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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = K. S. Nagarathanamma
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| office = [[List of leaders of the opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Leader of the opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 29 January 1987
| term_end = 21 April 1989
| predecessor = [[Sarekoppa Bangarappa]]
| successor = [[D. B. Chandregowda]]
| office2 = 7th [[List of speakers of the Mysore Legislative Assembly|Speaker of the Mysore Legislative Assembly]]
| office1 = 1st [[List of speakers of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly|1st speaker of the Karanataka Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start1 = 1 Nov 1973
| term_end2 = 31 Oct 1973
| term_start2 = 24 March 1972
| term_end1 = 17 March 1978
| predecessor2 = S. D. Kotavale
| successor2 = postion renamed
| successor1 = P. Venkataramana
| predecessor1 = position renamed
| constituency_AM2 = [[Gundlupet Assembly constituency|Gundlupet]]
| assembly3 = Karnataka Legislative
| term_start3 = 1957
| term_end3 = 1978
| predecessor3 = ''New constituency''
| successor3 = [[H. K. Shivarudrappa]]
| term_start4 = 1983
| term_end4 = 1994
| predecessor4 = H. K. Shivarudrappa
| successor4 = [[H. S. Mahadeva Prasad]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|11|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|12|17|1923|11|23|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], India
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = {{marriage|K. C. Subbanna|1934|1947|end=died}}
}}
'''Kabballi Subbanna Nagarathanamma'''<ref name="bio">{{cite book |title=K. S. Nagarathnamma |date=1999 |url=https://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/elib/pdf/eresources/K%20S%20Nagaratnamma.pdf |language=kn}}</ref> (23 November 1923 – 17 October 1993) was an Indian politician from the southern state of [[Karnataka]]. She was elected seven times from the [[Gundlupet Assembly constituency|Gundlupet constituency]] to the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]. She was the first female [[List of speakers of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly|speaker]] of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, when she served between 1972 and 1978,<ref name="Mysore has had only three women legislators">{{cite news |date=9 April 2013 |title=Mysore has had only three women legislators |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/mysore-has-had-only-three-women-legislators-315714.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250409173415/https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/mysore-has-had-only-three-women-legislators-315714.html |archivedate=9 April 2025 |accessdate=9 April 2025 |publisher=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref> and also the first female [[List of leaders of the opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly|leader of opposition of the Assembly]].

==Early life==
Nagarathanamma was born on 23 November 1923 to Channamma and C. R. Gowda, an engineer, as their eldest of nine children. She had six sisters and two brothers. In 1934, she was [[Child marriage|married at the age of 11]] to K. C. Subbanna (1911–1947). His family resided in [[Gundlupet]], then a part of the [[Mysore district]], and was a family involved in public service and politics. Subbanna served as president of the Gundlupet District Board for nine years before his death in August 1947. Upon being urged by the people of Gundlupet to follow the legacy of public service of the Kabballi family, Nagarathanamma contested the [[1957 Mysore Legislative Assembly election]] from [[Gundlupet Assembly constituency|Gundlupet]].<ref name="bio"/>

==Career==
Before entering politics, Nagarathanamma served as vice-president of [[the Bharat Scouts and Guides]] and senate member of the [[University of Mysore]].<ref name="first">{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/7990/first-women-all.html |title='First women' all |work=Deccan Herald |date=14 June 2009 |accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref> In 1957, when the Gundlupet constituency was formed, she contested the election as an [[independent politician]] and won upon securing 24,955 votes, whereas her only opponent [[H. K. Shivarudrappa]] of the [[Indian National Congress]] received 13,053.<ref name="1957e">{{cite web|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Mysore_1957.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |pages= 10, 177 |publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate= 8 January 2017}}</ref> She thus became the first legislator of the constituency. She again defeated Shivarudrappa in 1962 elections winning 22,765 as against his 20,010 votes.<ref name="1962e">{{cite web|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Mysore_1962.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |pages= 10, 217 |publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate= 8 January 2017}}</ref> She contested the 1967 elections as member of Indian National Congress and defeated K. B. Jayadevappa with a large margin of 21,423 by securing 30,778 as against his 9,355 votes.<ref name="1967e">{{cite web|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Mysore%201967.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |pages= 8, 130 |publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate= 8 January 2017}}</ref>

Nagarathanamma retained the constituency for the fourth time in 1972 elections defeating B. Basappa of [[Indian National Congress (Organisation)]]. She won 30,055 votes and Basappa won 20,255 votes.<ref name="1972e">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatisRep_Mysore_72.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |pages= 8, 129 |publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate= 9 January 2017}}</ref> She was elected as the speaker of the assembly in 1972 till 1978 and became the first female speaker of the house.<ref name="first"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/speakeroffice.htm |title=Speakers of Karnataka Legislative Assembly since 1949 |work=Government of Karnataka |date=2016 |accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref> In the [[1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1978 elections]] she faced defeat when Shivarudrappa, her long time contender, won by a close margin of 271 votes and received 27,141 votes while both were independent candidates.<ref name="1978e">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1978/Statistical%20Report%20Karnataka%201978.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |page= 8 |publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate= 9 January 2017}}</ref>

[[1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|The 1983 elections]] again saw her come back to her seat as INC member by defeating H. N. Srikanta Setty of [[Janata Party]] and won 44,085 votes.<ref name="1983e">{{cite web|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1983/Statistical%20Report%201983%20karnatkaa.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |pages= 9, 137 |publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate= 9 January 2017}}</ref> In the following [[1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1985 elections]] she defeated [[H. S. Mahadeva Prasad]] of [[Janata Party]] with a large margin of 19,140 securing 40,857 votes for herself.<ref name="1985e">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1985/Statistical%20Report%20Karnataka%201985.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |pages= 8, 12, 140 |publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate= 9 January 2017}}</ref> Between 1987 and 1989, she served as leader of opposition in the Assembly.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/TOINEW/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIBG%2F2010%2F03%2F10&ViewMode=HTML&EntityId=Ar01400&AppName=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216224603/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/TOINEW/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIBG%2F2010%2F03%2F10&ViewMode=HTML&EntityId=Ar01400&AppName=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 February 2017 |title=Making a mark on the reservation front|work=[[The Times of India]] |date=2010 |author=M B Maramkal, Rishikesh Bahadur Desai |accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="bio"/> Nagarathanamma again defeated Prasad in [[1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1989 elections]] winning 50,643 votes.<ref name="1989e">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/Statistical%20Report%20karnataka%201989.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election, 1989 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |pages= 8, 12, 140|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate= 9 January 2017}}</ref> In 1990, she was appointed Minister for Health and Family Welfare.<ref name="first"/>

Since the 1970s till her death in 1993, Nagarathnamma lived at a farmouse in Kenchenahalli, nearby Bangalore.<ref name="bio"/>

==See also==
* [[Women's political participation in India]]

==References==
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[[Category:20th-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Mysore MLAs 1957–1962]]
[[Category:Mysore MLAs 1962–1967]]
[[Category:Mysore MLAs 1967–1972]]
[[Category:Mysore MLAs 1972–1977]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 1983–1985]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 1985–1989]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 1989–1994]]
[[Category:Speakers of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Leaders of the opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]

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