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'''Gunupati Keshava Reddy''' (1923–1987), better known as '''G. K. Reddy''', was an Indian journalist who attained national and international acclaim for his articles and news stories.{{sfn|Rao|2000|page=222}}<ref name=awardpanel> | '''Gunupati Keshava Reddy''' (1923–1987), better known as '''G. K. Reddy''', was an Indian journalist who attained national and international acclaim for his articles and news stories.{{sfn|Rao|2000|page=222}}<ref name=awardpanel> | ||
{{cite news |title=GK Reddy memorial award panel reconstituted |newspaper=The Hindu |date=26 June 2014 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/gk-reddy-memorial-award-panel-reconstituted/article6152433.ece |access-date=1 November 2014}} | {{cite news |title=GK Reddy memorial award panel reconstituted |newspaper=The Hindu |date=26 June 2014 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/gk-reddy-memorial-award-panel-reconstituted/article6152433.ece |access-date=1 November 2014}} | ||
</ref> He was a major contributor to the newspaper ''[[The Hindu]]'' for more than two decades, becoming a household name with his front-page articles every day. Reddy was also involved in the nascent [[Kashmir conflict]] in the early years of his career, working for a Kashmiri newspaper in Srinagar and later the [[ | </ref> He was a major contributor to the newspaper ''[[The Hindu]]'' for more than two decades, becoming a household name with his front-page articles every day. Reddy was also involved in the nascent [[Kashmir conflict]] in the early years of his career, working for a Kashmiri newspaper in Srinagar and later the [[Pakistan-occupied Kashmir]] provisional government. | ||
The G. K. Reddy National Memorial Award for Journalism is given in his memory. | The G. K. Reddy National Memorial Award for Journalism is given in his memory. | ||
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Reddy went to [[Lahore]], Pakistan, by 19 October,<ref>{{citation |last=De Mhaffe |first=A. |title=Road to Kashmir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hnoeAAAAMAAJ |date=1948 |publisher=Ripon Print. Press |location=Lahore |page=179}}: "Mr. G. K. Reddy, former Editor of the Kashmir Times who has been externed from Kashmir for advocating the State's accession to Pakistan, arrived in Lahore on Sunday."</ref> to work for the [[Associated Press of India]], which was still a united agency across India and Pakistan (but would later split into the Associated Press of India and the [[Associated Press of Pakistan]]). Reddy was incensed with the treatment of Muslims by the Maharaja's government. On 26 October, he gave a detailed interview to the Lahore-based daily ''Civil & Military Gazette'', where he described the `mad orgy of Dogra violence' against unarmed Muslims in the [[1947 Jammu massacres|Jammu province]].{{sfn|Snedden|2013|pp=51-52}} | Reddy went to [[Lahore]], Pakistan, by 19 October,<ref>{{citation |last=De Mhaffe |first=A. |title=Road to Kashmir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hnoeAAAAMAAJ |date=1948 |publisher=Ripon Print. Press |location=Lahore |page=179}}: "Mr. G. K. Reddy, former Editor of the Kashmir Times who has been externed from Kashmir for advocating the State's accession to Pakistan, arrived in Lahore on Sunday."</ref> to work for the [[Associated Press of India]], which was still a united agency across India and Pakistan (but would later split into the Associated Press of India and the [[Associated Press of Pakistan]]). Reddy was incensed with the treatment of Muslims by the Maharaja's government. On 26 October, he gave a detailed interview to the Lahore-based daily ''Civil & Military Gazette'', where he described the `mad orgy of Dogra violence' against unarmed Muslims in the [[1947 Jammu massacres|Jammu province]].{{sfn|Snedden|2013|pp=51-52}} | ||
While in Lahore, on 21 October 1947, Reddy received a phone call from Lt. Col. Alavi, the Public Relations Officer of the [[General Headquarters (Pakistan Army)|Pakistan Army headquarters]] in [[Rawalpindi]], stating that the Ramkot post of Kashmir was being attacked that night and the news should be published as coming from the [[ | While in Lahore, on 21 October 1947, Reddy received a phone call from Lt. Col. Alavi, the Public Relations Officer of the [[General Headquarters (Pakistan Army)|Pakistan Army headquarters]] in [[Rawalpindi]], stating that the Ramkot post of Kashmir was being attacked that night and the news should be published as coming from the [[Pakistan-occupied Kashmir]] Headquarters in [[Palandri]]. He was also told that all further news of the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947|invasion]] would come from the Rawalpindi headquarters and the practice of a Palandri dateline should be maintained.<ref> | ||
{{cite book |first=Brigadier Jasbir |last=Singh |title=Roar of the Tiger: Illustrated History of Operations in Kashmir by 4th Battalion |publisher=Vij Books India |year=2013 |isbn=978-9382652038 |pages=4–5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mcXVjswUrcC&pg=PA4}} | {{cite book |first=Brigadier Jasbir |last=Singh |title=Roar of the Tiger: Illustrated History of Operations in Kashmir by 4th Battalion |publisher=Vij Books India |year=2013 |isbn=978-9382652038 |pages=4–5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mcXVjswUrcC&pg=PA4}} | ||
</ref> | </ref> | ||
He was subsequently forced into the position of Director of Public Relations for the rebel forces in Kashmir and only managed to escape seven months later.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Thorner|first=Alice|date=1949|title=The Kashmir Conflict|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4322039|journal=Middle East Journal|volume=3|issue=1|pages=22–23|jstor=4322039|issn=0026-3141}}</ref> Sardar Ibrahim was proclaimed as the head of a provisional government of [[ | He was subsequently forced into the position of Director of Public Relations for the rebel forces in Kashmir and only managed to escape seven months later.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Thorner|first=Alice|date=1949|title=The Kashmir Conflict|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4322039|journal=Middle East Journal|volume=3|issue=1|pages=22–23|jstor=4322039|issn=0026-3141}}</ref> Sardar Ibrahim was proclaimed as the head of a provisional government of [[Pakistan-occupied Kashmir]] on 24 October, with nominal headquarters at [[Palandri]] but real operations based in Rawalpindi. Mitha and Reddy worked with the new government to create press releases. They stayed at the 'Poonch House' in Rawalpindi.<ref name="Aziz" />{{efn|The 'Poonch House' was one of the palaces of the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, which was apparently usurped by Pakistan.<ref name="Naipaul2012">{{citation|last=Naipaul|first=V. S.|title=Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FW7q5sM9JZ8C&pg=PT69|date=2012|publisher=Pan Macmillan|isbn=978-1-4472-0936-2|page=69}}</ref>}} They were also close to the Chief Minister [[Abdul Qayyum Khan]] of the [[Northwest Frontier Province]], and acted as press advisors to him as well.<ref name="Defence Journal"> | ||
{{cite book |title=Defence Journal (Pakistan), Volume 11 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m3zfAAAAMAAJ |page=4 |year=1985}} | {{cite book |title=Defence Journal (Pakistan), Volume 11 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m3zfAAAAMAAJ |page=4 |year=1985}} | ||
</ref> At some point, Reddy is believed to have been interned by Pakistani authorities who regarded him as a spy. He escaped to India in 1948, and the evidence he carried with him of the US and Pakistani involvement in the invasion of Kashmir was published in the weekly [[Blitz (newspaper)|''Blitz'']] in a series of articles starting 9 June 1948, causing a national and international sensation.<ref name="Karanjia">B. K. Karanjia, "G. K. with ''Blitz''" in {{harvnb|Bhagyalakshmi|1991|pp=xxii–xxiv}}</ref> | </ref> At some point, Reddy is believed to have been interned by Pakistani authorities who regarded him as a spy. He escaped to India in 1948, and the evidence he carried with him of the US and Pakistani involvement in the invasion of Kashmir was published in the weekly [[Blitz (newspaper)|''Blitz'']] in a series of articles starting 9 June 1948, causing a national and international sensation.<ref name="Karanjia">B. K. Karanjia, "G. K. with ''Blitz''" in {{harvnb|Bhagyalakshmi|1991|pp=xxii–xxiv}}</ref> | ||
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* He was awarded Honorary Doctorate by [[Andhra University]] and [[Sri Venkateswara University]]. | * He was awarded Honorary Doctorate by [[Andhra University]] and [[Sri Venkateswara University]]. | ||
* He was awarded the [[Raja-Lakshmi Award]] in 1986 by [[Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation]] Chennai. | * He was awarded the [[Raja-Lakshmi Award]] in 1986 by [[Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation]] Chennai. | ||
==Death and memorial== | ==Death and memorial== | ||