DASAPPA, SHRI TULSIDAS, B.A., LL.B., Congress, (Karnataka—Mysore—1977):  s. of Shri Hiralli Channaya Dasappa and Smt. Yashodhara Dasappa; b. at Bangalore, July 16, 1929; ed. at Maharaja’s High School and Maharaja’s College, Mysore, Law Faculty, Delhi University; m. Smt. Saroja, June 26, 1961; 2 s. and 1 d.; Farmer and Advocate; left school and participated in ‘Quit-India’ Movement in 1942; Convenor, (i) Mysore Pradesh Youth Congress Committee, 1958-59, (ii) Youth, and Student Panel, All-India Congress Committee, 1969-70, (iii) Congress Forum of Socialist Action, 1969-70, (iv) Indian Youth Congress, 1969-71; Secretary, Youth Department, All-India Congress Committee and National Committee of Youth Congress, 1959-60; Vice Chairman,  Congress Forum for Socialist Action, 1969-70; now Member, All-India Congress Committee, Member, (i) ‘Vanara-sena’, Volunteer Corps, Shivapur Congress, Mysore State, 1938, (ii) Gandhi Vichar Parishad, Mysore; Founder Member, (i) Tilaka Sangh, Mysore, 1944, (ii) Young Farmers Association, Mysore State, 1956; President, (ii) Social Sciences Seminar, University of Mysore, 1952, (ii) Hindi Prachar Sabha, Mysore, (iii) Officers Federation of the Central Government Undertakings, Bangalore, (iv) Bharat Seva Dal, Mysore City branch; Vice-President, (i) All-India Guards Council and All-India Railway Telegraphs Workers’ Union, 1970-72, (ii) H. C. Dasappa Institute of Public Affairs, Mysore; General Secretary, (i) Delhi University Union, 1955,(ii) National Youth Front (Mysore State Branch),  1962—64; Convener, Sarvodaya Vidyarthi Vichar Parishad, 1955; Chairman, (i) Editorial Board, ‘Kirti’, 1968, (ii) Primary Committee for National Awards (Kannada Films), 1970-71, (iii) Antar Bharati Adhunik Sahitya Vibhag, Manasaganoti, Mysore University; Trustee, Janapada Seva Trust, ‘Karuna Griha’; Member, (i) Fourth Lok Sabha, 1967—70, (ii) Fifth Lok Sabha, 1971—77, (iii) Executive Committee, Congress Parliamentary Party, 1971—73; Member and Chairman for a while, Estimates Committee, 1975-77; presently, Member, Public Accounts Committee; Secretary, Congress Parliamentary Party, 1971-72, and at present; represented Indian Youth Congress all the World Federation of Democratic Youth Conference, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1959.

Social activities:  Associated With Bboodan Movement and Sarvodaya Sangh.

Favourite pastime and recreation:  Reading biographics and classics, travelling and sight-seeing, gardening, Painting and Music.

Special interests:  Farming and Ecology.

Publication:  Articles on youth welfare, Gandhian thoughts; co-publisher ‘Kranti Yuga’ (Kannada).

Sports and clubs:  Kabaddi, Volley-ball, Badminton and draughts, Member, Constitution Club.

Travels abroad:  Afghanistan, Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, German Federal Republic, Hungary, Hongkong, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Switzerland, Thailand, U.S.S.R.., U.K., and the Vatican.

Permanent address:  ‘Yasho Vilas’ V.V. Mohalla, Mysore, Karnataka.