Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda or Devegowda is an Indian politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from 1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997. He was previously the 14th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996. He presently is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha representing Karnataka. He is the national president of the Janata Dal (Secular) party. Born in a farming family,he joined the Indian National Congress party in 1953,and remained a member until 1962. He was imprisoned during the Emergency. He became President of the state unit of Janata Dal in 1994,and was considered to be a driving force in the party's victory in Karnataka. He served as the 8th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996. In the 1996 general elections,no party won enough seats to form a government. When the United Front,a coalition of regional parties,formed the central government with the support of the Congress,Deve Gowda was unexpectedly chosen to head the government after V. P. Singh and Jyoti Basu declined the post and he was elected Prime Minister. During his tenure as prime minister,he also served as Home Minister for some time. His prime ministerial tenure lasted for less than a year. After his prime ministerial tenure,he was elected to the 12th (1998),14th (2004),15th,and 16th Lok Sabha,as Member of Parliament for the Hassan Lok Sabha constituency. He lost Lok Sabha elections in 2019 from Tumkuru but has been elected to Rajya Sabha since.
Siddaramaiah,also referred to by his nickname Siddu,is an Indian politician who is serving as the 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka from 20 May 2023. He also held that position previously from 2013 to 2018,being only the second person to hold that office for a full five-year term. He belongs to the Indian National Congress and is presently the leader of the Congress Legislative Party. He represented the Varuna Assembly constituency from 2023,previously from 2008 to 2018,Badami Assembly constituency from 2018 to 2023,and Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency from 2004 to 2007,1994 to 1999,and from 1983 to 1989 in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1996 to 1999 and from 2004 to 2005 while he was a member of the Janata Dal and Janata Dal (Secular). He also served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on two occasions,from 2019 to 2023 and from 2009 to 2013. Siddaramaiah was a member of various Janata Parivar factions for several years.
Qamar ul Islam,was an Indian politician who was the Six-term Member of the Karnataka Legislative assembly,one-term Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Kalaburagi and All India Congress Committee secretary (AICC) in-charge of Kerala. He served as the Cabinet Minister for Housing and Labour,Minister of Municipal Administration,Public Enterprises and Minister of Wakf and the MLA from Kalaburagi-North constituency for the state of Karnataka.
Moodubidire is a town and taluk in Dakshina Kannada district. It lies 34 km northeast of the district headquarters,Mangalore,in Karnataka,India.
Karnataka,a state in South India has a long association with Jainism,a religion which enjoyed patronage of major historic kingdoms in the state such as the Rastrakuta Dynasty,Western Ganga,Kadamba and Chalukya dynasties and the Hoysala Empire. Today the state is home to a number of Jain monuments,such as temples,Gommata statues and stambhas.
Hampa Nagarajaiah,known by his pen name Hampanā,is an Indian scholar in Kannada language and Jainism. He was born at Hampasandra Village located in Gowribidanur taluk,Chikkaballapura District in the Indian state of Karnataka. Hampanāwas married to Kamala Hampana,also a veteran littérateur,until her death.
B Ramanath Rai is an Indian politician affiliated with the Indian National Congress (INC). He is a six-time member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly,having represented the Bantwal constituency in the years 1985,1989,1994,1999,2008,and 2013.
On 9 October 2015,Prashanth Poojary,a Hindu man from the town of Moodabidri in Dakshina Kannada,Karnataka,was killed by Muslim extremists.
P. T. Parameshwar Naik is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka. He is a former member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing the Hoovina Hadagali constituency.
A. Manju is an Indian Politician from the state of Karnataka. He was a four-term member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing the Arkalgud constituency.
Manohar Tahsildar was an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka.
Holalkere Anjaneya is an Indian Politician from the state of Karnataka. He is a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing the Holalkere constituency.
Govind Muktappa Karjol,is an Indian politician who is the former Minister of Major and Medium Irrigation,water Resources of Karnataka from 4 August 2021 till 15 May 2023.
Priyank Mallikarjun Kharge is an Indian politician from Indian National Congress and serving as the Cabinet Minister in the Government of Karnataka. He is 3 time Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Chittapur Constituency in Kalaburagi District of Karnataka.
Pramod Madhwaraj is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from the state of Karnataka. In June 2016 Madhwaraj was inducted into the Siddaramaiah led government of Karnataka as a cabinet minister with Independent Charge. Madhwaraj holds the Youth Empowerment and Sports Department,Fisheries Department portfolio in the Government of Karnataka. He is the 10th richest minister in Karnataka to be sworn into the Karnataka Cabinet. Madhwaraj was born in Koli caste of Karnataka state of India.
The 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election was held on 12 May 2018 in 222 constituencies to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. The election was postponed in Jayanagar and Rajarajeshwari Nagar,following the death of the MLA B. N. Vijaya Kumar and a voter fraud scandal respectively till 28 May. The election saw a voter turnout of 72.13 per cent,the highest in Karnataka since several decades. The counting of votes took place on 15 May 2018.
K. Govindaraj is a politician and sports administrator from Karnataka. He is a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council representing Indian National Congress.
The J. H. Patel cabinet was the Council of Ministers in the Indian state of Karnataka headed by Chief minister J. H. Patel that was formed after the 1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections.
Hullappa Yamanappa Meti is an Indian politician. He is a member of Indian National Congress,a member of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly,and a former minister in the Siddaramaiah cabinet. In the 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election,Meti was elected from the Bagalkot assembly constituency,polling 68,216 votes. In the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election,he lost to Veerabhadrayya Charantimath of BJP,by a margin of 15,934 votes. Prior to that,he was a MLA for Guledgud Assembly constituency from 1989 to 1999 and 2004 to 2007.
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