H. D. Deve Gowda
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| H. D. Deve Gowda ಎಚ್ ಡಿ ದೇವೇಗೌಡ |
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| In office 1 June 1996 – 21 April 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Atal Behari Vajpayee |
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| Succeeded by | I. K. Gujral |
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| Born | 18 May 1933 Haradanahalli, Kingdom of Mysore,  British India |
| Political party | United Front |
| Born | 18 May 1933 |
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| Residence | Bangalore | |
| Office | MP | |
| Constituency | Hassan | |
| Political party | JD(S) | |
| Spouse | Chennamma | |
| Children | 4 sons and 2 daughters | |
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Haradanahalli Dodde Deve Gowda (Kannada: ಎಚ್ ಡಿ ದೇವೇಗೌಡ) Born 18 May 1933 in Haradanahalli was the eleventh Prime Minister of the Republic of India (1996–1997 and the 14th chief minister of the state of Karnataka (1994–1996). A member of a farming family, he was trained as a farmer and won his first seat in the Karnataka state assembly in 1962, rising to become Karnataka's chief minister. In the late 1970s Deve Gowda rose in the Janata party and was an important figure in reuniting its successor, the Janata Dal party, after the original group splintered in 1980. Deve Gowda was instrumental in attracting to the party, divergent castes. When the Congress party was defeated in the 1996 general elections and Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao resigned, Deve Gowda became prime minister of a United Front coalition government after Indian nationalists failed to form a government. He is widely respected and regarded for his struggle toward the cause of the farming community and is proudly hailed as son of the soil.
Shri H. D. Deve Gowda was born on May 18, 1933 in Haradanahalli village of Holenarasipura taluk, Hassan District in Karnataka.
A Civil Engineering Diploma holder, Shri Deve Gowda plunged into active politics at the early age when, after completing his education, he joined the Congress Party in 1953 and remained a member till 1962.
He earned himself a niche in the minds of people while serving as the President of Anjaneya Co-operative Society and later as a member of Taluk Development Board, Holenarasipura.
When just 28 years old, Gowda contested as an Independent became a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in 1962. Holenarasipur constituency sent him to the Assembly for three more consecutive terms i.e., the Fourth (1967-71); the Fifth (1972-77) and the Sixth (1978-83) Assemblies.
Shri Deve Gowda resigned his membership of the Sixth Assembly on November 22, 1982. As a member of the Seventh and the Eighth Assembly, he served as the Minister of Public Works and Irrigation. He resigned from the Cabinet in 1987 protesting against insufficient allocation of funds for Irrigation.
Shri Deve Gowda became the President of Janta party twice at State level and President of State Janata Dal in 1994. He was the driving force behind the Janata Dal's rise to power in the State in 1994. He was elected as the leader of the Janata Dal Legislative Party and on December 11, 1994 he assumed office as the 14th Chief Minister of Karnataka. He then contested as a candidate from Ramanagar Assembly constituency and won by a thumping majority.
The leadership of the Third Front (a group of regional parties and Non-Congress and Non-BJP combine) leading to Prime Minister's job.
Shri Deve Gowda resigned as the Chief Minister of Karnataka on May 30, 1996 to be sworn in as the 11th Prime Minister of India.
[edit] JD(S)
He is the president of the Janata Dal (S) (JD-S) political party in India and currently a member of Parliament (MP) representing his home town Hassan district in Karnataka. The JD-S had formed a coalition with the Congress party government lead by Dharam Singh. There are allegations of nepotism owing to his two children H.D. Revanna and H.D. Kumaraswamy being powerful in this government. Revanna had served as a minister in that government.
In January 2006, H.D. Kumaraswamy, son of Devegowda took support of around 40 JD(S) MLAs and the BJP to bring down the Dharam Singh led coalition government. This prompted Devegowda to resign from his post as party president owing moral responsibilities for failing to save the Dharam Singh government. However in February 2006, he withdrew his resignation and suspended 40 JD(S) MLAs of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, including his son and Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, from the primary membership of the party. It was speculated that the entire political fiasco was orchestrated by Devegowda to elevate his son to the political summit. Recently, Mr. Gowda has openly supported his son's move to align with the BJP, provided it stuck to a common development agenda. He has also suggested that he would be willing to coordinate the BJP-led alliance on a national level, going against his previous adamant stance against dealing with the BJP. The stance led a split in his party, the Janata Dal.
| Preceded by Atal Behari Vajpayee |
Prime Minister of India 1996—1997 |
Succeeded by Inder Kumar Gujral |
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Nehru • Nanda • Shastri • I. Gandhi • Desai • C. C. Singh • R. Gandhi • V. P. Singh • Shekhar • Rao • Vajpayee • Gowda • Gujral • M. Singh |
| Chief Ministers of Karnataka |
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| K. C. Reddy • Kengal Hanumanthaiah • Kadidal Manjappa • S.Nijalingappa • B.D. Jatti • S.R. Kanthi • Veerendra Patil • D. Devaraj Urs • R. Gundu Rao • Ramakrishna Hegde • S. R. Bommai • S.Bangarappa • M. Veerappa Moily • H. D. Deve Gowda • J. H. Patel • S. M. Krishna • Dharam Singh • H. D. Kumaraswamy |
