Shantaveri Gopala Gowda, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Shantaveri Gopala Gowda
- Shantaveri Gopala Gowda (14 March 1923 – 9 June 1972) was a socialist politician who was thrice elected to Karnataka Vidhanasabha, the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, in 1952, 1962 and 1967.Gopala Gowda was born in [[araga, thirthahalli India], Karnataka.
- He is considered as one of India's most important socialist leaders, and a pioneer of socialism in Karnataka.
- He was influenced by Ram Manohar Lohia.
- His leadership began as early as 1951.
- He was considered "charismatic" and he "gained many followers".He mentored several socialists in Karnataka including J.H.Patel, Bangarappa, S.
- M.
- Krishna and D.
- Devaraj Urs,who became the chief ministers of the state.
- Urs was inspired and understood the depth of Gopala Gowda's mind and life which was devoted to the poor and working classes, especially the farmers.
- The Land Reforms Act and renaming of the state from Mysore to Karnataka are thanks to his association with Gopala Gowda. Upon the publication of his biography, N.
- Dharam Singh, chief minister of Karnataka, said that "the agitation and the political contribution of the late Shantaveri Gopala Gowda are significant in the history of the Legislature".He was a firebrand politician who knew the culture of the land, and being a villager himself had a great following among the farmer community of Karnataka.
- A well-read person with a strong love for the Kannada language, he had been a friend to many intellectual and sensitive literary figures of Karnataka like the poet Gopalakrishna Adiga, the novelist Dr.
- U.R.
- Ananthamurthy, the writer and journalist P.
- Lankesh, and the farmers' association leader M.
- D.
- Nanjundaswamy.
- In fact, Dr.
- Ananthamurthy wrote the novel Avasthe ("State of Life") based on the life of Gopala Gowda.
- It was also made into a sensitive film, with actor Anant Nag playing the lead role.
- A real idealist and daredevil leader his ‘Kagodu satyagraha’ — the indefinite fast he held to provide justice to the farmers of Karnataka — is evergreen in the minds of Karnataka people.
- His death at an early age heralded the slow demise of socialist movement in Karnataka.
- M.
- D.
- Nanjundaswamy, was one of the few leaders to carry forward the movement along the lines that Gowda had envisaged.
- Gowda’s political role was pivotal as it once again drew the attention of the nation on the plight of the farmers.
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