S. R. Kanthi

S. R. Kanthi

6th Chief Minister		Himself S. Nijalingappa
4th Chief Minister		S. Nijalingappa B. D. Jatti
Preceded by	H. S. Rudrappa
Succeeded by	Hungund
Member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly
In office January 1946 – 26 January 1950
Preceded by	Position Established
Succeeded by	Position disestablished
Constituency	Bijapur South

Personal details
Born	(1908-12-21)21 December 1908 Kerur, Bombay Presidency, British India (now in Karnataka, India)^[1]
Died	25 October 1969(1969-10-25) (aged 60) Kittur, Mysore State, India (now in Karnataka, India)^[2]
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Maribasamma (m. 1936)
Alma mater	Shahaji Law College, Kolhapur

In this

Hungund in Bagalkot district (formerly Bijapur district) in the northern part of Karnataka. A member of the Indian National Congress (INC), he served as the Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly from 1956 to 1962. Kanti was Chief Minister of the State for a brief period of 96 days in 1962.^[3] Later, as Education Minister in the S. Nijalingappa Cabinet he was instrumental in the establishment of Bangalore University and Kittur Rani Chennamma Sainik Schools.^[4]

His centenary celebrations were held in 2008.[5]^[6] He belonged to Banajiga sub-sect of Lingayat community. ^[7]

References

^ Baligar, Manu. "ಪ್ರತಿಭಾವಂತ ಸಂಸದೀಯ ಪಟುಗಳ ಬದುಕು ಬರಹಮಾಲಿಕ: ಎಸ್. ಆರ್. ಕಂಠಿ" (PDF). Karnataka Legislative Assembly. kla.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
^ "Fourth Karnataka Legislative Assembly (ನಾಲ್ಕನೇ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ವಿಧಾನ ಸಭೆ)". Karnataka Legislative Assembly. kla.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
^ "Maharaja administers oath to then CM S.R. Kanti". Mnc World.
^ "Guiding Spirit". Kittur Sainik School. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
^ "S.R. Kanti remembered". The Hindu. 22 December 2008. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013.
^ "Former CM S R Kanti remembered". Deccan Herald.
^ "NewsKarnataka". NewsKarnataka.

Preceded by B. D. Jatti	Chief Minister of Karnataka 14 March 1962 – 20 June 1962	Succeeded by S. Nijalingappa

Mysore		K. Chengalaraya Reddy K. Hanumanthaiah K. Manjappa S. Nijalingappa B. D. Jatti S. R. Kanthi Veerendra Patil D. Devaraj Urs
Karnataka	D. Devaraj Urs R. Gundu Rao Ramakrishna Hegde S. R. Bommai S. Bangarappa Veerappa Moily H. D. Deve Gowda J. H. Patel S. M. Krishna Dharam Singh H. D. Kumaraswamy B. S. Yeddyurappa D. V. Sadananda Gowda Jagadish Shettar Siddaramaiah (incumbent) Basavaraj Bommai
Coorg	C. M. Poonacha

Mysore		Reddy Hanumanthaiah Manjappa Nijalingappa I Nijalingappa II Jatti Kanthi Nijalingappa III Nijalingappa IV Patil I Urs I
Karnataka	11 Urs I 12 Urs II 13 Rao 14 Hegde I 15 Hegde II 16 Hegde III 17 S. R. Bommai 18 Patil II 19 Bangarappa 20 Moily 21 Deve Gowda 22 Patel 23 Krishna 24 Singh 25 Kumaraswamy I 26 Yediyurappa I 27 Yediyurappa II 28 Sadananda Gowda 29 Shettar 30 Siddaramaiah I 31 Yediyurappa III 32 Kumaraswamy II 33 Yediyurappa IV 34 Basavaraj Bommai 35 Poonacha

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