Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda is an Indian politician who served as the prime minister of India from 1996 to 1997. He previously served as the Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996 and as a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha. A member of the Janata Dal (Secular),he has been serving as the party's president since 1999 and has been Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha representing Karnataka since 2020.
Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna was an Indian politician who served as Minister of External Affairs of India from 2009 to October 2012. He was the 10th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1999 to 2004 and the 19th Governor of Maharashtra from 2004 to 2008. S. M. Krishna served as the Speaker of the Karnataka Vidhana Soudha from December 1989 to January 1993. He was also a Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha member from 1971 to 2014. He is widely credited with putting Bengaluru on the world map by building the foundation for it to become the IT Hub that it is today during his tenure as Chief Minister. In 2023,Krishna was awarded the Padma Vibhushan,the second highest civilian award of India.
The Janata Dal (Secular) (transl. People's Party (Secular);abbr.JD(S)) is an Indian political party recognised as a state party in the Indian states 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.
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 in the history of Karnataka state to hold that office for a full five-year term after D. Devaraj Urs.
Haradanahalli Devegowda Kumaraswamy is an Indian politician and film producer who is serving as the Minister of Heavy Industries and Steel of India since 10 June 2024. He also served as the 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 2018 to 2019 and previously from 2006 to 2007. He was also the leader of the opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from 2013 to 2014. He is currently the president of the Karnataka State Janata Dal (Secular). He is a member of Lok Sabha,having been elected from Mandya and the former member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Channapatna from 2018 to 2024,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.
Kambadahalli Hanumappa Muniyappa is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is a seven time Member of the Parliament from Kolar Lok Sabha constituency and also served as a Cabinet Minister.
Dr. Chikkegowda Narayanagowda is an Indian social activist,politician who formerly served as Minister of Sericulture,Youth empowerment and sports of Karnataka from January 2021 to May 2023.
Hassan Lok Sabha constituency is in Karnataka state in Southern India. The constituency was represented by Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda from 1991 to 1994,1998 to 1999 and again from 2004 and 2014. This constituency comprises Hassan district and Kaduru Taluk in Chikmagaluru district.
Hardanahalli Devegowda Revanna is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka,and a member of the Legislative Assembly in the state of Karnataka,representing the Holenarasipur constituency in Hassan district. His political party is Janata Dal (Secular). H. D. Revanna was booked in a kidnapping case in April 2024 after a 20-year-old man filed a police complaint alleging that Revanna’s associate abducted his mother,who was among the many women featured in the alleged sexual abuse tapes of Revanna’s son Prajwal Revanna.
Udupi Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka a state in southern India. This constituency was created as part of the implementation of the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008,based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002. It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament was D. V. Sadananda Gowda of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Gowda was selected on 4 August 2011 to become Chief Minister (CM) of Karnataka after the previous CM B. S. Yeddyurappa resigned. He therefore had to resign as MP for this seat which forced a by-election in 2012. This by-election was won by K. Jayaprakash Hegde of the Indian National Congress (INC). As of the latest elections in 2019,Shobha Karandlaje of the BJP represents this constituency.
Gangasandra Siddappa Basavaraj is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is a five time MLA from Tumkur Lok Sabha constituency. He now represents Bharatiya Janata Party.
Sobaganahalli Papegowda Muddahanumegowda is an Indian former advocate,former Judicial Officer and Member of Parliament in 16th Lok Sabha. He belongs to the Indian National Congress party.
Cholenahalli Nanjappa Manjunath is an Indian cardiologist turned politician. He is the MP of Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha constituency. He is the son in law of H. D. Deve Gowda.
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.
Nikhil Kumaraswamy,also known as Nikhil Gowda is an Indian actor and politician known for his work in Kannada films. He made his acting debut with the Kannada-Telugu bilingual film Jaguar (2016).
Malavalli Venkatappa Chandrashekara Murthy,sometimes spelled M. V. Chandrashekhara Murthy,was an Indian Union Minister of State for Finance and a member of parliament representing Kanakapura of Karnataka State in the 6th,7th,8th,9th,10th and 13th Lok Sabhas.
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.
Suraj Revanna is an Indian politician and physician who is serving as a Member of Karnataka Legislative Council from Hassan district. His political party is the Janata Dal (Secular).
Swaroop Prakash is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is elected to Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Hassan constituency representing Janata Dal (Secular).
