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  1. Devaraj Urs' tenure is particularly remembered for his reforms that targeted the depressed classes of Karnataka, namely the scheduled castes and the other backward castes. [ citation needed ] In response to the prime minister's declaration that poverty was her first priority (" Garibi Hatao !") and her Twenty-Point Programme, Urs formed a state ...

  2. The present article delineates the political profile of Devaraj Urs who has created history in Karnataka state on the basis of qualitative research methodology. He had won the Assembly Election in 1952 as a Congress Party candidate from Hunsur Constituency.

  3. Mar 24, 2023 · Budhi was how Karnataka’s longest-serving chief minister D Devaraj Urs (1972-1977 and 1978-80) was referred to. This was a few days after the 1980 Lok Sabha election results that gave the ...

  4. Jan 7, 2019 · Devaraj URS pursued the processes of enablement and democratic inclusion of backward sections of the society in Karnataka state. He achieved commendable success in social mobilization, political organization, inclusive politics and political empowerment of the neglected and disadvantaged sections.

  5. Devaraj Urs, a former chief minister of Karnataka (1972 1980), is known to have employed resources of the state - law, bureaucracy, finances and intellectual and cultural apparatus es closely aligned with the state - in support of organising rel atively small - lowly, backward and marginal - castes and

  6. This paper attempts a critical evaluation of contribution of Devaral Urs to Karnataka against the background of his personality and of the state's distinctive social and political features. It also attempts to analyse Urs within the larger perspective of 'regional politics in India. DEVARAJ URS was a political pheno-

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  8. The Devaraj Urs era in Karnataka from 1972 to 1980 is widely considered a unique position in the history of the state. He was one of the greatest social reformers the state had seen.