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H. D. Deve Gowda

Prime Minister of India from 1996 to 1997 · India · Politicians · Born 1933 · age 93

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He held India's top job for 11 months in 1996-97, a coalition prime minister in an era when no party could govern alone. Now the sole surviving former PM after Manmohan Singh's death in 2024.

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2014“I have to lead my party from the front. I love meeting people and this happens only during elections.”In their words28 March 2014In: Shyam Sundar Vattam At 81, Gowda Lives on Ragi Mudde on the Campaign Trail, The New Indian Express, 28 March 2014

2008“Having a good and cultured family background was not enough to be successful in politics. One should live amidst farmers, till land, and tend cows and buffaloes.”In their wordsIn: Gopal K. Kadekodi, et al., Development in Karnataka: Challenges of Governance, Equity, and Empowerment, Academic Foundation, 2008 P.98

2003“I may be a sleeping politician. But one should know that a sleeping politician is always awake about national politics.”In their words27 July 2003In: Gowda upset over seeing his sleeping photo, The Times of India, 27 July 2003

1998“I don't want to make general remarks. I don't want to make sweeping remarks about the media. In my country the media can play its own role. Freedom of press is there.”In their words2 February 1998In: R R Nair The Rediff Election Interview/H D Deve Gowda, rediff.com, 2 February 1998

1997“I am a born fighter throughout my political life. I have not lost my heart by the results of the Parliamentary elections.”In their wordsIn: Girja Kumar The Book on Trial: Fundamentalism and Censorship in India, Har-Anand Publications, 01-Jan-1997

1933Born18 May 1933

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  1. I have to lead my party from the front. I love meeting people and this happens only during elections.

    Mar 28, 2014, In: Shyam Sundar Vattam At 81, Gowda Lives on Ragi Mudde on the Campaign Trail, The New Indian Express, 28 March 2014, Own words

  2. Having a good and cultured family background was not enough to be successful in politics. One should live amidst farmers, till land, and tend cows and buffaloes.

    2008, In: Gopal K. Kadekodi, et al., Development in Karnataka: Challenges of Governance, Equity, and Empowerment, Academic Foundation, 2008 P.98, Own words

  3. I may be a sleeping politician. But one should know that a sleeping politician is always awake about national politics.

    Jul 27, 2003, In: Gowda upset over seeing his sleeping photo, The Times of India, 27 July 2003, Own words

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Born 18 May 1933 into a farming family, Deve Gowda joined the Indian National Congress in 1953 and left nine years later. He rose through Karnataka politics, taking over the state Janata Dal in 1994 and steering the party to victory that year. He served as chief minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996. When the 1996 general elections produced a hung parliament, he was tapped to lead the United Front coalition as prime minister - a post he held for just under a year before stepping down in April 1997. He returned to the Lok Sabha as an MP, lost his seat in 1999 and again in 2019, then moved to the Rajya Sabha in 2020. He has led the Janata Dal (Secular) since 1999.

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Born 1933 · age 93

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