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Early Life

Sri N.H.Shivashankara Reddy is a Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Indian National Congress.

He was born on the 24th of September in the year 1954 at Gowribidanur Taluk, Chikkaballapura District (Karnataka,India) to late Sri N.S. Hanumantha Reddy, into an affluent family that consisted of Indian freedom fighters, who had struggled in the past,for the eradication of social evils and the progress of the socially and economically backward sections of the Indian society.

Sri N.H. Shivashankara Reddy holds a bachelors degree in agricultural sciences (B.Sc Agriculture) from the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka.

Political Life

He has always had to face strong opposition in elections but has won by remarkable majority. His strength is in concentrating on the development of his constituency. His victories are because of his dedicated efforts and work done under his constituency. Sri. N.H. Shivashankara Reddy –

1978-1983 : President of Gram Panchayat from Indian National Congress.

1998-1999: President, Gowribidanur Taluk (Indian National Congress)

1999-2004: 1st term MLA (Member of legislative assembly), Gowribidanur constituency (as an independent candidate)

2004-2008: 2nd term Member of the legislative assembly (MLA) from Indian National Congress

2008-2013: 3rd term Member of the legislative assembly (MLA), from Indian National Congress

2013: 4th term Member of legislative assembly, from Indian National Congress. Also elected, unanimously, as the Deputy Speaker of Karnataka legislative assembly on the 18th of July, 2013.