K. V. Raghunatha Reddy

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

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| name = K. V. Raghunatha Reddy

| image = File:K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (cropped).jpg

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| office = 6th Governor of Tripura

| term_start = 12 February 1990

| term_end = 14 August 1993

| predecessor = Sultan Singh

| successor = Romesh Bhandari

| office1 = 14th Governor of West Bengal

| term_start1 = 14 August 1993

| term_end1 = 27 April 1998

| predecessor1 = B. Satya Narayan Reddy (additional charge)

| successor1 = Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai

| office2 = Governor of Odisha

| term_start2 = 31 January 1997

| term_end2 = 12 February 1997

| predecessor2 = Gopala Ramanujam

| successor2 = Gopala Ramanujam

| office3 = Governor of Odisha

| term_start3 = 13 December 1997

| term_end3 = 27 April 1998

| predecessor3 = Gopala Ramanujam

| successor3 = C. Rangarajan

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|9|4|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| residence = Raj Bhavan, Kolkata

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|3|4|1924|9|4|df=y}}

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K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (4 September 1924{{cite web |url= http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/r.pdf |title= Member's detail}} – 4 March 2002{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/2002/03/05/stories/2002030502661300.htm | title=Raghunatha Reddy dead | date=5 March 2002 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=31 December 2018}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}){{cite book |title=India book of the year |page=17 |year=2003 |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica (India) |isbn=978-81-8131-000-2 }} was an Indian politician. He served three terms as Member of Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh during the period 1962-68, 1968–74 and 1974-1980. He served as the Governor of Tripura (1990–1993),{{cite web |title=Tripura - Governors |url=http://tripura.nic.in/icm.htm |publisher=tripura.nic.in |accessdate=9 July 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709081847/http://tripura.nic.in/icm.htm |archivedate=9 July 2011 |url-status=dead|df= }} the Governor of West Bengal (1993–1998){{cite book |title=Bulletin of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Volume 49 |page=247 |year=1998 |publisher=Ramakrishna Mission }} and the Governor of Odisha{{cite news |title=Quicktakes |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19971214/34850673.html |work=Indian Express |date=14 December 1997 |accessdate=27 November 2010 }} {{Dead link|date=March 2012}} (31 January 1997 - 12 February 1997 and 13 December 1997 – 27 April 1998). He also worked as union labour minister.{{cite book |title=Thirty years of the Indian National Trade Union Congress, 1947 to 1977 |last=Trivedi |first=H. N. |page=35 |year=1977 |publisher=Indian National Trade Union Congress |oclc=5971288 }}