[Cong, (I) – Bellary (Karnataka)]

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1957-77

1977-84

1980

1984

1986-89

1989

1991

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Raidurga in Distt. Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh)

Married on 22nd May, 1948

Shri Sarana Basavaraj

Four sons and four daughters

SSLC
Educated at Govt. Girls High School, Bellary (Karnataka)

Agriculturist, Educationist, Industrialist and Social worker

Amara Krupa, Gandhi Nagar, Bellary (Karnataka) Tel. 349344 (Bangalore) 2947 (Bellary)

6, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi-110 001. Tel. 3327837

Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly; Deputy Minister, Social Welfare and Minor Irrigation, Karnataka for about 5 years

Member, Karnataka Legislative Council

Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Council for about 3 years

Elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth); Member, Consultative Committee, Steel and Mines for 5 years; Member, Panel of Chairmen in Eighth Lok Sabha

Member, House Committee

Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth)

Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the third time

Member, AICC for two terms; Secretary, DCC, Raichur

Report on the grievances of farmers in irrigated areas

Welfare of the poor by providing health and housing facilities and by removal of social evils; fought for the rights of farmers and solved many problems of farmers in Karnataka

Farmers’ problems, dairy development, social work and setting up of industries

Agriculture, horticulture and social work

Widely travelled; Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to CPA Conference at Lusaka; Leader, Farmers’ Delegation to Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia; Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Egypt; participated in Speaker’s Conference at Zambia and Second World Telugu Conference in Kualalumpur, Malaysia, April 1981.

Joined Indian National Congress in 1956; Managing Director, Nava Karnataka Steels Ltd., Bellary, Karnataka for around 14 years; Chairman, Kalyan Keonics Ltd., Bedar for about 4 years; Executive President, Karnataka Krishak Samaj, Bangalore; Founder Vice-President, Institute of Parliamentary Affairs; Member, Senate, Karnataka University Board of Regent, Agriculture University, and Central Social Welfare Board, 1990; Founder President, Tagore Memorial Education Society, Raichur; Member, Executive Committee, Vijayanagar Engineering College, Bellary.