What is Gopalkrishna Gandhi?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Gopalkrishna Gandhi |image = Gopalkrishna Gandhi - Chatham House 2010.jpg |office = [[List of governors of Bihar|Governor of Bihar]] |1blankname = Chief Minister |1namedata = [[Nitish Kumar]] |term_start = 31 January 2006 |term_end = 21 June 2006 |predecessor = [[Buta Singh]] |successor = [[R. S. Gavai]] |office1 = [[Governor of West Bengal]] |1blankname1 = Chief Minister |1namedata1 = [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]] |term_start1 = 14 December 2004 |term_end1 = 14 December 2009 |predecessor1 = [[Viren J. Shah]] |successor1 = [[Devanand Konwar]] |birth_name = Gopalkrishna Devdas Gandhi |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|4|22|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Delhi]], [[British Raj|British India]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] |otherparty = [[United Progressive Alliance]] |spouse = Tara Gandhi |children = 2 daughters |alma_mater = [[University of Delhi]] |occupation = Professor of History and Politics at [[Ashoka University]] |parents = [[Devdas Gandhi]]<br>Lakshmi Gandhi }} '''Gopalkrishna Devdas Gandhi''' (born 22 April 1945) is an Indian politician. He was the 22nd [[Governor of West Bengal]] from 2004 to 2009.<ref>{{cite web| title = At farewell, Gopalkrishna Gandhi calls for change in mindsets | newspaper=The Hindu | url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article64508.ece|date=13 December 2009| access-date = 2013-11-29}}</ref> He is the grandson of [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. He was the [[United Progressive Alliance]] nominee for [[Vice President of India]] in the [[Indian vice-presidential election, 2017|2017 elections]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/gopalkrishna-gandhi-was-oppositions-nominee-for-vice-president-report/articleshow/59541414.cms|title=Gopalkrishna Gandhi is opposition's nominee for vice president: He lost the Vice Presidential elections miserably Report - Times of India}}</ref> and lost with 244 votes against NDA c