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{{Short description|Indian politician (1940–2024))}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1940|06|24}}
| birth_place = Chirathahalli, [[Tumkur district|Tumkur]], [[Kingdom of Mysore]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2024|03|23|1940|06|24}}
| death_place = [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]], India
| education = B.A. and B.L.
| alma_mater = [[Bangalore University]]
| profession = [[Agriculturist]], lawyer, politician, social worker
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] from [[Chitradurga Lok Sabha constituency|Chitradurga]]
| termstart1 = 1989
| termend1 = 1996
| predecessor1 = K. H. Ranganath
| successor1 = P. Kondandaramaiah
| termstart2 = 1998
| termend2 = 1999
| predecessor2 = P. Kondandaramaiah
| successor2 = [[Shashi Kumar]]
| office3 = Member of [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
| termstart3 = 1985
| termend3 = 1989
| constituency3 = [[Sira Assembly constituency|Sira]]
| predecessor3 = P. Mudlegowda
| successor3 = S. K. Dasappa
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| otherparty = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Lakshmi Devi|7 May 1970}}
| children = 2, including [[C. M. Rajesh Gowda]]
}}

'''Chirathahalli Papegowda Mudalagiriyappa''' (24 June 1940 – 23 March 2024) was an Indian politician and leader of [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) from [[Karnataka]]. He was a three-time [[Member of Parliament]] and represented [[Chitradurga Lok Sabha constituency|Chitradurga]] in the [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3344.htm |title=Members Bioprofile -|access-date= 26 December 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sabha |first=India Parliament Lok |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EJNuBq7bxzcC&dq=C.+P.+Mudalagiriyappa+lok+sabha&pg=RA1-PA129 |title=Lok Sabha Debates |date=1993 |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat. |language=en}}</ref> He was also a member of the parliamentary delegation led by the [[G. M. C. Balayogi]] to Iraq in 1998.<ref name=":0" /> His son [[C. M. Rajesh Gowda]] is a doctor and former legislator.<ref name="death">{{cite news |title=Former MP C P Mudalagiriyappa passes away at 84 |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/former-mp-c-p-mudalagiriyappa-passes-away-at-84-2949902 |access-date=23 March 2024 |publisher=Deccan Herald |date=23 March 2024}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Mudalagiriyappa was born on 24 June 1940 in Chirathahalli of Tumkur district, Karnataka. Papegowda was his father.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sabha |first=India Parliament Lok |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZLZVAAAAYAAJ&q=Mudalagiriyappa |title=Indian Parliamentary Companion: Who's who of Members of Lok Sabha |date=2003 |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |language=en}}</ref> Mudalagiriyappa completed his education in B.A. and B.L. at Government Law College and [[Bangalore University]], Bangalore in Karnataka.

Mudalagiriyappa was elected as member of the Karnataka legislative assembly in his first attempt when he contested [[Sira Assembly constituency|Sira]] in the [[1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1985 election]].<ref name="death"/> He was then elected thrice from [[Chitradurga Lok Sabha constituency|Chitradurga]] to the [[Lok Sabha]], and served as a [[member of parliament]] between 1988 and 1999. In [[1996 Indian general election|1996]], he lost to P. Kondandaramaiah of the [[Janata Dal]] and in [[1999 Indian general election|1999]] to [[Shashi Kumar]] of the [[Janata Dal (Secular)]]. In 2004, Mudalagiriyappa resigned from primary membership of the INC stating that the party had become the private enterprise of a few individuals.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mudalagiriyappa quits Congress |url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/20/stories/2004032013820400.htm |access-date=29 April 2024 |work=The Hindu |date=20 March 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050323133403/http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/20/stories/2004032013820400.htm |archive-date=23 March 2005}}</ref> He unsuccessfully contested Chitradurga in the [[2004 Indian general election|2004 election]] on a [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ticket,<ref>{{cite news |title=Mudalagiriyappa gets BJP ticket |url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/24/stories/2004032406900400.htm |access-date=29 April 2024 |work=The Hindu |date=24 March 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913021308/http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/24/stories/2004032406900400.htm |archive-date=13 September 2011}}</ref> and lost to INC's [[N. Y. Hanumanthappa]].

Mudalagiriyappa married Lakshmi Devi on 7 May 1970 and the couple had one son and one daughter. His son [[C. M. Rajesh Gowda]] is a doctor and former legislator. Mudalagiriyappa died on 23 March 2024, at the age of 83.<ref name="death"/>

== Positions held ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!#
!From
!To
!Position
|-
|1.
|1979
|1982
|General Secretary of District [[Congress (Indira)|Congress Committee (Indira)]] D.C.C.(I), Karnataka.
|-
|2.
|1979
|1989
|Chairman of Legal Cell in [[Pradesh Congress Committee|Pradesh Congress Committee (Indira)]] P.C.C.(I), Karnataka.
|-
|3.
|1980
|
|Member of Constitution Amendment Committee in [[Karnataka Government]].
|-
|4.
|1985
|1989
|[[Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Member of Legislative Assembly]] from [[Sira Assembly constituency|Sira constituency]].

* Member of Committee on subordinate legislation.
* Member of the Estimates committee.
* Member of Committee on Public undertakings.
|-
|5.
|1989
|1991
|[[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] (1st term) in [[9th Lok Sabha]] from [[Chitradurga Lok Sabha constituency|Chitradurga]].

* Member of the Consultative Committee in the Ministry of Law and Justice.
|-
|6.
|1991
|1996
|[[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] (2nd term) in [[10th Lok Sabha]] from [[Chitradurga Lok Sabha constituency|Chitradurga]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Radio |first=All India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cDGOAAAAMAAJ&q=C.+P.+Mudalagiriyappa+lok+sabha |title=Lok Sabha Poll: An A.I.R. Analysis |date=1991 |publisher=News Services Division, All India Radio, Government of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7j2NAAAAMAAJ&q=C.+P.+Mudalagiriyappa+lok+sabha |title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1996 to the Eleventh Lok Sabha: Constituency data, summary |date=1996 |publisher=Election Commission of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W0KNAAAAMAAJ&q=C.+P.+Mudalagiriyappa+lok+sabha |title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1996 to the Eleventh Lok Sabha: Detailed results |date=1996 |publisher=Election Commission of India |language=en}}</ref>

* Member of the Estimates Committee.
* Member of Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals.
* Member of the Consultative Committee in the Ministry of Urban Development.
|-
|7.
|1998
|1999
|[[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] (3rd term) in [[12th Lok Sabha]] from [[Chitradurga Lok Sabha constituency|Chitradurga]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rajamani |first=R. C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cVpuAAAAMAAJ&q=C.+P.+Mudalagiriyappa+lok+sabha |title=Portraits of India's Parliamentarians for the New Millennium: Lok Sabha |date=2000 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=978-81-212-0692-1 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Aggarwal |first1=J. C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3kaOAAAAMAAJ&q=C.+P.+Mudalagiriyappa+lok+sabha |title=Lok Sabha Elections 1999: Last of the Millennium |last2=Chowdhry |first2=N. K. |date=2000 |publisher=Shipra Publications |isbn=978-81-7541-051-0 |language=en}}</ref>

* Member of Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution and its Sub-Committee-A on Department of Food and Civil Supplies.
* Member of Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House.
* Member of the Consultative Committee in the Ministry of Labour.
|}

==References==
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[[Category:1940 births]]
[[Category:2024 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Tumakuru district]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Karnataka]]
[[Category:People from Chitradurga district]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka]]
[[Category:India MPs 1989–1991]]
[[Category:India MPs 1991–1996]]
[[Category:India MPs 1998–1999]]
[[Category:Kannada people]]

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