Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XI Lok Sabha 






VEERAPPA, SHRI RAMCHANDRA
B.J.P. - BIDAR (SC) (KARNATAKA)




Father's Name:Shri Veerappa

Date of Birth:1923

Place of Birth:Humnabad in Distt. Bidar (Karnataka)

Marital Status:Married

Spouse's Name:Smt. Shankaramma Ramchandra

Children:Four sons and four daughters

Educational Qualifications :
Primary
Educated at Humnabad, Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh)

Profession :
Agriculturist

Permanent Address :
1-54, Indira Nagar, Humnabad-585330, 
Distt. Bidar (Karnataka)
Tel. (08482) 70575

Positions Held :

1948-52Member, Karnataka Legislative Council
1947-48Member, Municipal Council, Bidar, Karnataka
1957-62 and 1980-85Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly
1962Elected to Lok Sabha (Third)
1962-67Vice-President, Bidar District Congress Committee, Karnataka
1962-84Member, Karnataka Congress Committee, for 10 years
1967Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Fourth)
1991Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the third time
1991-94Vice-President, B.J.P., All India S.C. Cell
1991-96Member, B.J.P., Working Committee, Bidar, Karnataka
1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the fourth time

Social and Cultural Activities :
Removal of social, economic and religious disparities and inculcating human values among people through Arya Samaj 
Special Interests :
Religious work and social equality

Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
Study of literature (specially religious books), meditation and prayers

Other Information :
Participated in the Freedom struggle; sentenced to 'Kalapani' for participating in Satyagraha against Nizam's rule, spent most of his life in jails 
Election result of :

Bidar-SC Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate11,28,431
Total votes polled 4,97,707
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates:
(1) Shri Ramchandra Veerappa (B.J.P.)2,34,707
(2) Shri Tatya Rao Kamble (I.N.C.)  75,294
(3) Shri Maruthi Manpade [C.P.I.(M)]  71,023
(4) Shri Vaijnat Rao Tulsiram Suryavanshi (B.S.P.)  19,408