Bheemanna Khandre

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Bheemanna Khandre
Minister of Transport, Government of Karnataka
In office
1992–1994
Personal details
Born (1925-11-01) 1 November 1925 (age 99)
Bhalki, Kingdom of Mysore, British India (present–day Karnataka, India)
Citizenship Indian
Political party Indian National Congress
Children8, including:
Relatives Sagar Khandre (grandson)

Bheemanna Khandre (born 1 November 1925) is an Indian independence activist, educationist and politician. A member of the Indian National Congress party, he was the Minister of Transport in the Government of Karnataka from 1992 to 1994. Khandre was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, including the erstwhile Mysore Legislative Assembly, for four terms.

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Personal life

Khandre was born on 1 November 1925 in Bhalki, Kingdom of Mysore (present-day Karnataka), India). He holds a BA LLB degree. Khandre married Lakshmi Bai, with whom he has three sons, including politicians Vijaykumar Khandre and Eshwara Khandre; and five daughters. [1] [2] Sagar Khandre, the Member of Parliament from Bidar Lok Sabha constituency, is his grandson. [3]

Political career

Khandre was elected as a President of Bhalki Taluk Municipal Council in 1953. He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from the Bhalki constituency for four terms, 1962, 1967, 1978 and 1983. In 1968, Khandre was made was the president of the Bidar District Congress Committee. [1]

Appointed as the general secretary of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee and the convernor of State Kisan Cell of Karnataka in the year 1980, he participated in the All India Kisan Rally held at New Delhi on 16 February 1981 along with 16,000 farmers from the state. [1]

In 1988, Khandre he was elected as a member of the Legislative Council of Karnataka from Bidar District, a feat which he repeated in 1994 to 2000. [1]

He served as the Minister of Transport in Government of Karnataka from 1992 to 1994 and was the leader of the Upper House of Karnataka. [1]

Other ventures

Khandre was the president of Shanti Vardhak Education Society from 1963 to 1993. [1] [4]

Founder of two sugar factories under co-operative sector in Karnataka, he was the chairman of Bidar Sahakara Sakkare Karkhane for 12 years and was the executive member of National Federation of Co-operative Sugar Factory. [1] [4] He was also executive member of Indian Sugar Export Corporation, New Delhi. [1]

Khandre was also the President of Akhil Bharat Veerashaiva Mahasabha, an organization for the development of the Lingayat community. [4] [5]

Awards and recognition

Khandre was awarded the "Suvarna Karnataka Rajyotsava Award" by the Government of Karnataka. Gulbarga University also conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Law (Honoris Causa) on him. [4]

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