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Late Sri Kondajji Basappa is a popular name both in Karnataka Politics as well as in Scouts and Guides Movement in Karnataka.

Kondajji Basappa was born on 11-12-1915 at KONDAJJI VILLAGE - Harihara Taluk- Davanagere District of Karnataka State. He was a Graduate in Science from Bangalore University and did his LL.B from Pune University. He took active role in promotion of SCOUT & Guide MOVEMENTS in Karnataka. Kondajji Basappa entered into politics in the year 1962 by becoming MLA from Davangere and twice elected as Member of Parliment in 1971 and 1977. The greatness of Kondajji Basappa was - he never aspired for power. He accepted things as they came.

He worked as Assistant District Commissioner, District Commissioner of Chitradurga, Assistant State Commissioner of Chitradurga Division and State Secretary before he became State Chief Commissioner. He held this post for the longest period from 1964 till he passed away in November 1982.

1942 : Assitant District Commissioner (Scouts) Davanagere 1946 : President, District Board, Chitradurga 1948 : Received Gold Medal for Public Service from the Maharaja of Mysore 1950-: Member, Syndicate of the University of Mysore 1960  District Commissioner (Scouts), Chitradurga 1951 : Indian Representative, 7th World Scout Jamborre at Bad Ischl and World Scout Conference in Austria. 1955 : Assistant State Commissioner (Scouts), Chitradurga Division 1962 : Elected to the Mysore Legislative Assemble from Davanagere ; Deputy Minister for Co-operation, Information and Excise, Mysore. 1962 : Headquarters Commissioner for Public relations, Bharat Scouts and Guides. 1962-: Chairman 1967  State Handloom Advisory Board, State Wearhousing corporation. 1963 : State Secretary, Bharat Scouts and Guides. 1964-: State Chief Commissioner, 1982  Bharat Scouts and Guides, Karnataka. 1967 : Re-elected to the Mysore Legislative Assembly from Davanagere. 1968 : Awarded the Silver Elephant of the Bharat Scouts and Guides in recognition for his distinguised services to the movement. 1968-: Member, Board of Regents 1971  University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore. 1969 : Secretary, Mysore Pradesh Congress Committee 1971 : Elected as Member of Parliament ( Lok Sabha ) from Chitradurga. 1971 : Establishment & Development of Scout and Guide Campus at Kondajji Village. 1972-: Union Deputy Minister for Health and Family Planning. 1974 1973 : Indian Deligate to the World Scout Conference at Nairobi. 1974 : Leader of the Indian Team in the International Conference on Family Planning at Manila,Visited Thailand and Hongkong. 1976 : Donated Rs 1 lakh for the cause of scout and guide movement in karnataka 1976 : Founder President of "Jaladarshini jananapeeta" a residential multipurpose Educational Institution, Kondajji Village. 1977 : Re-elected to the Parliament from Davanagere. 1982 : Rajyotsava award for the meritorious services rendered to Scouts and Guides movement. 1982 : Passed away in Bangalore on 14th November.