Rudresh Gowda (16 October 1955 – 24 March 2018) was an Indian politician. Gowda trained to be a lawyer. He joined the

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in 1985 and was elected to the Hassan District Council until 1996. Gowda sat in the 11th Lok Sabha, representing

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and the

in between 1996 and 1997. He left

Janata Dal (Secular) {{Infobox Indian Political Party , party_name = Janata Dal (Secular) , party_logo = , colorcode = {{party color, Janata Dal (Secular) , abbreviation = JD(S) , president = H. D. Deve Gowda , founder ...

in 2004 for the

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. Gowda won election to the

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as a representative of Belur in 2008 and 2013. He suffered a heart attack on 23 March 2018 and died of multiple organ failure the next day at a hospital in

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, aged 62.

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