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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| birth_date = {{birth date |1935|12|20|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Keragodu, Distt. Hassan (Karnataka)
| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|08|18|1935|12|20|df=y}}
| parents = Shri Patel Gidde Gowda (father) Smt. Sannamma (mother)
| profession = Agriculturist, Horticulturist, Industrialist
| spouse = Smt. P. Shantamma (03 May 1962)
| children = 1 son and 1 daughter
| party = [[File:Hand INC.svg|25px]][[Indian National Congress]]
}}

'''Gaurang Puttaswamy Gowda''' (20 December 1935 - 18 August 2006) was an Indian politician and he represented [[Hassan (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hassan]] in [[Lok Sabha]] the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]]. He defeated [[H.D. Deve Gowda]], former prime minister of India in [[13th Lok Sabha]] elections. He was a member of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Tough task for Congress in Hassan |date=6 February 2014 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/tough-task-for-congress-in-hassan/article5657240.ece}}</ref>

== Early life and background ==
Puttaswamy was born to Shri Patel Gidde Gowda and Smt. Sannamma on 20 December 1935, in Keragodu [[Hassan district|Hassan District]] of Karnataka. He completed his education Matriculate, Rashtra Bhasha Visharad from [[Bettadapura]], [[Mysore district|Mysore District]] and [[Holenarasipura|Holenarsipura]], Hassan District (Karnataka).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Members : Lok Sabha |url=https://loksabha.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=145&lastls=13 |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=loksabha.nic.in}}</ref>

He served as a Member and President of the Taluk Development Board. He was also Director of H.D.C.C. Bank Limited in 1975 and Director of Karnataka State Co-Operative Marketing Federation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Puttaswamy Gowda G. |url=https://www.kla.kar.nic.in/council/members/EXMEMBERS/PuttaswamyGowdaG.htm |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=www.kla.kar.nic.in}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
G. Puttaswamy Gowda married Smt. P. Shantamma on 3 May 1962. The couple has 1 son and 1 daughter.<ref name=":0" />

== Positions held ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!#
!From
!To
!Position
|-
|1.
|1975
|
|Director, H.D.C.C. Bank Limited
|-
|2.
|1972
|1978
|Member, Hemavathy Project Rehabilitation Committee, Hassan
|-
|3.
|1979
|1984
|Member of Karnataka Legislative Council
|-
|4.
|1978
|1980
|Member of Committee on Public Undertakings
|-
|5.
|1980
|
|Chairman of Estimates Committee
|-
|6.
|1980
|1982
|Member of House Committee
|-
|7.
|1982
|1984
|Chairman of Committee on Government Assurances
|-
|8.
|1989
|1994
|Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
|-
|9.
|1989
|1993
|
* Cabinet Minister, Karnataka
''Cabinet Minister in the State Government''
* P.W.D., Irrigation, Agriculture
* Health and Medical Education
* Social Welfare and Horticulture
|-
|10
|1999
|2004
|MP in [[13th Lok Sabha]] from [[Hassan (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hassan]]
|-
|11.
|1999
|2000
|
* Member of the Committee on Agriculture
* Member of Joint Committee on Offices of Profit
* Member of Joint Committee on the Protection of the Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Bill, 1999
|-
|12.
|2000
|2004
|Member of Consultative Committee, Ministry of Textiles
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka]]
[[Category:India MPs 1999–2004]]
[[Category:2002 deaths]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Karnataka]]
[[Category:1935 births]]

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