Chowdadenahalli Byre Gowda (12 May 1934 – 29 July 2003) was an Indian politician who served as a cabinet minister in the State of

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

. He served as the Minister of Agriculture from 1996 to 1999 in the cabinet of Chief Minister J. H. Patel.

Political career

Gowda represented the Vemgal Assembly segment for five consecutive terms. He was heading the All-India Progressive Janata Dal(AIPJD) faction. Gowda was a minister in three Janata Parivar Cabinets- those of

Ramakrishna Hegde Ramakrishna Mahabaleshwar Hegde (29 August 1926 – 12 January 2004) was an Indian politician who served as the third Chief Minister of Karnataka for three terms between 1983 and 1988. He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in 1 ...

, H. D. Deve Gowda, and J. H. Patel. Originally from the CPI, Gowda has been an acknowledged expert on all agricultural matters and is known for his ability to talk extensively about farmers and their problems. He was a State President of

Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People's Party (United)"), abbreviated as JD(U), is a Social democracy, social-democratic and secular List of political parties in India, Indian political party, rooted mainly in East India, eastern and Northeast India, ...

from 1999 to 2003.

Personal life

Gowda was born on 12 May 1934 in Chowdadenahalli, a village in the Kolar taluk of the erstwhile

Kingdom of Mysore The Kingdom of Mysore was a geopolitical realm in southern India founded in around 1399 in the vicinity of the modern-day city of Mysore and prevailed until 1950. The territorial boundaries and the form of government transmuted substantially ...

(now part of

). His father was Chowde Gowda, a farmer, and mother Lakshmidevamma, a homemaker, and he was the eldest of their four children. Gowda was married to Savithramma and had five children with her. One of them,

Krishna Byre Gowda Krishna Byre Gowda (born 4 April 1973) is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is currently serving as Minister of Revenue in Government of Karnataka and as a member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing Byatarayanapura Assembly con ...

, is also a politician and a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He has served as a cabinet minister. Gowda died on 29 July 2003, following a heart attack. He was 70.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gowda, C Byre 1934 births 2003 deaths Karnataka MLAs 1983–1985 Karnataka MLAs 1985–1989 Karnataka MLAs 1989–1994 Karnataka MLAs 1994–1999 Karnataka MLAs 1999–2004 Agriculture ministers of India Janata Dal politicians Mysore MLAs 1972–1977