Chennamma Deve Gowda

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Chennamma Deve Gowda is an Indian political figure. She is the spouse of H. D. Deve Gowda, former Prime Minister of India [1] thus holding the title of Spouse of the Head of Government of India. [2]

In February 2001, Chennamma was the victim of an acid attack, which allegedly stemmed from a family feud. [3] [4]

Personal life

She has four sons and two daughters [5] including H. D. Kumaraswamy, Chief Minister of Karnataka [6] [7] and H. D. Revanna, Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly. [8]

References

  1. "Shri H. D. Deve Gowda". Office of Prime Minister of India.
  2. "Shri H.D. Devegowda| National Portal of India". National Portal of India. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  3. "Family feud suspected behind acid attack". The Times of India. 2001-02-23. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 2025-07-17.
  4. Trivedi, Amrendra Nath Tripathi & Dr Piyush Kumar (2023-01-21). Acid Attack : A Nightmare. Ashok Yakkaldevi. ISBN   978-1-387-11038-4.
  5. McDannald, Alexander Hopkins (1997). The Americana Annual: An Encyclopedia of Current Events. Americana corporation. ISBN   978-0-7172-0228-7.
  6. "Member Profile". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  7. "Profile and Biography of Former Karnataka Chief Minister H.D.Kumaraswamy". Karnataka Spider. 2014-12-17. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  8. "HD Revanna, Holenarasipur constituency Karnataka election result 2018 LIVE updates: Deve Gowda's son wins". Financial Express. Retrieved 2022-10-02.