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      • D. Devaraj Urs was an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Karnataka twice. He was known for his reforms to uplift the scheduled castes and other backward communities of Karnataka.
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  2. Devaraj Devaraj Urs [a] (20 August 1915 – 6 June 1982) [1] was an Indian politician who served two terms as the first Chief Minister of Karnataka (1972–77, 1978–80), a state in southern India. He is also the longest serving Chief Minister of Karnataka in terms of days of tenure in office.

  3. D. Devaraj Urs was an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Karnataka twice. He was known for his reforms to uplift the scheduled castes and other backward communities of Karnataka. He was a chain pipe-smoker.

  4. Jun 7, 2011 · Tragic hero. It was Devaraj Urs who pulled up Indira Gandhi from near political oblivion following her defeat in the 1977 Lok Sabha elections, by providing her an opportunity to contest the byelection from Chikkamagalur Lok Sabha constituency. The win in this election saw the revival of Indira’s political fortunes.

  5. 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.

  6. May 8, 2013 · D. Devaraj Urs is held famously as the greatest social reformers ever from Karnataka. He made several key changes that brought not only relief, but also restored a sense of dignity to the people of Karnataka.

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  7. Devaraj Urs was Karnataka's former chief minister was popular for his land reforms. It was his 101th birth anniversary on August 20. He was in power when Mysore state was renamed as Karnataka. Follow. Born on August 20 in 1915 at Mysuru in the aristocratic Arasu community, Devaraj was distant kin to the Wodeyar royal family.

  8. Sep 28, 2019 · Hailing the contribution of D. Devaraj Urs to the development of backward classes and marginal communities, C.S. Dwarakanath, progressive thinker and former chairman of the Karnataka State ...