Shamanuru Shivashankarappa Explained

Shamanuru Shivashankarappa
Birth Date:16 June 1930
Birth Place:Davanagere, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
Residence:Davanagere, Karnataka, India
Office:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Constituency:Davanagere
Parliament:Indian
Term Start:1998
Term End:1999[1]
Office1:Minister of Horticulture and Agricultural Marketing
Constituency1:Davangere South
Term Start1:2013
Term End1:2016[2]
Successor1:S. S. Mallikarjun
Constituency2:Davangere South
Term Start2:2008
Term End2:present[3]
Predecessor2:Constituency established
Constituency3:Davangere
Term Start3:2004
Term End3:2007
Predecessor3:S. S. Mallikarjun
Successor3:Constituency ceased to exist
Spouse:Late Smt S.S Parvatamma
Children:3 sons including S. S. Mallikarjun and 4 daughters

Shamanuru Shivashankarappa (Kannada: ಶಾಮನೂರು ಶಿವಶಂಕರಪ್ಪ; born 16 June 1930) is a politician from the state of Karnataka and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Davanagere South Assembly constituency.[4] [5] He is the oldest serving member of State Legislative Assembly in India.

Career

A veteran congressman, he has been the treasurer of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee for the past three decades and is also the president of All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha, the apex body of Veerashaivas. As a well known educationalist and industrialist, he is the chairman of Bapuji Educational Association which owns a chain of educational institutions including Bapuji Institute of Engineering & Technology and many professional institutions of higher education,[6] and also owns a group of industries known as Shamanur Group, which have sugar and distilleries as their prime business. He was the co-producer of the 1970 Kannada movie Boregowda Bangalorige Banda.

Personal life

His son S. S. Mallikarjun, Minister for Mines and Geology,Horticulture Government of Karnataka,is a Member of the Legislative Assembly representing Davanagere North Assembly constituency.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biographical Sketch . loksabhaph.nic.in . 2022-08-18.
  2. Web site: Siddaramaiah Cabinet: List of portfolio . Deccan Herald . 2013-05-19 . 2022-08-18.
  3. Web site: Davanagere South Assembly Constituency Election Result . resultuniversity.com . 2022-08-18.
  4. Web site: List of Ministers in Karnataka Government in 2008. www.karnataka.com. 23 September 2010.
  5. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/shamanur-shivashankarappa-to-promote-horticulture/article4752123.ece Shamanur Shivashankarappa to promote Horticulture
  6. Web site: List of Members Elected 13th Karnataka Legislative Assembly. https://web.archive.org/web/20100815090652/http://www.kar.nic.in/kla/lmember.htm . 15 August 2010.