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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| image = Kolur-Basavanagouda.webp<br />
| name = Kolur Basavanagoud<br />
| profession = [[Educationist]], [[Industrialist]]<br />
| parents = Shri K. Thimmanagoud (father) Smt Hompamma (mother)<br />
| birth_date = 1 July 1934<br />
| birth_place = [[Kolur]], [[Bellary district]] ([[Karnataka]])<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|11|25|1934|07|01|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Bellary]] ([[Karnataka]])<br />
| party = [[File:Hand INC.svg|25px]][[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| alma_mater = S.G. Junior College and Veerasaiva College, Bellary and [[Hindu College, Guntur]] ([[Andhra Pradesh]])<br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
| constituency = [[Bellary (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bellary]]<br />
| term = 2000 – 2004<br />
| predecessor = [[K. C. Kondaiah]]<br/>[[Sonia Gandhi]] (''vacated'')<br />
| successor = [[G. Karunakara Reddy]]<br />
| children = 2 sons and 1 daughter<br />
| spouse = K. Kamakshamma (15 May 1960)<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kolur Basavanagoud''' (1 July 1934 – 25 November 2022) was an Indian politician, educationist, and industrialist who served as a member of the [[Indian Parliament]] in the [[13th Lok Sabha]] from the [[Bellary Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sabha |first=India Parliament Lok |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZLZVAAAAYAAJ&q=Kolur+Basavanagoud+died |title=Indian Parliamentary Companion: Who's who of Members of Lok Sabha |date=2003 |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sabha |first=India Parliament Lok |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=drk_Lst8gh8C&q=Kolur+Basavanagoud+inc |title=Who's who |date=2000 |publisher=Parliament Secretariat |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sabha |first=India Parliament Lok |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OVpPAQAAMAAJ&dq=Kolur+Basavanagoud+lok+sabha&pg=PA173 |title=Lok Sabha Debates |date=2002 |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat. |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Babu |first=D. Y. Giri |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WTOKAAAAMAAJ&q=Kolur+Basavanagoud+lok+sabha |title=The Parliament of India Directory: Members of Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha, Parliamentary Committees |date=2001 |publisher=Adset Communications |language=en}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Indian National Congress]].<br />
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Basavanagoud was instrumental in the development and formation of two Engineering Colleges, one Polytechnic and one Institute of Management Studies for Veerasaiva Vidya Vardhaka Sangha.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Members : Lok Sabha |url=https://loksabha.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=558&lastls=13 |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=loksabha.nic.in}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and background ==<br />
Kolur Basavanagoud was born to Shri K. Thimmanagoud and Smt Hompamma on 1 July 1934 in [[Kolur]] village of [[Bellary district]], [[Karnataka]]. He completed his education at S.G. Junior College and Veerasaiva College, [[Bellary]], [[Karnataka]] and [[Hindu College, Guntur]], [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name=":0"/><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Kolur Basavanagoud married K. Kamakshamma on 15 May 1960. They have two sons and one daughter.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Electoral history ==<br />
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{{Election box begin|title=By Election, 2000: [[Bellary]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2000/02/26/stories/0426210g.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327131853/https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2000/02/26/stories/0426210g.htm|url-status=dead|work=[[The Hindu]] |title=Cong. records 14th straight win in Bellary| archive-date=2019-03-27}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate='''Kolur Basavanagoud'''|votes='''2,59,851'''|percentage='''50.6'''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=K. S. Veerbhadrappa|votes=1,63,831|percentage=31.9}}<br />
{{Election box majority|votes=96,020|percentage=18.7|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|votes=5,13,164|percentage=42.45|change=}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|swing=}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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== Positions held ==<br />
* Chairman, District Congress Campaign Committee for Lok Sabha and Assembly Elections, 1999<br />
* Joint Secretary of V.V. Sangha, Bellary<br />
* Member of Zonal Railway Users Committee<br />
* President, Lions Club, Bellary, 1975–78<br />
* President, Youth Congress, Bellary 1965-70<br />
* Secretary, Academic Council, Gulbarga University<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
!#<br />
!From<br />
!To<br />
!Position<br />
|-<br />
|1.<br />
|1965<br />
|1970<br />
|President of Youth Congress - Bellary.<br />
|-<br />
|2.<br />
|1999<br />
| -<br />
|Chairman of District Congress Campaign Committee for the Lok Sabha and Assembly Elections.<br />
|-<br />
|3.<br />
|2000<br />
|2004<br />
|Member of Parliament in [[13th Lok Sabha]] from [[Bellary Lok Sabha constituency|Bellary]]<br />
* Member of Committee on External Affairs<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1934 births]]<br />
[[Category:2022 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:People from Ballari district]]<br />
[[Category:Indian industrialists]]<br />
[[Category:Karnataka academics]]</div>PhilSalisbury74