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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Taradevi Siddatha
| birth_date = 1953
}}

'''D.K. Taradevi Siddhartha''' (born 1953) is a politician from [[Karnataka]], India. She was a member of the [[8th Lok Sabha|8th]] and [[10th Lok Sabha]] beside the [[Rajya Sabha]] and the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]].

==Early life==
Daughter of Krishnappa Gouda of [[Mudigere]], Taradevi was born on 26 December 1953. She holds a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree.<ref name="LS">{{cite web|title=Members Bioprofile: Siddhartha, Smt. D.K. Thara Devi|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3597.htm|publisher=[[Lok Sabha]]|accessdate=25 November 2017}}</ref>

==Career==
In 1978, Taradevi was chosen the president of Mudigere Taluka Development Board and went on to become the chief of the town's municipal council.<ref name="LS" /> When [[Indira Gandhi]] stood for election from [[Chikmagalur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chikmagalur]], she stayed at Taradevi's house.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Vohra|first1=Pankaj|title=Rahul may fight from two seats|url=http://www.sunday-guardian.com/news/rahul-may-fight-from-two-seats|accessdate=25 November 2017|work=[[The Sunday Guardian]]|date=1 March 2014}}</ref> Later, she served as a member of the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]] till 1984, when the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) fielded her in Chikmagalur during the [[1984 Indian general election]]. After completing her first term in the [[8th Lok Sabha]], she was elected to the [[Rajya Sabha]] in 1990. The following year, Taradevi contested in the [[1991 Indian general election]] and became a minister for State, Health & Family Welfare in the newly formed cabinet of [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]].<ref name="LS" /><ref name="TT">{{cite news|last1=Ramaseshan|first1=Radhika|title=Sangh blood too thick for Cong converts|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1021112/asp/nation/story_1370393.asp|accessdate=25 November 2017|work=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|date=12 November 2002}}</ref>

Taradevi has also held important positions within the INC administration, including that of joint secretary of the [[All India Congress Committee]].<ref name="LS" /> For a brief period, she was a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref name="TT" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Taradevi to quit BJP|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/mar242004/s5.asp|accessdate=25 November 2017|work=[[Deccan Herald]]|date=24 March 2004}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Taradevi married [[Siddhartha Reddy]], an important member of the INC in Karnataka.<ref name="LS" /><ref name="TT" />

==References==
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[[Category:1953 births]]
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Women members of the Lok Sabha]]
[[Category:8th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:10th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:People from Chikkamagaluru district]]
[[Category:Union ministers of state of India]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 1978–1983]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 1983–1985]]
[[Category:Women union ministers of state of India]]
[[Category:Women in Karnataka politics]]
[[Category:Women members of the Rajya Sabha]]

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