Rudresh Gowda
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Rudresh Gowda (16 October 1955[1] – 24 March 2018) was an Indian politician.
Quick Facts Member of Lok Sabha, Succeeded by ...
Rudresh Gowda | |
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Member of Lok Sabha | |
In office 15 May 1996 – 4 December 1997 | |
Succeeded by | H. D. Deve Gowda |
Constituency | Hassan |
Member of the Legislative Assembly | |
In office 22 May 2008 – 23 March 2018 | |
Succeeded by | K. S. Lingesha |
Constituency | Belur |
Personal details | |
Born | Rudresh Gowda (1955-10-17)17 October 1955 Belur, Karnataka, India |
Died | 24 March 2018(2018-03-24) (aged 62) Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
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Children | 2 |
Education | LLB |
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Gowda trained to be a lawyer.[2] He joined the Janata Party in 1985 and was elected to the Hassan District Council until 1996.[3] Gowda sat in the 11th Lok Sabha, representing Janata Dal and the Janata Party in between 1996 and 1997.[3][4] He left Janata Dal (Secular) in 2004 for the Indian National Congress.[4] Gowda won election to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly as a representative of Belur in 2008 and 2013.[4] He suffered a heart attack on 23 March 2018 and died of multiple organ failure the next day at a hospital in Bangalore, aged 62.[5][6]