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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Siddappa Bhimappa Nyamagoudar
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1950|08|05|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Jamakhandi]], [[Bijapur district, Karnataka|Bijapur district]], [[Bombay State]] (Now [[Bagalkot district]], [[Karnataka]])
| residence = Girishnagar, [[Jamakhandi]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|05|28|1950|8|5|df=y}}<ref>Karnataka Congress MLA Siddu Nyamagouda dies in road accident http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/64348998.cms</ref>
| death_place = [[Tulasigere]], [[Bagalkot district]], [[Karnataka]]
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency1 = [[Bagalkot (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bagalkot]]
| term1 = 1991-1996
| predecessor1 = [[Subhash Tammannappa Patil]]
| successor1 = [[Hullappa Yamanappa Meti]]
| office = [[Ministry of Coal]] {{small|(state)}}
| minister = [[P. A. Sangma]], [[Ajit Kumar Panja]], [[Jagdish Tytler]]
| primeminister = [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| constituency = [[Bagalkot (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bagalkot]]
| term_start = 25 June 1991
| term_end = 16 May 1996
| assembly4 = Karnataka Legislative
| constituency_AM4 = [[Jamkhandi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jamkhandi]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/karnataka/assembly-constituencies/jamkhandi.html|title=Jamkhandi Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs|website=www.elections.in}}</ref>
| term_start4 = 2013
| term_end4 = 2018
| predecessor4 = [[Kulkarni Shrikanth Subbrao]]
| successor4 = [[Anand Nyamagouda]]
| office3 = [[Karnataka Legislative Council|Member of Karnataka Legislative Council]]<ref>http://www.kla.kar.nic.in/council/members/EXMEMBERS/NyamagoudaSidduBheemappa.htm Sri Nyamagouda Siddu Bheemappa Congress - Elected by Local Authorities</ref>
| constituency3 = Elected by Local Authorities
| term3 = 2004 - 2010
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
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| spouse = Sumitra
| children = Two sons and three daughters (including [[Anand Nyamagouda]])
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| source = http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3548.htm
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'''Siddu Nyamagouda''' (1950-2018) who was also known as '''Barrage Siddu''' was an Indian politician who was a former Minister of State for Coal in the [[Government of India]]. He also served as MLC and was elected twice as MLA to the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]] in 2013, 2018 from [[Jamkhandi (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Jamakhandi]] constituency in [[Bagalkote]] district.<ref name=thehindu/>

==Early life==
He was born on 5 August 1950 in [[Jamakhandi]] of [[Bagalkot district]], [[Karnataka]]. He completed his schooling from P. B. High School in [[Jamakhandi]] and later completed his [[Bachelor of Science]] from [[Karnatak University]] in [[Dharwad]].<ref name=ibtimes>{{cite web |last1=Ghosh |first1=Sriparna |title=Who was Siddu Nyamagouda? Newly-elected Karnataka Congress MLA killed in car accident |url=https://amp.ibtimes.co.in/who-was-siddu-nyamagouda-newly-elected-karnataka-congress-mla-killed-car-accident-770327 |website=International Business Times, India Edition |accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref>

==Political career==
He contested Lok Sabha election in 1991 from [[Bagalkot (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bagalkot]] against the former Chief Minister [[Ramakrishna Hegde]] whom he defeated with a considerable margin<ref name=bangaloremirror /> and ultimately became Minister of State for Coal in the [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]'s cabinet. After that, he became MLC and was elected MLA of [[Jamkhandi]] in 2013 Assembly elections and got re-elected in the recent state assembly election.<ref name=thehindu>{{cite news |last1=Correspondent |first1=Special |title=Congress MLA Siddu Nyamagouda no more |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/congress-mla-siddu-nyamagouda-no-more/article24017551.ece/amp/ |accessdate=12 August 2018 |work=The Hindu |date=28 May 2018 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

Social and economic upliftment of farmers; mobilised farmers to construct rupee one crore barrage across river Krishna without Govt. aid which provided irrigation lo 30,000 acres of land and drinking water to 2.5 lakh people and employment opportunities to 1.5 lakh people; this project is the first private dam in the country constructed by the people themselves

==Notable work==
He is known for building country's first ever private dam at [[Chikkapadasalagi]] village in 1989. The dam is named as ''Shrama Bindu Sagar'' and is built across [[Krishna River]] at Chikkapadasalagi village in [[Jamakhandi]]. The construction of dam took off in 1983 and the project drew the attention of international media.<ref name=thehindu/> When the former chief minister of Karnataka [[Ramakrishna Hegde]] led government refused to fund the project owing to political reasons even though farmers were ready to bear the quarter of the project expenses, he mobilized the farmers to build the barrage on their own. The Dam provided irrigation lo 30,000 acres of land and drinking water to 2.5 lakh people and employment opportunities to 1.5 lakh people.<ref>http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3548.htm Tenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile NYAMAGOUDA, SHRI SIDDAPPA BHIMAPPA [Cong.(I) - Bagalkot (Karnataka)]</ref> Farmers from over 30 villages pooled in money by mortgaging their ornaments amounting rupees one crore and worked day and night for over six months in shifts to build the barrage brick by brick. This accomplishment catapulted Siddu to the national level politics. He contested Lok sabha election in 1991 against [[Ramakrishna Hegde]] and defeated him with considerable margin which paved him the way to become minister in the [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]'s cabinet.<ref name=bangaloremirror>{{cite news |title=Karnataka: Congress MLA Siddu Nyamagouda who built the first private dam is no more - Bangalore Mirror |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/karnataka-congress-mla-siddu-nyamagouda-who-built-the-first-private-dam-is-no-more/amp_articleshow/64360169.cms |accessdate=12 August 2018 |work=bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Death==
He died on 28 May 2018 near [[Tulasigeri]] on the way back to his constituency from [[New Delhi]] when the left tyre of the Innova car, which he was travelling in, burst and the car smashed into a road side parapet wall. He is survived by wife, two sons and three daughters.<ref name=ibtimes /><ref>{{cite news |title=Karnataka Congress MLA Siddu Nyamagouda dies in road accident - Times of India |url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/bengaluru/karnataka-congress-mla-dies-in-road-accident/amp_articleshow/64348998.cms |accessdate=12 August 2018 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:2018 deaths]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2018–2023]]
[[Category:People from Bagalkot district]]
[[Category:1950 births]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2013–2018]]
[[Category:10th Lok Sabha members]]

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