S. R. Bommai
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| Minister of Human Resource Development | |
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In office 5 June 1996 – 19 March 1998 |
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| Prime Minister |
H. D. Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral |
| Preceded by | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Succeeded by | Murali Manohar Joshi |
| 11th Chief Minister of Karnataka | |
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In office 13 August 1988 – 21 April 1989 |
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| Preceded by | Ramakrishna Hegde |
| Succeeded by | President's rule |
| Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly for Hubli Rural |
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In office 1978–1989 |
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| Preceded by | G. Rangaswamy Sandra |
| Succeeded by | G. Rangaswamy Sandra |
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6 June 1924 Karadagi, Shiggaon (in present-day Haveri), Kingdom of Mysore, British India |
| Died | 10 October 2007 (aged 83) Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Political party | Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Gangamma |
| Children | 4; including Basavaraj |
Somappa Rayappa Bommai (6 June 1924 – 10 October 2007) was an Indian Politician who was the 11th Chief Minister of Karnataka . He was also the Human Resource Development Minister in the United Front government from 1996 to 1998.
S.R.Bommai was born on 6 June 1924 in a Sadar Lingayat family at Karadagi village of Shiggaon taluk of the then undivided Dharwad District. He took part in the Quit India movement of 1942. He also played an active role in the unification (Ekikarana in Kannada) of Karnataka which had been divided into Mysore kingdom, Bombay Presidency, Hyderabad, and Madras Presidency, during the British rule.
A lawyer by profession, he was elected to the Karnataka Legislative assembly many times from the Hubballi rural constituency and was also a member of the Karnataka Legislative council from 1972 to 1978.
He along with Ramakrishna Hegde, J. H. Patel and H. D. Deve Gowda — was instrumental in the Janata Party forming a government in the State for the first time in the State in 1983. He was given the weighty portfolio of Industries in the Ramakrishna Hegde government. After Hegde quit on moral grounds, Mr. Bommai took charge as Chief Minister of the State on August 13, 1988 and his government was dismissed by the then Governor, P. Venkatasubbaiah, on April 21, 1989. The dismissal was on the grounds that his government had lost its majority following large-scale defections engineered by several Janata Party leaders of the day. Bommai had sought some time from the Governor to prove his majority on the floor of the Legislature and he was denied this. He challenged this order in the Supreme Court.
S. R. Bommai v. Union of India was a landmark judgment of the Supreme Court of India, where the Court discussed at length, the provisions of Article 356 of the Constitution of India and related issues. The apex court spelt out restrictions on the Centre's power to dismiss a state government under Article 356. This case had huge impact on Centre-State Relations. Instances of imposition of President's rule have reduced after this judgement.
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