Bezawada Gopala Reddy

Bezawada Gopala Reddy
Reddy 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)
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(1997-03-09) (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]