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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| assembly = Mysore Legislative
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'''Seetharam Koosayya Amin''' (6 June 1917 – 13 September 1995) was an Indian freedom fighter and [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] politician who was active in the [[Fisherman|fisherfolk]] [[Cooperative movement in India|cooperative movement]].

==Biography==
In 1954 he helped establish the Udupi District Co-operative Fish Marketing Federation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.fishmark.in/aboutus.html|url-status=live|access-date=13 June 2021|website=Fishmark Mangalore|publisher=SK and Udupi District Co-op. Fish Marketing Federation Ltd}}</ref> In the [[1967 Mysore Legislative Assembly election]] he successfully contested the [[Udupi (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Udupi constituency]] with 33.35% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3774-karnataka-1967/ |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=13 June 2021 |language=en-IN}}</ref> In the [[1972 Mysore Legislative Assembly election|1972 Assembly election]] he contested the seat of Mangalore I for the [[Indian National Congress (Organisation)]], placing fourth with 14.52% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3775-karnataka-1972/ |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=13 June 2021 |language=en-IN}}</ref> In 1990, he received Karnataka's second highest civilian award, the [[Rajyotsava Prashasthi]], for services to the state's co-operative movement.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rajyotsava Awards|url=https://www.karnataka.gov.in/page/Awards/State+Awards/Rajyotsava+Awards/en|url-status=live|archive-url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:vUEUpSfSobYJ:https://www.karnataka.gov.in/page/Awards/State%2BAwards/Rajyotsava%2BAwards/en&hl=en&gl=au&strip=1&vwsrc=0|archive-date=11 June 2021|access-date=13 June 2021|website=Government of Karnataka}}</ref>

==References==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Amin, S. K.}}
[[Category:1917 births]]
[[Category:1995 deaths]]
[[Category:Mangaloreans]]
[[Category:Tulu people]]
[[Category:Indian Muslims]]
[[Category:Politicians from Mangalore]]
[[Category:Mysore MLAs 1967–1972]]
[[Category:Members of the Mysore Legislature]]

S. K. Amin - Revision history

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