T. Madiah Gowda

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T. Madiah Gowda
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1952–1957
Succeeded byH. C. Dasappa
ConstituencyBangalore City
Member of the Legislative Assembly
In office
1962–1968
Preceded byK. Hanumanthaiya
Succeeded byB. R. Dhananjiah
ConstituencyRamanagara
Personal details
Born(1896-03-17)17 March 1896
Channapatna, British India (Now Karnataka ,India)
Died24 May 1971(1971-05-24) (aged 75)
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse(s)Shrimati Sharadamma

Thimmasandra Madiah Gowda (17 March 1896 – 24 May 1971) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the Lower House of the Parliament, from Bangalore south constituency in 1952 as a member of parliament from Indian National Congress. He was also Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Ramanagara between 1962 and 1967.[1]

Early life[edit]

Madiah Gowda pursued his earlier education in the Government School at Channapatna and later graduated in arts from the Central College, Bengaluru. He was then awarded LLB from ILS Law College, Pune,[2] where a later chief minister of Karnataka, S Nijalingapa, was a contemporary.[citation needed]

Political career[edit]

Madiah Gowda participated in the Indian National Congress in Ramanagara prior to independence of India. After independence, he was elected as a member of the First Lok Sabha from the Bangalore South constituency in 1952.[3] He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka from Ramanagara constituency in 1962.[4]

Madiah Gowda also served in Mysore Representative Assembly, Mysore Legislative Council, Mysore Constituent Assembly and Mysore Legislative Assembly. He enabled the building of many schools, colleges and hospitals across his constituency and also took part in development of various agricultural, irrigation and industrial projects.[citation needed]

Posts held[edit]

T. Madiah Gowda with Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan Second president of India.
T. Madiah Gowda with Sir M. Visvesvaraya

Gowda became advocate after completion of his law degree. He became a member of the Mysore University Council, University senate, Secondary education board, School board of adult education council, Rural development committees, Co-operative societies and participated in many seminars on agricultural and experimental union, Sir M Visvesvaraya Rural Industrialising Scheme activities and cottage industries programs. He was a member of the Ramanagara Municipal Council, Bangalore District Board and Bangalore Local Education Board.[citation needed][5]

He was the president of Mysore State Adult Education Council from 1947 and later he became vice-president of the Indian Adult Education Association.[6] He was a District Scouts commissioner and later became chairman of Bangalore Rural district. He was also a member of Bangalore district rural development committee.[7][2]

References[edit]

  1. "Ramanagara Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". www.elections.in. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Members Bioprofile". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  3. "PARLTAMENT OF INDIA .HOUSE OF THE PEOPLE WHO'S WHO" (PDF).
  4. "Ramanagaram Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  5. Gowda, madiah. "lokasabha website". loksabhaph.nic.in/.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "SCHOOLS AND ADULT ELICCATION" (PDF).
  7. Basavaraju, Dr M G (2018). Parahitha Chinthaka T Madiah Gowda. Mandya: Vikasana. p. 168.
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