K. Venkatagiri Gowda

K. Venkatagiri Gowda is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the member of 10th Lok Sabha from Bangalore South.He was a noted economist. Gowda defeated the incumbent MP and former Chief Minister of Karnataka R. Gundu Rao and thus BJP won the elections for the 1st time in Bangalore South.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

K. Venkatagiri Gowda
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1991–1996
Preceded by	R. Gundu Rao
Succeeded by	Ananth Kumar
Constituency	Bangalore South
Personal details
Born	26 June 1923 Byrapatna, Karnataka
Died	5 July 2004 (aged 81) Bangalore, Karnataka
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)	Savithramma
Alma mater	M.A. Mysore University, Ph.D. London University

References

1. "106th Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
2. "Bangalore South Parliamentary Constituencies". Elections.in. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
3. "RAJYA SABHA STATISTICAL INFORMATION (1952-2013)" (PDF). Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. 2014. p. 12. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
4. "Former Karnataka MP Gowda passes away". Times of India. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
5. "Former BJP MP's books charge PM Deve Gowda with graft, threaten to sully his reputation". India Today. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
6. "Auditorium to remember". New Indian Express. Retrieved 5 September 2020.