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 * Keep He meets WP:POLITICIAN because he was elected to the legislature of the Indian state of Karnataka in 1962 and 1967, according to this 2004 article in The Hindu. In this article, The Hindu quoted the chief minister of that state as saying "the agitation and the political contribution of the late Shantaveri Gopala Gowda are significant in the history of the Legislature" upon the publication of a book about him in 2005, 33 years after his death. This political website discusses his legislative career. The Times of India, in a story about two lawyers who sent a high ranking government official to prison for corruption, quoted them as saying that their "ideological fight against corruption" was "largely inspired by lives of socialists Ram Manohar Lohia, Kadidal Manjappa and Shantaveri Gopala Gowda". That was in 2011, 39 years after his death. In this 2003 article in The Hindu, the Karnataka minister of health said that he was "a dedicated socialist and a champion of the common man" who "fought relentlessly for the cause of the poor" and "appealed to the people, who benefited by the land for the tiller movement" that he led. In a 1992 article, India Today called him a "famed socialist leader". A book called Agrarian Unrest in Karnataka called him a "renowned Socialist leader" who had "charismatic influence" and "gained many followers". He would be notable even if he was a non-descript elected state legislator. These sources show that his influence continues over 40 years after his death.