvan Narain Singh Kamalapati Tripathi |
| Preceded by | Bishwanath Das |
| Succeeded by | Shashi Kant Varma (Acting) |
| 4th Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting | |
| In office 10 April 1962 – 31 August 1963 | |
| Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Preceded by | B. V. Keskar |
| Succeeded by | Satya Narayan Sinha |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1962–1967 | |
| Preceded by | constituency established |
| Succeeded by | R. D. Reddy |
| Constituency | Kavali (Abolished as per Delimitation Act, 1972) |
| 4th Union Minister of State for Revenue & Civil Expenditure | |
| In office 10 May 1958 – 7 April 1961 | |
| Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Minister | Morarji Desai |
| Preceded by | Manilal Chaturbhai Shah |
| Succeeded by | Bali Ram Bhagat |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 18 August 1958 – 27 February 1962 | |
| Preceded by | TJM Wilson |
| Succeeded by | N. Narotham Reddy |
| Constituency | Andhra Pradesh |
| 2nd Chief Minister of Andhra State | |
| In office 28 March 1955 – 1 November 1956 | |
| Governor | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi |
| Preceded by | President's rule |
| Succeeded by | Office Dissolved (Neelam Sanjiva Reddy as Chief Minister of United Andhra Pradesh) |
| 2nd President of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee | |
| In office 1955–1956 | |
| AICC President | U. N. Dhebar |
| Preceded by | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| Succeeded by | Damodaram Sanjivayya |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bezawada Gopala Reddy 5 August 1907 Buchireddypalem, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Andhra Pradesh, India) |
| Died | 9 March 1997 (aged 89) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Lakshmikanthamma |
| Relatives | Bezawada 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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