Biography

MADE GOWDA, SHRI G.

[Cong. (I) – Mandya (Karnataka)]

1962-89

1977-79

1978-80

1981-83

1989

1990

Sept. 1990

1991

Other Positions held

1928

Vill. Gurudevarahalli in Distt. Mandya (Karnataka)

Married in April, 1958

Smt. J.P. Padmma

Two sons and two daughters

B.A., LL.B.

Educated at Maharaja’s College, Mysore and Government Law College,
Bangalore

Agriculturist, Political and Social Worker, Educationist, Lawyer,
Sportsman, Musician and Artist

‘Madhu Nilaya’, Bandigowda Lay-out, Mandya City, Distt. Mandya
(Karnataka). Tel. 20170

6, Teenmurti Lane, New Delhi-110011. Tel. 3792279

Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly

Member, Janata Party

Member, Public Accounts Committee, Karnataka Legislative Assembly

Cabinet Minister, Karnataka

Elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth)

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Textiles

Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table

Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth)

President, DCC, Mandya, Karnataka; Executive Member,
PCC, Karnataka

Promotion of education, upliftment of poor and downtrodden,
fight against
social evils; Chairman-Founder, Bharathi Education Trust, Mandya under which
started number of schools and colleges in Distt. Mandya, which apart
from graduate courses, impart job-oriented courses like Sericulture,
Electronics, D. Pharma; also constructing ‘Eshwara Temple’ with Kalyana
Mantapa to generate religious feelings among villagers

Agriculture development; founding of educational
institutions;
cooperative movement; public sector undertakings; working to create ‘Ramrajya’
in India

Listening to radio and TV news

Volleyball, football, badminton player and jogging, Member, Mandya City
Club, Distt. Mandya

Participated in freedom struggle and suffered imprisonment during
1942-47; Founder Member, Chamundeshwari Sugar Mills; constructed a
Sanitarium ‘Mahatma Gandhi Sanitarium’ in Hosur village, near Mandya City
and a new building for ‘Karnataka Sangha’ for the development of Kannada
literature.