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{{Short description|Indian politician (1924–2011)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = M. S. Gurupadaswamy
| image = MSGurupadaswamy.jpg
| caption = M. S. Gurupadaswamy
| office1 = 18th [[Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start1 = December 1989
| term_end1 = November 1990
| predecessor1 = [[P. Shiv Shankar]]
| successor1 = [[Yashwant Sinha]]
| office2 = [[Leader of the Opposition (Rajya Sabha)|Leader of Opposition]] ([[Rajya Sabha]])
| term_start2 = March 1971
| term_end2 = April 1972
| predecessor2 = [[Shyam Nandan Mishra]]
| successor2 = [[Kamalapati Tripathi]]
| term_start3 = June 1991
| term_end3 = July 1991
| predecessor3 = P. Shiv Shankar
| successor3 = S. Jaipal Reddy
| constituency_MP4 = [[Mysore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mysore]]
| parliament4 = Indian
| term_start4 = 1952
| term_end4 = 1957
| predecessor4 = ''Seat established''
| successor4 = [[M. Shankaraiya]]<br />[[S. M. Siddaiah]]
| alongside4 = [[N. Rachaiah]]
| birth_date = 7 August 1924<ref name=bio />
| birth_place = Malangi, [[Kingdom of Mysore]], (present-day [[Mysore district]], Karnataka, India)<ref name=bio />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2011|05|10|1924|08|07}}<ref name=abc />
| death_place = Bangalore, Karnataka, India<ref name=abc />
| party = [[Janata Dal]]
| otherparty = [[Janata Party]]<br />[[File:Hand INC.svg|25px]][[Indian National Congress]]<br />[[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party]]
| spouse = Rajasree
| alma_mater = Maharaja's College, [[Mysore]]<br />Canning College, Lucknow
}}

'''M. S. Gurupadaswamy''' (7 August 1922 – 10 May 2011) was an Indian politician. He was the [[Rajya Sabha#Officers|Leader of House of Rajya Sabha]] from December 1989 to November 1990 and served twice as the [[Leader of the Opposition (India)|Leader of the Opposition]] in [[Rajya Sabha]] during March 1971 to April 1972 and 28 June 1991 to 21 July 1991.<ref name=abc>{{cite news |title= M. S. Gurupadaswamy passes away |url= http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/11/stories/2011051164730600.htm|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110514150121/http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/11/stories/2011051164730600.htm|url-status= dead|archive-date= 14 May 2011|newspaper= The Hindu|date= 10 May 2011|accessdate=22 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Former Union Minister M. S. Gurupadaswamy dies of heart attack|url= http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-05-10/news/29528180_1_parliamentary-party-psp-gurupadaswamy|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141003163329/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-05-10/news/29528180_1_parliamentary-party-psp-gurupadaswamy|url-status= dead|archive-date= 3 October 2014|newspaper= The Economic Times|date= 10 May 2011|accessdate=22 March 2013}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Gurupadaswamy was born in Malangi in [[Mysore district]] in August 1924. He was second among four brothers and five sisters.<ref name=bio2>{{cite web|url= http://www.in.com/m-s-gurupadaswamy/biography-1957625.html|title= M. S. Gurupadaswamy biography|publisher= [[In.com]]|accessdate= 4 April 2013|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150328035648/http://www.in.com/m-s-gurupadaswamy/biography-1957625.html|archivedate= 28 March 2015}}</ref>

He had his primary education in Malangi, and secondary education at [[Malavalli]]. He studied [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] at [[Maharaja's College, Mysore]] and [[Master of Arts|M.A.]], [[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B.]] at Canning College in Lucknow.<ref name=bio2 />

He married Rajasree on 21 May 1945.<ref name=bio>{{cite web |url= http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/735.htm|title= Members Bioprofile on Lok Sabha website|publisher= [[National Informatics Centre]], Delhi/[[Lok Sabha]]|accessdate=22 March 2013}}</ref> He has one son and two daughters.<ref name="Rajya Sabha" />

==Political career==
Gurupadaswamy was an [[Indian independence movement|independence activist]]. He took part in [[Quit India Movement]] in 1942. At that time, he was a member of [[All India Students Federation]]. After India's independence, he joined [[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party]]. In 1952 [[1952 Indian general election|general election]], he was elected from [[Mysore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mysore]] to [[Lok Sabha]]. After the merger of his party and the Socialist Party in 1952 at the national level, Gurupadaswamy became the General Secretary of the Parliamentary Party.<ref name=abc />

Gurupadaswamy was a member of [[Rajya Sabha]] for 4 terms from [[Mysore]] from 1960 to 1966, from Uttar Pradesh from 1966 to 1972 and from [[Karnataka]] from 1984 to 1990 and from 1990 to 1992.<ref name="Rajya Sabha">{{cite web |url= http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/g.pdf |title=Rajya Sabha Members' Biographical Sketches 1952 - 2003 |publisher= Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Parliament House, New Delhi. }}</ref>

He was Minister of State for Atomic Energy in 1967. He was [[Minister of Agriculture]] and Food, Community Development and Cooperation in [[Indira Gandhi]]'s [[First Indira Gandhi Ministry|Cabinet]] during 1967–69.<ref name=abc />

In 1969, when [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] split, Gurupadaswamy was one of the first Ministers to resign from Indira Gandhi's cabinet. Gurupadaswamy became Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha in 1971. He was one of the founders of the [[Janata Party]].<ref name=abc />

Gurupadaswamy served as Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals in [[V. P. Singh Ministry]] from 1989 to 1990.<ref name=abc />

==Publications==
Gurupadaswamy published two books, namely ''Modern Trends in International Affairs'' and ''Communalism''. He was editor of ''The Prajamata'' and president of Mysore State Journalists' Association.<ref name=bio />

==References==
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