Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda is an Indian politician who served as the 11th 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 and 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.
Janata Dal was an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions,the Lok Dal,Indian National Congress (Jagjivan),and the Jan Morcha united on 11 October 1988 on the birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan under the leadership of V. P. Singh.
Lok Shakti is a political party in India. Lok Shakti was one of several parties that were formed when the Janata Dal crumbled in the mid-1990s. LS was formed in February 1997 after Ramakrishna Hegde was expelled from Janata Dal. Lok Shakti emerged as a major party in Karnataka. It was a founding member of the National Democratic Alliance.
The Janata Dal (Secular) (transl. People Party (Secular);abbr.JD(S)) is an Indian regional political party recognised as a state party in the state of Karnataka,Kerala and Arunachal Pradesh. It was founded by the former prime minister of India H. D. Deve Gowda in July 1999 as a breakaway faction from the Janata Dal.
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) (SJP(R)),also called as Janata Dal (Socialist) is an Indian political party founded by Chandra Shekhar,8th Prime Minister of India in 1990–91,and led by him until his death on 8 July 2007.
Siddaramaiah,also referred to by his nickname Siddu,is an Indian politician who is serving as the 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka since 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 from 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 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.
Ramakrishna Mahabaleshwar Hegde was an Indian politician who served as the third Chief Minister of Karnataka for three terms between 1983 and 1988. He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in 1957,1962,1967,1983,1985 and 1989,and to the Rajya Sabha for two terms,1978–83 and 1996–2002. He also served as Minister of Commerce and Industry in the Union government (1998–1999).
Haradanahalli Deve Gowda Kumaraswamy,known among followers as Kumaranna,is an Indian politician,film producer and businessman who served as the 12th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 2018 to 2019 and previously from 2006 to 2007. He also the leader of the oppsition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from 2013 to 2014. He is a former president of the Karnataka State Janata Dal (Secular),member of Lok Sabha and the current member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Channapatna since 2018,Ramanagara from 2004 to 2009 and from 2013 to 2018. He is the son of former prime minister of India &former Chief Minister of Karnataka H. D. Deve Gowda.
Parvatagouda Gaddigoudar is a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India. He also represented the 14th Lok Sabha. He represents the Bagalkot constituency of Karnataka since 2004 and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party.
Veerendra Basappa Patil was a senior Indian politician and was twice,the Chief Minister of Karnataka. He became Chief Minister for the first time from 1968–1971 and the second time was almost 18 years later,from 1989–1990.
Somappa Rayappa Bommai was an Indian Politician who was the 4th Chief Minister of Karnataka. He was also the Human Resource Development Minister in the United Front government from 1996 to 1998. He is widely remembered as the champion for the landmark judgment of the Supreme Court of India,S. R. Bommai v. Union of India.
Abdul Samad Siddiqui was an Indian educationist and politician who was a Member of Parliament from Hyderabad - Karnataka region from 1988 till 1994. He was also one of the famous Muslim leaders from the North Karnataka region,known for his obsession with building educational institutes for the poor.
Matada Patil Prakash,was an Indian politician,film actor,director who was the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka from 2005 to 2006. Prakash was also a theatre enthusiast. He directed and acted in Kannada plays. He died on 9 February 2011 in Bangalore at the age of 71.
The 1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election took place in October 1999 in 224 constituencies in Karnataka,India. The elections were conducted to elect the government in the state of Karnataka for the next five years.
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.
Deve Gowda ministry was the Council of Ministers in Karnataka,a state in South India headed by H. D. Deve Gowda that was formed after the 1994 Karnataka elections.
Ramakrishna Hegde ministry was the Council of Ministers in Karnataka,a state in South India headed by Ramakrishna Hegde of the Janata Party.
Ramakrishna Hegde ministry was the Council of Ministers in Karnataka,a state in South India headed by Ramakrishna Hegde of the Janata Party.
Ramakrishna Hegde ministry was the Council of Ministers in Karnataka,a state in South India headed by Ramakrishna Hegde of the Janata Party.
C. Byre Gowda was an Indian senior legislator and cabinet minister of Karnataka,India. He was the Minister of Agriculture from 1996 to 1999 in the cabinet of Chief Minister J.H Patel.
