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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Commerce_and_Industry_(India)" title="Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)">Minister of Commerce</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />19 March 1998 – 13 October 1999</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bolla_Bulli_Ramaiah" title="Bolla Bulli Ramaiah">Bolla Bulli Ramaiah</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Murasoli_Maran" title="Murasoli Maran">Murasoli Maran</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chairman_of_the_Planning_Commission" title="Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission">Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />5 December 1989 – 6 July 1990</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vishwanath_Pratap_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="Vishwanath Pratap Singh">Vishwanath Pratap Singh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Madhavsinh_Solanki" class="mw-redirect" title="Madhavsinh Solanki">Madhavsinh Solanki</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Madhu_Dandavate" title="Madhu Dandavate">Madhu Dandavate</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">3rd <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Karnataka">Chief Minister of Karnataka</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />10 January 1983 – 10 August 1988</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/R._Gundu_Rao" title="R. Gundu Rao">R. Gundu Rao</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/S._R._Bommai" title="S. R. Bommai">S. R. Bommai</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Rajya_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha">Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />10 April 1996 – 9 April 2002</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Karnataka" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka">Karnataka</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />10 April 1978 – 23 May 1983</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sarojini_Mahishi" title="Sarojini Mahishi">Sarojini Mahishi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Karnataka" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka">Karnataka</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1926-08-29</span>)</span>29 August 1926<br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dodmane,_Siddapur_taluk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dodmane, Siddapur taluk (page does not exist)">Siddapura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bombay_Presidency" title="Bombay Presidency">Bombay Presidency</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">12 January 2004<span style="display:none">(2004-01-12)</span> (aged 77)<br /><a href="/wiki/Bangalore" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>, India</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Arrow.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Indian_Election_Symbol_Arrow.svg/20px-Indian_Election_Symbol_Arrow.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" 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style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;background-color:#1F75FE"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a></span></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Janata_Dal_symbol.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Janata_Dal_symbol.svg/20px-Janata_Dal_symbol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Janata_Dal_symbol.svg/30px-Janata_Dal_symbol.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Janata_Dal_symbol.svg/40px-Janata_Dal_symbol.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="298" data-file-height="297" /></a></span> <span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;background-color:#2E8B57"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">JD</a></span></li> <li><span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;background-color:#336600"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Lok_Shakti" title="Lok Shakti">Lok Shakti</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Shakuntala Hegde</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ramakrishna Mahabaleshwar Hegde</b> (29 August 1926 – 12 January 2004) was an Indian politician who served as the third <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Karnataka">Chief Minister of Karnataka</a> for three terms between 1983 and 1988. He was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly" title="Karnataka Legislative Assembly">Karnataka Legislative Assembly</a> in 1957, 1962, 1967, 1983, 1985 and 1989, and to the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> for two terms, 1978–83 and 1996–2002. He also served as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Commerce_and_Industry_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Commerce and Industry (India)">Minister of Commerce and Industry</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Council of Ministers, India">Union government</a> (1998–1999).<sup id="cite_ref-rajya_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rajya-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ramakrishna_Hegde&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hegde was born at <a href="/wiki/Siddapura,_Uttara_Kannada" title="Siddapura, Uttara Kannada">Siddapura</a> in <a href="/wiki/Uttara_Kannada" title="Uttara Kannada">Uttara Kannada</a> district into a <a href="/wiki/Havyaka_Brahmin" class="mw-redirect" title="Havyaka Brahmin">Havyaka Brahmin</a> family, he was son of Mahabaleshwar Hegde and Smt. Saraswati Amma Hegde, who hailed from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sirimane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sirimane (page does not exist)">Sirimane</a> village near <a href="/wiki/Sringeri" title="Sringeri">sringeri</a>. Hegde completed a part of his studies at the <a href="/wiki/Benaras_Hindu_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Benaras Hindu University">Kashi Vidyapeeth</a> in <a href="/wiki/Varanasi" title="Varanasi">Varanasi</a> and later obtained a degree in law from Allahabad university.<sup id="cite_ref-stat11_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat11-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A lawyer by profession, he participated in the <a href="/wiki/Quit_India_Movement" title="Quit India Movement">Quit India Movement</a> of 1942 and was an active member of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Congress Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-stat1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ramakrishna_Hegde&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hegde became the president of the Uttara Kannada District Congress Committee from 1954 to 1957 and rose to become the general secretary of the Mysore Pradesh Congress Committee in 1958, a post he held until 1962. Much of his early administrative experience was built up during the governments of <a href="/wiki/S._Nijalingappa" title="S. Nijalingappa">S. Nijalingappa</a> (1956–58 and 1962–68) and <a href="/wiki/Veerendra_Patil" title="Veerendra Patil">Veerendra Patil</a> (1968–71). He was first elected to the <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly" title="Karnataka Legislative Assembly">Karnataka Legislative Assembly</a> in 1957 and appointed a deputy minister. He was later promoted to cabinet-minister rank, holding diverse portfolios such as Youth Welfare and Sports, Cooperation, Industries, Planning, Panchayat Raj, Development, Information and Publicity, Excise and Finance between 1962 and 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-stat1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the famous split in the Congress in 1969, Hegde followed in the footsteps of his mentor Nijalingappa and joined the <a href="/wiki/Congress_(O)" class="mw-redirect" title="Congress (O)">Congress</a>(O), the faction that was opposed to Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a>. He was Leader of the Opposition in the <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Legislative_Council" title="Karnataka Legislative Council">Karnataka Legislative Council</a> for a few years until 1974. The 1975 <a href="/wiki/The_Emergency_(India)" title="The Emergency (India)">Emergency</a> crackdown on opposition leaders saw his arrest along with several other state and national level leaders. When the emergency was lifted, he joined the <a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> and became the first general secretary of its Karnataka state unit. He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> during 1978–83. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka">Chief Minister of Karnataka</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ramakrishna_Hegde&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Chief Minister of Karnataka"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the Janata Party came to power by emerging as the single largest party in the 1983 State elections, he emerged as a consensus Brahmin candidate between the powerful <a href="/wiki/Lingayat" class="mw-redirect" title="Lingayat">Lingayat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vokkaliga" title="Vokkaliga">Vokkaliga</a> lobbies.<sup id="cite_ref-stat21_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat21-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the process, he became the first non-Congress chief minister of Karnataka.<sup id="cite_ref-stat8_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat8-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A master strategist, he cobbled up a two-thirds majority for his government by an arrangement of outside support from other parties. His government secured the outside support of the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> (BJP), Left parties and 16 Independents.<sup id="cite_ref-stat22_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat22-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the poor performance of the Janata Party in the 1984 elections to the <a href="/wiki/8th_Lok_Sabha" title="8th Lok Sabha">8th Lok Sabha</a> (it won only 4 out of the 28 seats from Karnataka), Hegde resigned on the grounds that his party had lost its popular mandate and sought a fresh mandate for his government. In the 1985 elections, the Janata Party came to power on its own with a comfortable majority. As Chief Minister between 1983 and 1985 and again between 1985 and 1988, he became an active votary of State rights within a federal set-up, but one who made no concession to regional or linguistic chauvinism. Secondly, he took innovative initiatives in expanding the federal principle within the State, primarily in the area of devolving power to local bodies and in trying to enforce accountability. During his Chief Minister-ship, Karnataka pioneered legislation on Panchayat Raj that devolved a substantial degree of financial and administrative powers to a three-tiered structure of local government. He supported the tireless work of his Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Abdul Nazir Sab, in promoting devolution of power to the <a href="/wiki/Gram_panchayat" title="Gram panchayat">gram panchayats</a> in the state, and the Karnataka implementation became a role model for the rest of India.<sup id="cite_ref-stat7_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat7-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1984 he introduced legislation to deal with official and administrative corruption through the institution of the Lokayukta.<sup id="cite_ref-stat2_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, he started the 'Kannada watchdog panel' to oversee the implementation of Kannada in administration.<sup id="cite_ref-stat4_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat4-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has the rare distinction of presenting thirteen finance budgets in the state assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-stat1_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As Chief Minister, Hegde enjoyed immense personal popularity and was acknowledged as an efficient administrator.<sup id="cite_ref-stat3_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat3-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, as days passed by, his rule was mired with several scams involving alleged corruption on the part of his own family. His son was accused of taking money for a medical seat. There were allegations made by the Congress (I) against him in a case involving the transfer of shares by the <a href="/wiki/NGEF" title="NGEF">NGEF</a> company.<sup id="cite_ref-stat25_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat25-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He submitted resignation from Chief Minister-ship on 13 February 1986 when the <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_High_Court" title="Karnataka High Court">Karnataka High Court</a> censured his government for the way it handled arrack bottling contracts, but withdrew his resignation after three days on 16 February.<sup id="cite_ref-stat23_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat23-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He resigned and quit office in 1988 after allegations of phone tapping of prominent politicians and businessmen in the State.<sup id="cite_ref-stat27_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat27-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hegde then filed a case against <a href="/wiki/Subramanian_Swamy" title="Subramanian Swamy">Subramanian Swamy</a> in 1989 and 1990 after Swamy accused him in tapping.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon after, he quit the <a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> and joined the <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a>. </p><p>He contested <a href="/wiki/10th_Lok_Sabha" title="10th Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> <a href="/wiki/1991_Indian_general_election" title="1991 Indian general election">elections</a> from Bagalkot in <a href="/wiki/1991_Indian_general_election" title="1991 Indian general election">1991</a> and was defeated by <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Congress</a> candidate <a href="/wiki/Siddu_Nyamagouda" title="Siddu Nyamagouda">Siddu Nyamagouda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was also the Deputy Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Planning_Commission_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Planning Commission of India">Planning Commission of India</a> during the tenure of <a href="/wiki/V._P._Singh" title="V. P. Singh">V. P. Singh</a>. He was expelled from <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a> by its president <a href="/wiki/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav" title="Lalu Prasad Yadav">Lalu Prasad Yadav</a>, as per the instructions of Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/H._D._Deve_Gowda" title="H. D. Deve Gowda">H. D. Deve Gowda</a> in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-stat18_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat18-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following his expulsion, Hegde formed the <b>Rashtreeya Nava nirmana vedike</b> a social organization and then his political party <a href="/wiki/Lok_Shakti" title="Lok Shakti">Lok Shakti</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-stat13_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat13-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He allied with the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> and the alliance won a majority of the Lok Sabha seats from Karnataka in the 1998 General Elections.<sup id="cite_ref-stat14_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat14-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became the Commerce minister in the BJP led NDA government in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-stat15_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat15-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a> split of 1999, the faction led by his protégé, Chief Minister <a href="/wiki/J._H._Patel" title="J. H. Patel">J. H. Patel</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Shakti" title="Lok Shakti">Lok Shakti</a> merged to form the <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">Janata Dal (United)</a> and allied with the BJP. However, the alliance suffered a setback in the 1999 General Elections owing to the anti-incumbency against the Patel Government and the Congress party emerged victorious in Karnataka. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ramakrishna_Hegde&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hegde was married at a very young age to Shakuntala Amma, in a match arranged by their families in the usual Indian way. The marriage lasted throughout their lives. They had three children, a son named Bharath appa and two daughters named Mamata and Samata. Shakuntala is a conventional lady, a devoted wife and mother, who adhered to the traditional view that a woman's dignity exists in staying away from the public gaze and the rough and tumble of public life. She continues to reside in Bangalore after Hegde's death, and had to suffer the pain of witnessing the early death of her only son, Bharath, who died of liver cancer in February 2013. Shakuntala Amma Hegde is now of very advanced age and is being cared for by her two daughters. </p><p>Hegde was also the romantic partner of a renowned Indian classical dancer <a href="/wiki/Pratibha_Prahlad" title="Pratibha Prahlad">Pratibha Prahlad</a> who was junior to him by 36 years, from the 1980s until his death in 2004. He is also the biological father of her twin sons, Chirantan and Chirayu, who were born in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life">Later life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ramakrishna_Hegde&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Later life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite the weakening of his political stock, Hegde continued to play the role of elder statesman in the fractious Janata Parivar.<sup id="cite_ref-stat8_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat8-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He gradually moved away from active politics owing to poor health. He died in Bangalore on 12 January 2004 after prolonged illness at the age of 77.<sup id="cite_ref-stat6_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat6-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His death caused an outpouring of grief in Karnataka.<sup id="cite_ref-stat9_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat9-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stat10_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat10-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stat19_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat19-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A versatile personality, Hegde also acted in many dramas and films such as <i><a href="/wiki/Marana_Mrudanga" title="Marana Mrudanga">Marana Mrudanga</a></i>, <i>Prajashakti</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-stat102_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat102-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the political mentor of a large number of politicians such as <a href="/wiki/Jeevaraj_Alva" title="Jeevaraj Alva">Jeevaraj Alva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Samad_Siddiqui" title="Abdul Samad Siddiqui">Abdul Samad Siddiqui</a>, <a href="/wiki/M._P._Prakash" title="M. P. Prakash">M. P. Prakash</a>, P. G. R. Sindhia, <a href="/wiki/R._V._Deshpande" title="R. V. Deshpande">R. V. Deshpande</a>, and groomed many younger politicians. In the latter part of his life he became depressed and trusted only few friends like Alva, Siddiqui and advocate Manas Ranjan, along with his partner, Prathibha Prahlad, who he confided in and spent his free time with. His wife, Shakuntala, unsuccessfully contested Rajya Sabha as a BJP candidate in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-stat100_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat100-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Bolla_Bulli_Ramaiah" title="Bolla Bulli Ramaiah">Bolla Bulli Ramaiah</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Commerce_and_Industry_(India)" title="Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)">Minister of Commerce</a> </b><br />19 March 1998 - 13 October 1999 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Murasoli_Maran" title="Murasoli Maran">Murasoli Maran</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Madhavsinh_Solanki" class="mw-redirect" title="Madhavsinh Solanki">Madhavsinh Solanki</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chairman_of_the_Planning_Commission" title="Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission">Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission</a> </b><br />5 December 1989 - 6 July 1990 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Madhu_Dandavate" title="Madhu Dandavate">Madhu Dandavate</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/R._Gundu_Rao" title="R. Gundu Rao">R. Gundu Rao</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Karnataka">Chief Minister of Karnataka</a> </b><br />10 January 1983 – 10 August 1988 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/S._R._Bommai" title="S. R. Bommai">S. R. Bommai</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ramakrishna_Hegde&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-rajya-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-rajya_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/h.pdf">"Rajya Sabha Members Biographical Sketches 1952 – 2003: H"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. pp. 3–4<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Exports</li> <li>Sports Goods Export Promotion Council</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gem_and_Jewellery_Export_Promotion_Council" title="Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council">Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council</a></li> <li>Shellac Export Promotion Council</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cashew_Export_Promotion_Council_of_India" title="Cashew Export Promotion Council of India">Cashew Export Promotion Council of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pharmaceutical_Export_Promotion_Council" title="Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council">Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council</a></li> <li>The Plastics Export Promotion Council</li> <li>Indian Oil Seeds & Produce Export Promotion Council (IOPEPC)</li> <li>Services Export Promotion Council</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other Organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Indian_Export_Organisations" title="Federation of Indian Export Organisations">Federation of Indian Export Organisations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Diamond_Institute" title="Indian Diamond Institute">Indian Diamond Institute</a></li> <li>Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI)</li> <li>National Centre for Trade Information</li> <li><a href="/wiki/India_Brand_Equity_Foundation" title="India Brand Equity Foundation">India Brand Equity Foundation</a></li> <li>Price Stabilization Fund Trust</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_India.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Emblem of India"><img alt="Emblem of India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/47px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="75" 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href="/wiki/Petroleum_and_Explosives_Safety_Organisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation">Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation</a></li> <li>Copyright Office</li> <li>Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Autonomous<br />Institutions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>National Council for Cement & Building Materials (NCCBM)</li> <li>Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association (IRMRA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Design" title="National Institute of Design">National Institute of Design</a></li> <li>National Productivity Council (NPC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quality_Council_of_India" title="Quality Council of India">Quality Council of India</a></li> <li>Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI)</li> <li>Central Pulp & Paper Research Institute (CPPRI)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Attached &<br />Subordinate offices</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Grievance Offices</li> <li>Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks</li> <li>Office of Chief Controller of Accounts (Disclosure of Central Government Accounting Data) <ul><li>Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Intellectual Property Management (NIIPM)</li></ul></li> <li>Principal Account Office</li> <li>Office of Technical Adviser (Boilers)</li> <li>Tariff Commission</li> <li>Office of the Salt Commissioner</li> <li>Office of the Economic Adviser</li> <li>National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council</li> <li>Office of Chief Controller of Accounts</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Secretaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Guruprasad Mohapatra<span style="font-size:85%;">(incumbent)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ministers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Industry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Syama_Prasad_Mukherjee" title="Syama Prasad Mukherjee">Syama Prasad Mukherjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harekrushna_Mahtab" class="mw-redirect" title="Harekrushna Mahtab">Harekrushna Mahtab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nityanand_Kanungo" title="Nityanand Kanungo">Nityanand Kanungo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Subhag_Singh" title="Ram Subhag Singh">Ram Subhag Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._C._Dasappa" title="H. C. Dasappa">H. C. Dasappa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribhuvan_Narain_Singh" title="Tribhuvan Narain Singh">Tribhuvan Narain Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damodaram_Sanjivayya" title="Damodaram Sanjivayya">Damodaram Sanjivayya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F._A._Ahmed" class="mw-redirect" title="F. A. Ahmed">F. A. Ahmed</a><i>(Industrial Development)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Singh_(Uttar_Pradesh_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)">Dinesh Singh</a> <i>(Industrial Development & Internal Trade)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moinul_Hoque_Choudhury" title="Moinul Hoque Choudhury">Moinul Hoque Choudhury</a><i>(Industrial Development)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C_Subramaniam" class="mw-redirect" title="C Subramaniam">C Subramaniam</a><i>(Industrial Development)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._A._Pai" title="T. A. Pai">T. A. Pai</a><i>(Industry)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brij_Lal_Verma" class="mw-redirect" title="Brij Lal Verma">Brij Lal Verma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Fernandes" title="George Fernandes">George Fernandes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasu_Brahmananda_Reddy" title="Kasu Brahmananda Reddy">Kasu Brahmananda Reddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._A._Pai" title="T. A. Pai">T. A. Pai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._D._Tiwari" title="N. D. Tiwari">N. D. Tiwari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kotla_Vijay_Bhaskar_Reddy" class="mw-redirect" title="Kotla Vijay Bhaskar Reddy">Kotla Vijay Bhaskar Reddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veerendra_Patil" title="Veerendra Patil">Veerendra Patil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._D._Tiwari" title="N. D. Tiwari">N. D. Tiwari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Vengala_Rao" class="mw-redirect" title="J. Vengala Rao">J. Vengala Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Karunakaran" title="K. Karunakaran">K. Karunakaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Prabhu" title="Suresh Prabhu">Suresh Prabhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murasoli_Maran" title="Murasoli Maran">Murasoli Maran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikandar_Bakht" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikandar Bakht">Sikandar Bakht</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Commerce</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/I._I._Chundrigar" title="I. I. Chundrigar">I. I. Chundrigar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooverji_Hormusji_Bhabha" class="mw-redirect" title="Cooverji Hormusji Bhabha">Cooverji Hormusji Bhabha</a> <i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kshitish_Chandra_Neogy" title="Kshitish Chandra Neogy">Kshitish Chandra Neogy</a> <i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a><i>(Commerce & Industry)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Prakasa" title="Sri Prakasa">Sri Prakasa</a> <i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harekrushna_Mahtab" class="mw-redirect" title="Harekrushna Mahtab">Harekrushna Mahtab</a> <i>(Commerce & Industry)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T_T_Krishnamachari" class="mw-redirect" title="T T Krishnamachari">T T Krishnamachari</a> <i>(Commerce & Industry)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swaran_Singh" title="Swaran Singh">Swaran Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a> <i>(Commerce & Industry)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a><i>(Commerce & Industry)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KC_Reddy" class="mw-redirect" title="KC Reddy">KC Reddy</a> <i>(Commerce & Industry)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manubhai_Shah" title="Manubhai Shah">Manubhai Shah</a> <i>(As MoS till 24 January 1966)</i>(Commerce)'</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Singh_(Uttar_Pradesh_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)">Dinesh Singh</a><i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bali_Ram_Bhagat" title="Bali Ram Bhagat">Bali Ram Bhagat</a><i>(Foreign Trade & Supply)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Singh_(Uttar_Pradesh_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)">Dinesh Singh</a><i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalit_Narayan_Mishra" title="Lalit Narayan Mishra">Lalit Narayan Mishra</a><i>(MoS)</i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=D._P._Chattopadhyay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="D. 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Chattopadhyay</a><i>(Commerce)</i>(as MoS till 23 December 1976)'</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a><i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Dharia" title="Mohan Dharia">Mohan Dharia</a><i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" title="Charan Singh">Charan Singh</a><i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitendra_Desai" class="mw-redirect" title="Hitendra Desai">Hitendra Desai</a><i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a><i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a><i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Singh_(politician,_born_1930)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)">Arjun Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P_Shiv_Shankar" class="mw-redirect" title="P Shiv Shankar">P Shiv Shankar</a> <i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._D._Tiwari" title="N. 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