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Place of Birth: Hunagunda, Karnataka, India
About S. R. Kanthi
- Shivalingappa Rudrappa Kanthi, popularly known as S.
- R.
- Kanti, was the Chief Minister of Karnataka (then, Mysore State) for a brief period in 1962.
- He hailed from Lingayat religion in Hungund in Bagalkot district (formerly Bijapur district) in the northern part of Karnataka.
- A member of the Indian National Congress (INC), he served as the Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly from 1956 to 1962.
- Kanti was Chief Minister of the State for a brief period of 96 days in 1962.
- Later, as Education Minister in the S.
- Nijalingappa Cabinet he was instrumental in the establishment of Bangalore University and Kittur Rani Chennamma Sainik Schools.His centenary celebrations were held in 2008.
- He belongs to Banajiga sub-sect of Lingayat community
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