Shimoga,officially known as Shivamogga,is a city and the district headquarters of Shimoga district in the central part of the state of Karnataka,India. The city lies on the banks of the Tunga River. Being the gateway for the hilly region of the Western Ghats,the city is popularly nicknamed the "Gateway of Malnad". The population of Shimoga city is 322,650 as per 2011 census. The city has been selected for the Smart Cities project,standing in the fourth position in the state and 25th in the country as of November 2020.
Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa,popularly known by his pen name Kuvempu,was an Indian poet,playwright,novelist and critic. He is widely regarded as the greatest Kannada poet of the 20th century. He was the first Kannada writer to receive the Jnanpith Award.
Sarekoppa Bangarappa was an Indian politician who was the 12th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1990 to 1992.
K. S. Eshwarappa is an Indian senior Bharatiya Janata Party politician who was Minister of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj of Karnataka from 20 August 2019 to 14 April 2022. He was the 6th Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka from 12 July 2012 to 12 May 2013. He was Minister of State for Rural development and Panchayat Raj of Karnataka from 20 August 2019 to 26 July 2021. He is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka. He was the seventh Deputy Chief minister in the BJP government headed by Jagadish Shettar from 2012 to 2013. On 20 August 2019 he was inducted as a Cabinet Minister in the BJP government led by B.S. Yediyurappa. He served as Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council (2014-2018).
Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa,often referred to by his initials BSY,is an Indian politician presently serving as a member of the BJP Parliamentary board committee,termed as the highest office of authority in the party. He served as the 19th Chief Minister of Karnataka,and currently a Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is also the only politician so far in Karnataka to have served four times as Chief Minister and three times as Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He is the longest serving Chief Minister of Karnataka from BJP. He is a MLA from Shikaripura constituency in Shimoga district,from where he has been elected eight times.
Shimoga district,officially known as Shivamogga district,is a district in the Karnataka state of India. A major part of Shimoga district lies in the Malnad region or the Sahyadri. Shimoga city is its administrative centre. Jog Falls view point is a major tourist attraction. As of 2011 Shimoga district has a population of 17,52,753. There are seven taluks:Soraba,Sagara,Hosanagar,Shimoga,Shikaripura,Thirthahalli,and Bhadravathi. Channagiri and Honnali were part of Shimoga district until 1997 when they became part of the newly formed Davanagere district.
Thirthahalli is a panchayat town located in the Shimoga district of the state of Karnataka,India. It lies on the bank of the river Tunga and is also the headquarters of the Thirthahalli Taluk of Shimoga district.
Siddavanahalli Nijalingappa was an Indian independence activist,Congress Party politician,and lawyer who served two terms as the Chief Minister of Karnataka first between 1956 and 1958,and once again from 1962 to 1968. He was the 4th Chief Minister of the state of Karnataka.
M. R. Seetharam is an Indian politician,entrepreneur,educationist and philanthropist from the state of Karnataka. He was nominated as a member of Legislative Council in 2012. He was the Minister for Planning,Statistics,Science and Technology in the Congress state Government.
Bookanakere Yeddyurappa Raghavendra is an Indian politician and a member of the 16th Lok Sabha representing Shimoga district of Karnataka and was a member of 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He previously represented Shikaripura Assembly constituency of Karnataka and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Dr. C. P. Joshi is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Indian National Congress. He is the current Speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. Previously he was the Member of Parliament of India from Bhilwara in the 15th Lok Sabha. He was one of the first 19 members of India's new cabinet sworn in on 22 May 2009,despite being a first-time member of the Lok Sabha. As a union minister,Joshi held key portfolios like Road Transport and Highways,and Rural Development and Panchayati Raj in the Second Manmohan Singh ministry. Moreover,he was also a Cabinet Minister of the Government of Rajasthan from 1998 to 2003.
Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge is an Indian politician who is the current Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha from Karnataka and Leader of the Opposition of Rajya Sabha from 16 February 2021. He is the former Minister of Railways and Minister of Labour and Employment in the Government of India. Kharge is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party and was a Member of Parliament for Gulbarga,Karnataka during 2009–2019.
Sarekoppa Vasanth Kumar is an Indian actor and politician from Karnataka.
Daradahalli Byregowda Chandregowda,is a former Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly,three-term MLA,one-term MLC,and Member of Parliament—three-term from Lok Sabha and one-term from Rajya sabha.
Araga Jnanendra is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister of Home Department Excluding Intelligence Wing of Karnataka from 04 August 2021. He is the Member of the Karnataka Legislative assembly from Thirthahalli constituency.
Chikkamagaravalli Thimme Gowda Ravi is an Indian politician who is the current National General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party and four-time legislator from Chikmagalur Constituency of Karnataka State. He was a cabinet minister in the Government of Karnataka and currently is the National General secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party. He resigned his post as the cabinet minister after being appointed the National General secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Kagodu Thimmappa is an Indian retired politician who was the 21st speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and member of the Indian National Congress and a former member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly elected from the Sagar. He became the Speaker of the 14th Assembly in May 2013. He served as the Minister of Revenue and Muzrai in the Siddaramaiah cabinet between 2016 and 2018,before retiring from active politics.
Tanveer Aziz Sait is an Indian politician who was the Minister of State for Primary and Secondary Education of Karnataka from 2016 to 2018. He is Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Narasimharaja constituency since May 2002. Sait is a five-term member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
Pramod Malpe 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. He belongs to Koli community of Karnataka.
Vadigenahalli Munishamappa Muniyapppa is an Indian politician who was the Minister of Sericulture department (1991),Minister of Energy(1993) and Minister of Mines &Geology(1999) in cabinet of S. Bangarappa,Veerappa Moily and S. M. Krishna Respectively. Currently he is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Sidlaghatta Constituency. He was contesting Member of the Legislative Assembly elections from Sidlaghatta of Chikkaballapur district since 1983 as a candidate of Indian National Congress. He is the one of the senior Leader of Indian National Congress- Karnataka and elected 6 times as Member of the Legislative Assembly from Sidlaghatta. As a token of honesty,sincerity,loyalty towards party he was selected as a candidate to contest Member of Legislative Assembly for 9 times and 1 time for Member of Parliament(1996).
