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FORMER PRIME MINISTERS OF INDIA # 12 ..H D DEVE GOWDA...WATERCOLOUR ON IVORY PAPER BOARD ... 7INCH * 5INCH ...2014... Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda (born 18 May 1933) Indian politician and legislator who served as 14th Chief Minister of Karnataka (1994 to 1996) and as 12th Prime Minister of India (June 1996 to April 1997). He is a member of the 16th Lok Sabha representing the Hassan constituency of Karnataka and is the National President of the Janata Dal (Secular) party. In the 1996 general elections, the Congress party headed by P.V. Narasimha Rao lost decisively but no other party won enough seats to form a government. When the United Front (a conglomeration of non-Congress and non-BJP regional parties) decided to form the Government at the Centre with the support of the Congress, Deve Gowda was unexpectedly chosen to head the government and became the 12th Prime Minister of India. He took over as Prime Minister of India on 1 June 1996 and continued until 11 April 1997. Also, He was the Chairman of the Steering Committee of the United Front, the policy making apex body of all the constituents of the ruling front. And also in charge of Ministries/Departments of Petroleum and Chemicals, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Atomic Energy, Home Affairs, Agriculture, Food Processing Industries, Urban Affairs and Employment and Non-Conventional Energy Sources.{INFO : WIKIPEDIA}