Kamalapati Tripathi (3 September 1905[1] – 8 October 1990) was an Indian politician, writer, journalist, and freedom fighter.

The eldest son was Lokpati Tripathi who was also a minister in Uttar Pradesh, his second son was Mayapati Tripathi who founded the social organisation by the name of Akhil Bharatiya Kissan Mazdoor Vahini.

[5] Tripathi started his career as a journalist working for the daily Hindi newspaper Aaj and later Sansaar.

In 1942 he was on his way to Mumbai to participate in the Quit India Movement when he was arrested and jailed for 3 years.

Kamalapati Tripathi was elected to the Constituent Assembly from United Province on Congress Party ticket and played an important part in the drafting of the Constitution of India.