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Gowda (also known as vokkaliga, Kuruba, Gowdru, Gauda, Goud, Gouda or Gonda [1] [2]) is a surname native to Karnataka state of India. It is mainly found among the Vokkaligas and Kurubas in South Karnataka, Kurubas and the Lingayats in north Karnataka.
Gowda may refer to: Gowda (surname), a surname native to Karnataka, India H. D. Deve Gowda, prime minister of India from 1996 to 1997; Vokkaliga, also known as Gowda, farming community in Karnataka, India Tulu Gowda, a subsect of Vokkaliga from Karnataka, India; Arebhase Gowda a sub caste of Vokkkaliga from Karnataka, India
Gowda holds an MBA from Stanford University, and a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was a Morehead-Cain scholar. [3] She has served on the Advisory Board of the Children's Defense Fund, and is a Patron of Childhaven International, the organization for which she volunteered in India. [4]
The Gollawar (Golla) (also known as Gaur, Gaura, Gouda or Gowda) is a caste found mostly in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Telangana,Maharashtra and Odisha in India. Like the Kuruba , Kuruva and Kuruma , they are predominantly sheep, goat and cattle herders.
Tulu Gowda and Arebhashe Gowda (Gauda) are primarily found in South Canara District, Kodagu District, Indian state of Karnataka and Bandadka village of Kasaragod. [3] They are officially considered a subsect of the Vokkaliga community but are culturally and linguistically different. [ 2 ]
K. Puttaswamy Gowda (born 1954) [1] is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is an MLA from Gauribidanur Assembly constituency in Chikkaballapura district . He won the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election as an independent candidate.
Namadhari Naik, also known as Hale paika, Namadhari Naik, Namadhari Gowda, is a Hindu warrior community predominantly found in Uttara Kannada of Karnataka State in India, and forms the numerical majority in the region.
H. D. Deve Gowda was born on 18 May 1933 in Haradanahalli, a village in Holenarasipura Taluk, of the erstwhile Kingdom of Mysore (now in Hassan, Karnataka). His father Dodde Gowda was a paddy farmer and mother, Devamma was a home maker. [9] [10] Gowda earned a diploma in civil engineering from L. V. Polytechnic, Hassan, in the early 1950s. [11]