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H. D. Deve Gowda

Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda or Devegowda (pronunciationⓘ; born 18 May 1933)[3] is an Indian politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from 1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997.[4][5] 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.[6] 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 after V. P. Singh and Jyoti Basu declined the post [7][8]and he 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.[9]

H. D. Deve Gowda
Gowda in 2015
Prime Minister of India[1]
In office
1 June 1996 – 21 April 1997
PresidentShankar Dayal Sharma
Preceded byAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Succeeded byInder Kumar Gujral
President of Janata Dal (Secular)
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 1999
Preceded byOffice established
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 June 2020
Preceded byD. Kupendra Reddy
ConstituencyKarnataka
In office
23 September 1996 – 2 March 1998
Preceded byLeeladevi Renuka Prasad
Succeeded byA. Lakshmisagar
ConstituencyKarnataka
Union Minister of Home Affairs
In office
1 June 1996 – 28 June 1996
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byMurli Manohar Joshi
Succeeded byIndrajit Gupta
8th Chief Minister of Karnataka
In office
11 December 1994 – 31 May 1996
GovernorKhurshed Alam Khan
Preceded byVeerappa Moily
Succeeded byJayadevappa Halappa Patel
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
17 May 2004 – 23 May 2019
Preceded byG. Puttaswamy Gowda
Succeeded byPrajwal Revanna
ConstituencyHassan, Karnataka
In office
2 February 2002 – 16 May 2004
Preceded byM. V. Chandrashekara Murthy
Succeeded byTejashwini Sreeramesh
ConstituencyKanakapura, Karnataka
In office
10 March 1998 – 26 April 1999
Preceded byRudresh Gowda
Succeeded byG. Puttaswamy Gowda
ConstituencyHassan, Karnataka
In office
20 June 1991 – 11 December 1994
Preceded byH. C. Srikantaiah
Succeeded byRudresh Gowda
ConstituencyHassan, Karnataka
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office
1994 (1994)–1996 (1996)
Preceded byCM Lingappa
Succeeded byCM Lingappa
ConstituencyRamanagara
In office
1962 (1962)–1989 (1989)
Preceded byY. Veerappa
Succeeded byG. Puttaswamy Gowda
ConstituencyHolenarasipur
Personal details
Born (1933-05-18) 18 May 1933 (age 91)
Haradanahalli, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
Political partyJanata Dal (Secular)
(1999–present)
Other political
affiliations
Spouse
Chennamma
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(m. 1954)​
Children6 children; including H. D. Revanna,
H. D. Kumaraswamy
EducationDiploma in Civil Engineering
Alma materL. V. Polytechnic, Hassan
Profession
Signature
Websitehddevegowda.in
Nickname(s)Mannina Maga
Dodda Gowdaru
In this Indian name, the name Haradanahalli Doddegowda is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Deve Gowda, Devegowda, or Gowda.

Early life

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H. D. Deve Gowda was born on 18 May 1933 in Haradanahalli, a village in Holenarasipura Taluk, of the erstwhile Kingdom of Mysore (now in Hassan, Karnataka). His father Dodde Gowda was a paddy farmer and mother, Devamma was a home maker.[10][11]

Gowda earned a diploma in civil engineering from L. V. Polytechnic, Hassan, in the early 1950s.[12]

 
Deve Gowda and Manmohan Singh
 
Deve Gowda and Narendra Modi

Politics

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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.

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 and served as the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly from March 1972 to March 1976 and again from November 1976 to December 1977.[13] During the Emergency (1975–77), he was imprisoned in the Bangalore Central Jail.

Gowda was the two time President of state unit of the Janata Party. He continued to win from Holenarasipur assembly segment on Janata Party's ticket in 1978, 1983 and 1985. He served as a minister in the Janata Party Government in Karnataka headed by Ramakrishna Hegde from 1983 to 1988. When V P Singh joined Janata Dal, Subramanian Swamy formed Janata Party (Jaya Prakash) faction, and Deve Gowda joined him to become Janata Party (JP)'s Karnataka President. But he lost from Holenarasipur in 1989, and soon later rejoined Janata Dal.[14] 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 from the Ramanagara, and sworn in as the 14th Chief Minister of Karnataka in December.

In January 1995, Gowda toured Switzerland and attended the Forum of International Economists. His tour to Singapore brought in foreign investment to the State.[3]

Prime Minister (June 1996 - April 1997)

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See also: Deve Gowda ministry
 
Official portrait as Prime Minister of India

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 non-Congress 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.[6] He took over as Prime Minister of India on 1 June 1996 and continued until 21 April 1997. Also, he was the Chairman of the Steering Committee of the United Front, the policy making apex body of all the constituents of the ruling front.[6] He is credited for providing financial closure and kickstarting development of the Delhi Metro Project.[15]

Post-premiership

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The Janata Dal (Secular) traces its roots back to the Janata Dal founded by V. P. Singh.

The Janata Dal was formed on the merger of the Janata Party with smaller opposition parties in 1988. Vishwanath Pratap Singh became the first Prime Minister of India from Janata Dal when he headed the National Front government in 1989. Later Deve Gowda and Inder Kumar Gujral too became prime ministers heading the United Front (UF) coalition governments in 1996 and 1997 respectively.[citation needed]

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 and Siddaramaiah, joined the Janata Dal (Secular) faction headed by Deve Gowda, who became the National president of this faction.[citation needed]

He was defeated in the 1999 general elections.

The 2004 elections in Karnataka witnessed the revival of his party's fortunes under the leadership of Siddaramaiah with the Janata Dal (Secular) winning 58 seats and becoming a part of the ruling coalition in the state. Later, the party joined with the BJP and formed an alternate government in 2006. His son H. D. Kumaraswamy headed the BJP-JD(S) coalition government in the state for 20 months.[16][17] In the 2008 state elections, the party performed poorly and won just 28 seats, but it has remained a significant force in South Karnataka.[citation needed]

Deve Gowda expelled Siddaramaiah and CM Ibrahim JDS party, because Siddaramaiah led AHINDA[18][19][20] movement; representing minority, backward, and Dalit people in Karnataka.[21] Later, both Siddaramaiah and CM Ibrahim joined the Indian National Congress,[22] which won the 2013 Vidhana Sabha election. Siddaramaiah was elected as the Chief Minister of Karnataka state in 2013.[23]

In 2008, JDS did not transfer the power to BJP with B. S. Yediyurappa as CM in accord to the initial negotiation.[24][25][26] This led to major setback for JDS in 2008 vidhana sabha election, JDS received only 28 seats[27] compared to 58 seats[28] in the 2004 vidhana sabha election. Since B. S. Yediyurappa is from Lingayath community, largest in the Karnataka state, many leaders in JDS from Lingayath community such as M. P. Prakash quit the party.[29] B. S. Yediyurappa was elected as the Chief Minister of Karnataka state in 2008.[30] Deve Gowda abused B. S. Yediyurappa, who was then chief minister of Karnataka.[31][32] This event was termed as "new low in Indian politics".[33] Gowda later apologised for hurling abuse at the chief minister of Karnataka.[34]

Deve Gowda contested the 2019 general elections against G. S. Basavaraj in Tumkur Lok Sabha constituency of Karnataka. G. S. Basavaraj, BJP candidate of Tumkur Constituency won against Deve Gowda by a margin of 13,339 votes. G. S. Basavaraj polled 5,96,127 votes while Deve Gowda got 5,82,788 votes.[35]

Personal life

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He married Chennamma in 1954. They have six children together: four sons, including politicians H. D. Revanna and H. D. Kumaraswamy, who is the former Chief Minister of Karnataka, and two daughters.[36]

Electoral history

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Legislative Assembly Elections
Year Constituency Party Result Votes Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition votes Ref
1962 Holenarasipur IND Won 12,622 H. D. Doddegowda INC 7,338 [37]
1967 Holenarasipur IND Won 20,594 H. D. Doddegowda INC 12,191 [37]
1972 Holenarasipur INC(O) Won 26,639 K. Kumaraswamy INC 20,475 [37]
1978 Holenarasipur JNP Won 33,992 K. Kumaraswamy INC 28,472 [37]
1983 Holenarasipur JNP Won 37,239 K. Kumaraswamy INC 28,158 [37]
1985 Holenarasipur JNP Won 41,230 G. Puttaswamy Gowda IND 38,063 [37]
1985 Sathanur JNP Won 45,612 D. K. Shivakumar INC 29,809 [38]
1989 Holenarasipur JNP Lost 45,461 G. Puttaswamy Gowda INC 53,297 [37]
1994 Ramanagara JD Won 47,986 C. M. Lingappa INC 38,392 [39]
Parliament Elections
Year Constituency Party Result Votes Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition votes Ref
1991 Hassan JNP Won 2,60,761 H. C. Srikantaiah INC 2,57,570 [40]
1998 Hassan JD Won 3,36,407 H. C. Srikantaiah INC 3,04,753 [40]
1999 Hassan JD(S) Lost 2,56,587 G. Putta Swamy Gowda INC 3,98,344 [40]
2002
(bypoll)		 Kanakapura JD(S) Won 5,81,709 D. K. Shivakumar INC 5,29,133 [41]
2004 Hassan JD(S) Won 4,62,625 H. C. Srikantaiah INC 2,72,320 [40]
2004 Kanakapura JD(S) Lost 4,62,320 Tejashwini Sreeramesh INC 2,72,320 [42]
2009 Hassan JD(S) Won 4,96,429 K. H. Hanume Gowda BJP 2,05,316 [40]
2014 Hassan JD(S) Won 5,09,841 A. Manju INC 4,09,379 [40]
2019 Tumkur JD(S) Lost 5,82,788 G. S. Basavaraj BJP 5,96,127 [43]

Positions held

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Deve Gowda giving a speech

Gowda was a Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly twice, from 1962 to 1989, and later from 1994 to 1996. From 1972 to 1976, he was the Leader of Opposition,[44] and the Karnataka State President of the Janata Party (Jaya Prakash) faction in 1989.[45][46] In 1991, Gowda was elected to 10th Lok Sabha from Hassan, and in three years after, became a Member, Committee on Commerce of the parliament.

In 1994, he was made the President of the Janata Dal in Karnataka and the Chief Minister of Karnataka, a position he held till 1996. The next year was him becoming the Prime Minister of India. From 1996 to 1998, he was a member of the Rajya Sabha, and was re-elected into the 12th Lok Sabha for a 2nd term in 1998, 13th Lok Sabha in 1999 and a re-election in 2002.[47]

On 23 May 2019, he lost from Tumkur in the general election,[48][49] his third such loss. In 2020, he was elected to Rajya Sabha from Karnataka.[50]

See also

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References

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