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'''Kamalar Bhimsha Shanappa''' (16 May 1938 – 9 May 2021) was an Indian politician from the State of [[Karnataka]]. {{Infobox person<br />
| name =K. B. Shanappa<br />
| birth_date ={{birth date|1938|05|16|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Shahabad, Gulbarga]] | death_date ={{death date and age|2021|05|09|1938|05|16|df=y}} |death_place =[[Gulbarga]]}}<br />
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==Biography==<br />
As member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], he was nominated to the [[Karnataka Legislative Council]], the upper house of the [[Karnataka Legislature]], in 2012, and remained a member till 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Legislative Council Members |url=http://www.kla.kar.nic.in/council/lcmem.html |publisher=kla.kar.nic.in |accessdate=5 November 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908132207/http://www.kla.kar.nic.in/council/lcmem.html |archivedate=8 September 2018}}</ref> Between 2006 and 2012, he represented Karnataka in [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the [[Parliament of India|Indian Parliament]].<ref>{{cite news |title=K.B. Shanappa files papers |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/K.B.-Shanappa-files-papers/article15728979.ece |accessdate=5 November 2018 |work=The Hindu |date=14 March 2006 |language=en-IN}}</ref> Shanappa was a member of the [[Janata Dal]] till 1998, when he quit to join [[Lok Shakti]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Shanappa quits JD to join Lok Shakthi |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/feb/04lok.htm |accessdate=5 November 2018 |work=Rediff.com |date=4 February 1998}}</ref><br />
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Shanappa died on 9 May 2021 aged 83. Having tested positive for [[COVID-19]] and developed complications, he had been hospitalised. He was survived by his wife, two daughters and two sons.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Buradikatti |first1=Kumar |title=Senior politician K.B. Shanappa succumbs to COVID-19 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/senior-politician-kb-shanappa-succumbs-to-covid-19/article34520646.ece |access-date=10 May 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=9 May 2021}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://164.100.47.5/newmembers/Website/Main.aspx Profile on Rajya Sabha website]<br />
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[[Category:1938 births]]<br />
[[Category:2021 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Shakti politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India]]<br />
[[Category:Janata Dal politicians]]<br />
[[Category:People from Kalaburagi district]]<br />
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