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H. D. Deve Gowda

11th Prime Minister of India from 1996 to 1997 (born 1933)

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H. D. Deve Gowda: 11th Prime Minister of India from 1996 to 1997 (born 1933)
Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda is an Indian politician who served as the 11th prime minister of India from 1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997. He was previously the 14th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996. He presently is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha representing Karnataka. He is the national president of the Janata Dal (Secular) party. Born in a farming family, he joined the Indian National Congress party in 1953, and remained a member until 1962. He was imprisoned during the Emergency. He became President of the state unit of Janata Dal in 1994, and was considered to be a driving force in the party's victory in Karnataka. He served as the 8th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996. In the 1996 general elections, no party won enough seats to form a government. When the United Front, a coalition of regional parties, formed the central government with the support of the Congress, Deve Gowda was unexpectedly chosen to head the government and was elected Prime Minister. During his tenure as prime minister, he also served as Home Minister for some time. His prime ministerial tenure lasted for less than a year. After his prime ministerial tenure, he was elected to the 12th (1998), 14th (2004), 15th, and 16th Lok Sabha, as Member of Parliament for the Hassan Lok Sabha constituency. He lost Lok Sabha elections in 2019 from Tumkuru but has been elected to Rajya Sabha since.

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HD Revanna withdrew his anticipatory bail petition in the video case involving his son and Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna. The presiding officer dismissed the petition. Revanna, son of former PM HD Deve..
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HC sets aside Deve Gowda grandson's election as MP

In a major setback to Janata Dal(S), the Karnataka HC Friday declared as null and void the election of party MP Prajwal Revanna from the Hassan Lok Sabha seat for falsifying his income details in the..
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