S. M. Krishna Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Contact Details, Wife, Children, Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Sunday
NEXT BIRTHDAY ON
Thursday
BIRTHPLACE
Mandya
AGE
92 Years 8 Months 20 Days
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
TAURUS
Physical Stats
CHEST
N/A
BICEPS
N/A
WAIST
N/A
HEIGHT
N/A
WEIGHT
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S. M. Krishna Family Members
S. M. Krishna Marriage, Affairs and Children
SPOUSE
Child(ren) of S. M. Krishna and Prema Krishna
Fame & Address
DEBUT
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
FAMOUS FROM/AS
Minister of External Affairs of India (2009 to 2012)
Education, Net Worth & More
COLLEGE
Maharaja's College, Mysore, University Law College
QUALIFICATION
Bachelor's in Arts
S. M. KRISHNA PICTURE
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Career of S. M. Krishna
He started his political career by winning a seat at Maddur with Praja Socialist Party. He served as MP in the 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th Lok Sabha. After joining Congress he served as a minister under Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. He also served as a member of Rajya Sabha in 1996 and 2006. He became Chief Minister of Karnataka in 1999. He served as Union Cabinet Minister of External Affairs under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Some Lesser Known Facts About S. M. Krishna
- Does S. M. Krishna takes alcohol? NA.
- Is S. M. Krishna in the habit of Smoking? NA.
- He is highly educated with a degree in Law from University Law College, Bangalore. He also studied in Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and The George Washington University Law School in Washington D.C, and was a Fulbright Scholar there.
- He was interested in politics since he was studying in America. He also supported John F.Kennedy when he was studying there.
- Very few of us aware of the fact that he came on a cycle on his first day of Court as a lawyer.
- He was interested in fashion designing in his younger days. Kannada tabloids have labeled him "Tailor Krishna" due to his interest. It is also said he'd have been a tailor if not a politician.
- He allowed Assembly speaker to use the word "lie" (Sullu in Kannada) before that the word was not used in parliament and the minister used to say "Far from the truth" in place. He was nicknamed as "Sullu Helisida Krishna" after that. The matter was in the news headlines in Kannada newspapers at the time.
- He started showing his capability in his starting political career when he won from a prominent politician from Indian National Congress (INC) for whom Jawaharlal Nehru had campaigned in Maddur.
- He played important role in the reconciliation of Indian National Congress and Praja Socialist Party in 1968.
- He is known in Karnataka for creating power reforms with ESCOMS and digitization of land records (BHOOMI) and many other initiatives for the benefit of the public.
- He served as a governor of Maharastra but resigned to return to active politics in Karnataka.
- He left the Indian National Congress stating that he has been sidelined by the party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in March 2017.
- He considers today's politics as disgusting and also said before it was a contest but now it has become a war.
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