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{{Short description|Indian socialist, politician}}
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|birth_date = 14 March 1923
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'''Shantaveri Gopala Gowda''' (14 March 1923 – 9 June 1972) was a [[socialist]] politician who was thrice elected to Karnataka Vidhanasabha, the [[Legislative Assembly of Karnataka]], in 1952, 1962 and 1967.<ref>{{cite news
| title =Araga Jnanendra set to do a hat trick?
| newspaper =[[The Hindu]]
| location =[[Chennai]]
| date =23 April 2004
| url =http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/23/stories/2004042308960500.htm
| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20040729084804/http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/23/stories/2004042308960500.htm
| url-status =dead
| archive-date =29 July 2004
| accessdate =7 April 2013}}</ref>

Gopala Gowda was born in [[Sagara, Karnataka]] to a [[Vokkaliga]] family.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Gowda|first=H. H. Annaiah|date=5 September 1971|title=Vokkaligas|magazine=The Illustrated Weekly Of India Vol.92, No.27-39(july-sept)1971|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.110098/page/n617/mode/1up?q=Vokkaligas|location=Bombay|publisher=Times of India Press|pages=11–13}}</ref> He is considered one of India's most important socialist leaders, and a pioneer of socialism in [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{cite news
| title =Bangarappa pulls a favourite son act
| newspaper =[[India Today]]
| year =1992
| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=F2ZDAAAAYAAJ
}}</ref> He was influenced by [[Ram Manohar Lohia]]. His leadership began as early as 1951. He was considered "charismatic" and he gained many followers.<ref>{{cite book
| last =Naik
| first =Murahari D.
| title =Agrarian Unrest in Karnataka
| publisher =Reliance Publishing House
| series =Volume 4 of Sociological Publications in Honour of K. Ishwaran
| year =1989
| location =[[New Delhi]]
| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=r_7sAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Shantaveri+Gopala+Gowda%22&dq=%22Shantaveri+Gopala+Gowda%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GWtfUavnB8iaiAK2_oGIDQ&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBQ
| isbn =9788185047454
}}</ref>

He mentored several socialists in Karnataka including [[J.H.Patel]],<ref>{{cite news
| title =Patel was a flamboyant politician known for sharp wit
| newspaper =[[The Indian Express]]
| location =Mumbai
| date =13 December 2000
| url =http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/166849/
| accessdate =7 April 2013 }}</ref> [[Bangarappa]], [[S. M. Krishna]] and [[D. Devaraj Urs]], who became the chief ministers of the state. Urs was inspired and understood the depth of Gopala Gowda's mind and life which was devoted to the poor and working classes, especially the farmers. The Land Reforms Act and renaming of the state from [[Mysore]] to Karnataka are thanks to his association with Gopala Gowda.

Upon the publication of his biography, [[N. Dharam Singh]], chief minister of [[Karnataka]], said that "the agitation and the political contribution of the late Shantaveri Gopala Gowda are significant in the history of the Legislature".<ref>{{cite news
| title =Books on three parliamentarians released
| newspaper =[[The Hindu]]
| location =[[Chennai]]
| date =2 January 2005
| url =http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/02/stories/2005010201490500.htm
| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20050216193120/http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/02/stories/2005010201490500.htm
| url-status =dead
| archive-date =16 February 2005
| accessdate =7 April 2013 }}</ref>

He was a firebrand politician who knew the culture of the land, and being a villager himself had a great following among the farmer community of Karnataka. A well-read person with a strong love for the Kannada language, he had been a friend to many intellectual and sensitive literary figures of Karnataka like the poet [[Gopalakrishna Adiga]], the novelist [[U.R. Ananthamurthy|Dr. U.R. Ananthamurthy]], the writer and journalist [[P. Lankesh]], and the farmers' association leader [[M. D. Nanjundaswamy]]. In fact, Dr. Ananthamurthy wrote the novel ''Avasthe'' ("State of Life") based on the life of Gopala Gowda.<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/ur-ananthamurthys-books-taken-as-movies/article6345000.ece</ref> It was also made into a sensitive film [[Avasthe|of the same name]] in 1987 with actor [[Anant Nag]] playing the lead role. A real idealist and daredevil leader his 'Kagodu satyagraha' – the indefinite fast he held to provide justice to the farmers of Karnataka – is evergreen in the minds of Karnataka people. His death at an early age heralded the slow demise of socialist movement in Karnataka. [[M. D. Nanjundaswamy]], was one of the few leaders to carry forward the movement along the lines that Gowda had envisaged. Gowda's political role was pivotal as it once again drew the attention of the nation on the plight of the farmers.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://archive.today/20130704073323/http://matadar.org/leader-of-the-month Matadar.org: Leader Of The Month]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131129110020/http://www.talkmag.in.cp-29.webhostbox.net/cms/everybody-s-leader Talk: Everybody’s Leader]

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