D. B. Chandre Gowda
| D. B. Chandre Gowda | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Daradahalli Byre Chandre Gowda August 26, 1936 Daradahlli, Chikkamagalur district, Karnataka |
| Occupation | Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly |
| Spouse(s) | Poornachandre Gowda |
| Parent(s) | Byregowda, Puttamma |
D.B. Chandre Gowda (born 1936), is a former Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly, three-term MLA, one-term MLC, and Member of Parliament—three-term from Lok Sabha and one-term from Rajya sabha.
He worked as Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs in Government of Karnataka representing several political parties in his long political career – Praja Socialist Party, Janata Dal, Congress, and Bharatiya Janata Party.
He was born at Daradahalli of Chikkamagaluru district, Karnataka on 26 August 1936 to D. A. Byre Gowda and Puttamma. He did his BSc education from Renukacharya College, Bangalore and LLB from R. L. Law College, Belgaum. He married Purna Chandre Gowda on 22 May 1966 and were blessed with four daughters.
He learnt his leadership skills paving the way for a long political career during his college days; he was elected as Vice-president of Renukacharya college students association. While at R. L. Law College, he became the General secretary of the R.L. Law College. He was in the Praja Socialist Party till 1967. In 1971, he got elected to 5th Lok Sabha from Chikmagalur constituency representing INC – Congress party. He was re-elected to 6th Lok Sabha from Chikmagalur, but vacated his seat later to allow Indira Gandhi to contest and win the election from there.
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