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- He was the 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka, a state in
southern India.
- His father is the former Prime Minister of India H. D.
Deve Gowda.
- Popularly known as "KumarAnna" (Kumar, the name and
"anna" in Kannada means "elder brother") among his friends
and followers, was a noted film producer, distributor and
exhibitor in the Kannada film industry.
- He is a former state president for Karnataka of the
Janata Dal (Secular) political party.
- In 2013 he resigned from the Lok Sabha after winning
election to the Karnataka Assembly where his party emerged
as the second largest in terms of vote share percentage, he
was selected as the opposition leader.
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