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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = B. Shankaranand<br />
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| birth_date = 19 October 1925<ref name="MP bio profile">{{cite web |last1=web master |title=Tenth Lok sabha Members Bioprofile |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1956.htm |website=PARLIAMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA HOUSE OF THE PEOPLE |publisher=National Informatics Centre (NIC) |accessdate=10 May 2020}}</ref><br />
| birth_place = Kanagali, [[Chikodi]], [[Belgaum]], [[Karnataka State]], [[British India]]<br />
| residence =<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|11|20|1925|10|19|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = Belgaum<br />
| constituency = [[Chikkodi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chikkodi]]<br />
| office = MP<br />
| term = 7 consecutive terms<br />
| predecessor = [[V. L. Patil]]<br />
| successor = [[Ratnamala Savanur]]<br />
| party =[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| spouse = Kamala Devi<br />
| children = 2 Sons, 6 Daughters<br />
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'''B. Shankaranand''' (1925-2009) was a congress leader from [[Karnataka]] and minister in government of [[India]].<br />
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He held the following portfolios in the Union Cabinet:<br />
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{|class="wikitable"<br />
!Position<br />
!Dates<br />
|-<br />
|Deputy Minister of Parliamentary Affairs<br />
|16 March 1971 to 24 March 1977<br />
|-<br />
|Minister of Health & Family Welfare<br />
|16 January 1980 to 31 October 1984<br />
|-<br />
|Minister of Irrigation & Power<br />
|31 December 1984 to 25 September 1985<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="2"|Minister of Water Resources<br />
|25 September 1985 to 21 August 1987<br />
|-<br />
|25 June 1988 to 2 December 1989<br />
|-<br />
|Minister of Law & Justice<br />
|25 June 1988 to 2 December 1989<br />
|-<br />
|Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas<br />
|21 June 1991 to 17 January 1993<br />
|-<br />
|Minister of Health & Family Welfare<br />
|18 January 1993 to 22 December 1994<br />
|}<br />
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He worked as a cabinet minister under the Prime Ministership of Smt. Indira Gandhi, Shri Rajiv Gandhi and Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao.<br />
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He headed the first ever [[Joint Parliamentary Committee]] (JPC) formed to investigate into the Bofors deal which gave its report on 26 April 1988.<ref>[http://netindian.in/news/2009/11/20/0004134/former-union-minister-b-shankaranand-passes-away Former Union Minister B Shankaranand passes away | NetIndian]</ref><br />
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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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kannada.oneindia.in/news/karnataka/lok-sabha-election-2014-chikkodi-ls-constituency-profile-lse-082802.html|title=ಚಿಕ್ಕೋಡಿ ಲೋಕಸಭಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ಕಿರುಪರಿಚಯ|date=27 March 2014}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:People from Belagavi district]]<br />
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[[Category:Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministers of India]]<br />
[[Category:Law Ministers of India]]<br />
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