B. Shankaranand

B. Shankaranand
MP
In office 7 consecutive terms
Preceded by	V. L. Patil
Succeeded by	Ratnamala Savanur
Constituency	Chikkodi
Personal details
Born	19 October 1925 Kanagali, Chikodi, Belgaum, Karnataka State, British India
Died	20 November 2009(2009-11-20) (aged 84) Belgaum
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Kamala Devi
Children	2 Sons, 6 Daughters

B. Shankaranand (1925-2009) was a congress leader from Karnataka and minister in government of India.

                He held the following portfolios in the Union Cabinet :

             Deputy Minister of Parliamentary Affairs         16th March 1971 to 24th March 1977
             Minister of Health & Family Welfare              16th January 1980 to 31st October 1984
             Minister of Irrigation & Power                   31st December 1984 to 25th September 1985
             Minister of Water Resources                      25th September 1985 to 21st August 1987 and
                                                              25th June 1988 to 2nd December 1989
             Minister of Law & Justice                        25th June 1988 to 2nd December 1989
             Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas              21st June 1991 to 17th January 1993
             Minister of Health & Family Welfare              18th January 1993 to 22nd December 1994

  He worked as a cabinet minister under the Prime Ministership of Smt. Indira Gandhi, Shri Rajiv Gandhi and Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao.

  He headed the first ever Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) formed to investigate into the Bofors deal which gave its report on 26 April 1988.

He has represented Chikkodi (Lok Sabha constituency) for 29 years from 1967 to 1996, winning 7 times consecutively from the same place in his political career, creating a record of sorts..