Know your Politician
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Father’s Name
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Shri Huche Gowda
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Mother’s Name
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Smt. Ramamma
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Date of Birth
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15.12.1949
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Place of Birth
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K. R. Nagara, Distt. Mysore (Karnataka)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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20 Apr 1974
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Shantamma
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No. of Sons
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3
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No.of Daughters
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1
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Educational Qualifications
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B.Sc., LL.B.
Educated at Mysore University and Sharada Vilasa Law College, Mysore, Karnataka
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Profession
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Advocate
Agriculturist
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Permanent Address |
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Govt. House Premises, Near Rural Bus Stand,
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Nazarbad, Mysore City – 10
Karnataka
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Tel. (0821) 2445656, 09901172999 (M)
Fax. (0821) 2442266
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Present Address |
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128-130, South Avenue,
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New Delhi – 110 011
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Tels. (011) 23795342, 9013180146 (M)
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Position Held |
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1978-83,1989-94 & 1999-04
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Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly(three terms)
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1993-1994
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State Minister, Govt. of Karnataka
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1999-2004
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Cabinet Minister, Govt. of Karnataka
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2009
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Elected to 15th Lok Sabha
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31 Aug. 2009
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Member, Committee on Urban Development
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Member, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C)
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development
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Convenor, Congress (I) Parliamentary Party (CPP), Karnataka
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Book Published
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(i)Halli Hakki Hadu (Melodies of a village warbler 2008)an autobiography;and (ii)Matasante (The vote Bazaar 2009), a political thriller which narrates the business behind elections
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Initiated Lake Development Authority – to protect the lakes of Bangalore from land grabbers, conserving drinking water; launched many programmes (i) Democratization of school education; (ii) Samudayadatta Shale (school Adoption Programme); (iii) Chaitanya (Refresher programme for the teachers); (iv) Akshara Dasoha (mid day meal programme); (v) Mahithi Sindhu (Computer literacy programme for high school students); (vi)Shikshana Samvada (an interaction programme on air); (vii) Chinnara Angala (a Bridge programme to identify and stimulate the school dropouts and helping them to come back to schools); (viii)Group insurance programme for children; (ix)Declared child as the property of the state; (x)School development and monitoring committee elected by the parents and local people representatives of the neighbourhood; and (xi) free education to all girl students from first to tenth standard in all respect; launched many programmes to rebuild coopertives sector, major programme “Yashaswini” a health insurance scheme which enabled our farmers to get world class health care
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Special Interests
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Educate people; and enthuse and involve the community to participate in the effective implementation of populist programmes of the Government
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Sports and Clubs
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Organised sports meets across Karnataka to identify sports talent, who belongs to rural Karnataka, who were oppressed and were deprived of opportunities; started a special sports school for the tribal students and encourage them to exhibit their talent in the mainstream; organised third National Sports Festival in Karnataka with the assistance of Union Government and developed many stadiums and encouraged the local talent to compete at National level.
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Countries Visited
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European Countries
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Reference: Loksabha