Mallikarjun Goud (1941 – 24 December 2002) was a Union Minister, President of

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Congress Committee, and six-term member of the

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. He was the member of

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, 9th Lok Sabha, 10th Lok Sabha, and

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of India. Mallikarjun is remembered for the development of

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district which he represented four times as member of parliament (

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) of India, as a firebrand

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leader for his steadfast support for the separate Telangana state, and for sacrificing his Medak Lok sabha seat in 1980 for the election of

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(former

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) into parliament. He was elected to Lok sabha six times, four times from the Mahbubnagar parliamentary constituency and twice from Medak Seat. He served in the central government of India in the capacity of Union Deputy Minister and Union Minister of State handling portfolios like Railways, Education and Social Welfare, Information and Broadcasting and Defence.

Personal details

Mallikarjun was born in 1941 at Nallagandla village of Medak district. He died of cardiac arrest in

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on 24 December 2002. He has two sons and one daughter.

Political career

Mallikarjun entered into state politics of Andhra Pradesh with his participation and active role in the students' struggle that snowballed into Telangana agitation in 1967. He soon became a student leader for the separate statehood of Telangana agitation between 1969 and 1971. He was then elected to the Lok sabha from Medak constituency as a

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party candidate in 1971. He later joined the

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party after the suppression of the fight for a Separate Telangana and was re-elected to Lok sabha in 1977 from Medak constituency. He gave up his Medak seat in 1980 for the election of former Prime minister of India, Indira Gandhi in a by-election. He then moved to Mahbubnagar district and was elected from that parliamentary constituency four times, in 1980, 1989, 1991 and 1996, in spite of being a native of Medak district. However, he lost the election in Mahbubnagar in 1984 and 1998. He initially was inducted into Indira Gandhi's central ministry as Deputy Minister for Railways. He also served as union minister under former prime ministers

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and P.V.Narasimha Rao, handling portfolios like Education and Social Welfare, Information and Broadcasting and Defence. He was also the President of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee for two years between 1996 and 1998 and then went to form a pressure group of Telangana leaders within the congress for the separate statehood of Telangana until his death in 2002. The last rites of Mallikarjun were held at Nallagandla village in Medak district on 25 December 2002 with State honours.Mallikarjun Cremated with State Honours
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References

External links

*http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/dec/24ap.htm

*http://mahabubnagar.tripod.com/Politics_Biodatas.htm *http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/feb/20mahbub.htm

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mallikarjun 1941 births Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh Telugu people 2002 deaths India MPs 1971–1977 People from Medak district India MPs 1977–1979 India MPs 1980–1984 India MPs 1989–1991 India MPs 1991–1996 India MPs 1996–1997 Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh People from Mahbubnagar district Presidents of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee