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H. D. Deve Gowda

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Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda (; born 18 May 1933) is an Indian politician who served as the prime minister of India from 1996 to 1997. He previously served as the chief minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996 and as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the Lok Sabha. A member of the Janata Dal (Secular), he has been serving as the party's president since 1999 and has been an MP in the Rajya Sabha representing Karnataka since 2020. Born in a family of farmers, Deve Gowda joined the Indian National Congress (INC) in 1953 and remained a member until 1962. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. H. D. Deve Gowda is the 1,293rd most popular politician (up from 13,076th in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from India (up from 507th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, H. D. Deve Gowda ranks 1,293 out of 19,576. Before him are Külüg Khan, Ivan VI of Russia, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Muhammad of Ghor, Lysimachus, and Aurelia Cotta. After him are Alaeddin Pasha, Paul-Henri Spaak, Aristide Briand, Sahle-Work Zewde, Tony Blair, and Decebalus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, H. D. Deve Gowda ranks 18. Before him are Francisco Gento, William Anders, Heinrich Rohrer, Jalal Talabani, Tinto Brass, and James Brown. After him are Just Fontaine, Nina Simone, Arno Allan Penzias, Susan Sontag, Amartya Sen, and Paul Biya.

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In India

Among people born in India, H. D. Deve Gowda ranks 54 out of 1,861. Before him are Jaggi Vasudev (1957), Raja Ravi Varma (1848), Aishwarya Rai (1973), Hyder Ali (1720), Ram Mohan Roy (1772), and Sariputta (-568). After him are Kabir (1440), Ajatashatru (-500), Salman Rushdie (1947), Alauddin Khalji (1266), Ronald Ross (1857), and C. V. Raman (1888).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, H. D. Deve Gowda ranks 21. Before him are Zakir Husain (1897), Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910), Chandragupta Maurya (-340), Subhas Chandra Bose (1897), Hyder Ali (1720), and Sariputta (-568). After him are Ajatashatru (-500), Alauddin Khalji (1266), P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921), Iskander Mirza (1899), Mir Osman Ali Khan (1886), and Aurangzeb (1618).

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