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'''John Richard Lobo''', popularly known as '''J. R. Lobo''', is an Indian politician and former [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of [[Mangalore City South|Mangalore South constituency]] in [[Karnataka]], [[India]].<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.newskarnataka.com/mangalore/mangalore-south-mla-jr-lobo-visits-central-market-area-in-mangalore |title=Mangalore South MLA JR Lobo visits Central Market area in Mangalore |date=20 May 2013 |publisher=NewsKarnataka}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=173014 |title=Mangalore: J R Lobo humbles four-time MLA, N Yogish Bhat |date=8 May 2013 |publisher=Daijiworld Media Pvt Ltd Mangalore}}</ref> MLA J.R Lobo proposed the installation of musical [[fountain]] with [[laser show]] at [[Kadri Park]], which is the largest lung space in the city.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.newskarnataka.com/mangalore/Musical-fountain-at-Kadri-to-come-up-in-six-months |title=Musical fountain at Kadri to come up in six months |date=21 March 2015 |publisher=NewsKarnataka}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/mangaluru-gets-a-new-musical-fountain/articleshow/58300345.cms|title=Mangaluru gets a new musical fountain - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-11-12}}</ref> J.R Lobo also proposed the construction of the 3D 8K [[Swami Vivekananda Planetarium|Planetarium]] at [[Pilikula Nisargadhama|Pilikula]] in [[Mangalore]], which was inaugurated in March 2018.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/good-news-stargazers-india-s-first-virtual-3d-planetarium-comes-mangaluru-77229 |title=Good news for stargazers, India's first virtual 3D Planetarium comes up in Mangaluru |work=[[The News Minute]]|date=1 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/indias-first-3d-8k-planetarium-to-be-ready-at-pilikula-in-october/articleshow/58229038.cms |title=India's first 3D 8K Planetarium to be ready at Pilikula in October |work=[[The Times of India]]|date=18 April 2017|access-date=14 June 2017}}</ref>

J.R Lobo worked for 18 years as the founder Executive Director of the [[Pilikula Nisargadhama]] in Mangalore.<ref>{{citation |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/JR-Lobo-former-MCC-Commissioner-and-executive-director-Pilikula-Nisargadhama-Society-will-join-Congress-party-today-at-11-30am-at-DKDCC-office-/articleshow/15225330.cms |title=JR Lobo, former MCC Commissioner and executive director, Pilikula Nisargadhama Society will join Congress party today at 11.30am at DKDCC office |work=[[The Times of India]]|date=28 July 2012|access-date=14 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=http://www.pilikula.com/history.html |title=Pilikula - History |work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=14 June 2017}}</ref>

Lobo alleged that he lost the 2018 assembly elections due to the electronic voting machines being manipulated.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-06-02|title=Authenticity of EVM: Lobo to approach court|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/district/authenticity-evm-lobo-approach-court-673055.html|access-date=2021-11-10|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}<ref>[http://kannada.seeandsay.in/tulunadu-kn/mangaluru-kn/6087-2016-01-10-10-29-53 “ಅಪರೂಪದ ಅವಕಾಶಕ್ಕೆ ಸ್ಪಂದಿಸಿ, ಪ್ರತಿಭೆಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರದರ್ಶಿಸಿ, ಯಶಸ್ವಿಯಾಗಿ” – ಜೆ.ಆರ್.ಲೋಬೋ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075243/http://kannada.seeandsay.in/tulunadu-kn/mangaluru-kn/6087-2016-01-10-10-29-53 |date= 4 March 2016 }}</ref>

==External links==
*[http://jrlobo.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:Mangaloreans]]
[[Category:Members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Mangalorean Catholics]]
[[Category:1953 births]]
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