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EARLY LIFE
- Shri H. D. Deve Gowda, a staunch crusader of socioeconomic development and an ardent admirer of the rich cultural heritage of India, was born on May 18, 1933 in Haradanahalli village of Holenarasipura taluk, Hassan District in Karnataka.
- His father Dodde Gowda was a paddy farmer and mother, Devamma.Gowda earned a diploma in civil engineering from L. V. Polytechnic, Hassan, in the late 1950s.
EARLY LIFE
- He married Chennamma in 1954. They have six children together: four sons including politician H. D. Revanna and H. D. Kumaraswamy is current Chief Minister of Karnataka. and two daughters.
- Shri Deve Gowda plunged into active politics at the early age of 20 when, after completing his education, he joined the Congress Party in 1953 and remained a member till 1962.
POLITICAL CAREER
- Coming from a middle class agrarian background and exposed to the hardships of farmer’s life, young Gowda vowed to become a fighter who would take up the cause of poor farmers, under privileged and oppressed sections of society.
- Gowda joined the Indian National Congress party in 1953 and remained a member until 1962. During that period, he was President of Anjaneya Cooperative Society of Holenarasipura and later became a member of the Taluk Development Board of Holenarasipura.
POLITICAL CAREER
- In 1962, Gowda was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Holenarasipura constituency as an independent candidate
- Later, he was elected from the same constituency to the Assembly for six consecutive terms from 1962 to 1989. He joined the Congress (O) during the Congress split.
JANATA PARTY
- Gowda was twice the President of state unit of the Janata Party. He served as a minister in the Janata Party Government in Karnataka headed by Ramakrishna Hegde from 1983 to 1988.
- He became President of the state unit of Janata Dal in 1994 and was the driving force behind the victory of the party in the 1994 State Assembly elections.
- He was elected as the 14th Chief Minister of Karnataka in December.
PRIME MINISTER
- In the 1996 general elections, the Congress party headed by P. V. Narasimha Rao lost decisively but no other party won enough seats to form a government.
- When the United Front(a conglomeration of nonCongress and non-BJP regional parties) decided to form the Government at the Centre with the support of the Congress, Deve Gowda was unexpectedly chosen to head the government and became the 11th Prime Minister of India.
- He took over as Prime Minister of India on 1 June 1996 and continued until 11 April 1997.
JANATA DAL SECULAR
- In 1999, when some senior leaders of the party decided to join hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA, the party split into factions.
- Many leaders, including Madhu Dandawate\, joined the Janata Dal (Secular) faction headed by Deve Gowda, who became the National president of this faction
- The 2004 elections in Karnataka witnessed the revival of his party’s fortunes with the Janata Dal (Secular) winning 58 seats and becoming a part of the ruling coalition in the state.
- On 23rd of may 2018 H. D. Kumaraswamy (Head of coalation INC & JDS) sworn in as CM & proved majority on 25th of may on the floor of assembly STUDY IQ
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