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Kumar addressing the media, 2017 | |
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |
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In office 5 July 2016 – 12 November 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
Preceded by | Venkaiah Naidu |
Succeeded by | Narendra Singh Tomar |
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers | |
In office 26 May 2014 – 12 November 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
Preceded by | Srikant Kumar Jena |
Succeeded by | D. V. Sadananda Gowda |
Minister of Civil Aviation | |
In office 19 March 1998 – 13 October 1999 | |
Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Preceded by | C. M. Ibrahim |
Succeeded by | Sharad Yadav |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 1996 – 12 November 2018 | |
Preceded by | K. Venkatagiri Gowda |
Succeeded by | Vacant |
Constituency | Bangalore South |
Personal details | |
Born | 22 July 1959 Bangalore, Mysore State, India (now in Karnataka, India) |
Died | 12 November 2018 (aged 59)[1] Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse(s) | Tejaswini Kumar (m. 1989–2018) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Karnatak University |
Website | ananth.org |
Tejaswi Surya is an Indian Lawyer, Advocate, Politician, and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Leader from Bengaluru, India. Additionally, he also works for the RSS. He is the General Secretary of the BJP’s Youth Wing in Karnataka. He gets the ticket f.
Hegannahalli Narayana Shastry Ananth Kumar (22 July 1959 – 12 November 2018)[2] was an Indian politician and senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Kumar served as the Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Parliamentary Affairs from 2014 till his death in 2018. He was a member of the Parliament for over two decades, having been elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house, from Bengaluru South, from 1996 till his death.[3]
Early life[edit]
Ananth Kumar was born on 22 July 1959 in Bangalore, Karnataka, into a middle-class Brahmin family.[4] His father, H. N. Narayan Shastry, was employed with the Indian Railways. His family settled in Hubli in 1979–80. His mother Smt Girija Shastry was a social worker associated with the Bharatiya Jana Sangh. She served as the deputy mayor of the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation between 1985 and 1986. Kumar completed his matriculation in Lamington School and pre-university course in science PC Jabin College in Hubli. He earned bachelor's degree in arts from Kadasiddeshwar Arts College, affiliated to the Karnatak University, and in Laws from JSS Law college, both in Hubli.[5]
Kumar joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in 1973 and took part in the movement started by Jayaprakash Narayan the following year. He was jailed in the Hubli sub-jail for a period of over 40 days during the emergency.[6][5]
Politics[edit]
Kumar was an active member of RSS' student wing, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). He was elected as the State Secretary of the ABVP and later became its National Secretary in 1985. He later joined BJP in 1987 and was nominated as the State President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.[6] He was then made National Secretary of the party in 1996.[7]
Kumar was elected from Bengaluru South Lok Sabha constituency to the 11th Lok Sabha in 1996. In January 1998, ahead of the general election that year, Kumar became the first Indian politician to host an independent website when he launched his personal website.[8] He was re-elected and was inducted into the Second Vajpayee ministry. In 1999, he was re-elected to a third consecutive term and became a cabinet minister in the National Democratic Alliance government. He handled various ministries like Tourism, Sports & Youth Affairs, Culture, Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation.[7]
Kumar became the President of the Karnataka state unit of BJP in 2003 and led the state unit which became the single largest party in the Legislative Assembly and won the highest number of Lok Sabha seats in 2004 in Karnataka. In 2004, he was appointed National General Secretary of the BJP contributing to building the party in MP, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, and other states.[citation needed]
On 26 May 2014, Kumar was appointed Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers in the cabinet of the current Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[9] In the 2016 reshuffle, he was given the additional charge of Parliamentary Affairs.[10]
He had never faced electoral defeat in any of the Lok Sabha elections he contested.[11]
Lok Sabha Electoral Performance
Year | Winner | Party | Losing candidate | Party |
2014 | Ananth Kumar | BJP | Nandan Nilekani | INC |
2009 | Ananth Kumar | BJP | K Byre Gowda | INC |
2004 | Ananth Kumar | BJP | Krishnappa M | INC |
1999 | Ananth Kumar | BJP | B K Hariprasad | INC |
1998 | Ananth Kumar | BJP | D P Sharma | INC |
1996 | Ananth Kumar | BJP | Varalakshmi Gundu Rao | INC |
Governance[edit]
As the minister for chemicals and fertilizers, Kumar implemented 100% mandatory neem-coating of urea, in a move that was expected to save ₨ 10,000 crore per annum [12] on account of stopping diversion for industrial usage, apart from additional benefit of slowing the release of nitrogen, thus reducing the overall consumption.[13]
Ananth Kumar took affordable healthcare concept ahead via price reduction by 69% on Knee Implants- from 1.5 to 2.5 lakh to the new price of 54,500/-, leading to savings of over INR 1,500 Cr p.a for the common man.[14] He scaled up Jan Aushadhi Kendras to over 4300 kendras all over India (as on 1 Nov 2018) from 89 in May 2014, leading to savings of over 500 Cr INR for the common man, as the medicines are sold at less than 50% and at times upto 90% less than the market prices.[15] He launched Suvidha – Bio-degradable & environment friendly sanitary pads at just 2.50 per piece from 5 June 2018, while the scheme announcement was made on 8th Mar 2018 – international women’s day[16]
He launched an initiative to revive 6 closed fertilizer plants with over 48,000 cr investment, along with coal and oil & natural gas ministry.[17] High productivity of both houses has been a achievement since Ananth Kumar took over as Parliamentary Affairs Minister[18]
Social work[edit]
He along with his wife founded a nonprofit Adamya Chetana Foundation, a nonprofit social service organisation to work on social service activities. It was setup in 1998 in memory of Girija Shastry, the mother of Ananth Kumar.[1] It supports underprivileged children with food in schools through the mid-day meals programme.[19] About 2,00,000 meals are served daily.[20]
He launched the initiative Green Bengaluru 1:1 as part of his larger initiative Sasyagraha,[21] to achieve 1 tree per human ratio, from the current 7 humans per tree as against the ideal 7 trees per human per research by IISc. EcoChetana initiative was to promote GreenLifeStyle in the state of Karnataka.[22][23]
As part of Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) Ananth Kumar had adopted the Ragihalli village.[24]
Death[edit]
On 12 November 2018 he died due to pancreatic cancer and other related complications.[25] He is survived by his wife, Dr. Tejaswini, and his two daughters, Aishwarya and Vijeta.[26][27]
References[edit]
- ^ ab'Ananth Kumar: Union Minister Ananth Kumar passes away'. K R Balasubramanyam. The Economic Times. 12 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^Moudgal, Sandeep (12 November 2018). 'Union minister Ananth Kumar passes away at 59 in Bengaluru'. The Times of India. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^Dutta, Prabhash K. (12 November 2018). 'Ananth Kumar never lost an election in 22 years'. India Today. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^'Who was Ananth Kumar'. The Indian Express. 12 November 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ abKattimani, Basavaraj (13 November 2018). 'Hubballi shaped political career of Ananth Kumar'. The Times of India. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ abPattanashetti, Girish (13 November 2018). 'Ananth Kumar had his initiation into politics in Hubballi'. The Hindu. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ ab'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
- ^'Ananth Kumar is the first Indian MP to host an independent website for a candidate'. Rediff.com. 29 January 1998. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^'Narendra Modi government: Full list of portfolios and ministers'. The Indian Express. 27 May 2014.
- ^'Union minister Ananth Kumar passes away'. 13 November 2018.
- ^'Ananth Kumar, a man who never saw electoral defeat'. Deccan Herald. 12 November 2018.
- ^'Neem coated urea to stop divergence for industrial use: Government'. The Economic Times. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- ^Datta, Kanika (16 February 2016). 'Neem-coated truth: Urea policy isn't a game-changer'. Business Standard. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- ^'Knee implants to cost up to 69% less as government caps prices - Times of India'. The Times of India. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^'Jan aushadhi'.
- ^'Union Minister Ananth Kumar launches biodegradable sanitary napkins in Bengaluru'. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^'India on road to end fertilizer imports by 2020-21 - Times of India'. The Times of India. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^'20 bills passed by both houses; most productive for Lok Sabha since 2000 - The Financial Express'. www.financialexpress.com. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^'Adamya Chetana – Anna Akshara Arogya'. Adamyachetana.org. Retrieved 14 October 2018.[self-published source]
- ^'`Our Annapoorna kitchens are paathshaalas, prayogashaalas too' - Times of India'. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^BN, Janardhan. 'Central Minister Shri. Ananthkumar launches 'SASYAGRAHA' as a Nationwide Movement'. Bangalore News Network. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^'Green Bengaluru 1:1 – Adamya Chetana'. Adamyachetana.org. Retrieved 14 October 2018.[self-published source]
- ^NewsKarnataka. 'Adamya Chetana launches Sasyagraha in Bengaluru'. NewsKarnataka. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^'ರಾಗಿಹಳ್ಳಿ ಗ್ರಾಪಂ ದತ್ತು ಪಡೆದ ಅನಂತಕುಮಾರ್'. Kannada.oneindia.com. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^'Ananth Kumar passes away LIVE UPDATES: PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi express grief'. 12 November 2018.
- ^'Union Minister Ananth Kumar passes away; holiday in schools, colleges in Karnataka today'. Times Now News. 12 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^'The ever smiling Ananth Kumar: From a whisper in Karnataka to becoming it's voice in the Centre'. Newsd www.newsd.in. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
Lok Sabha | ||
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Preceded by K. V. Gowda | Member of Parliament for Bangalore South 1996 – Present | Succeeded by Tejasvi Surya |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by C. M. Ibrahim | Minister of Civil Aviation 19 March 1998 – 13 October 1999 | Succeeded by Sharad Yadav |
Preceded by Madan Lal Khurana | Minister of Tourism 30 January 1999 – 13 October 1999 | Succeeded by Uma Bharti |
Preceded by Uma Bharti | Minister of Tourism 2 February 2000 – 1 September 2001 | Succeeded by Jagmohan |
Preceded by Srikant Kumar Jena Minister of State (Independent Charge) | Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers 26 May 2014 – 12 November 2018 | Succeeded by D. V. Sadananda Gowda |
Preceded by Venkaiah Naidu | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs 5 July 2016 – 12 November 2018 | Succeeded by Narendra Singh Tomar |
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Sculpture of the 12 asanas of Surya Namaskar in Indira Gandhi Airport, Delhi.[1]
Surya Namaskar (Sanskrit: सूर्यनमस्कार IAST: Sūrya Namaskār), Salute to the Sun or Sun Salutation, is a practice in modern yoga incorporating a sequence of some twelve gracefully linked asanas.[2][3] The asana sequence is first recorded in the early 20th century. The basic sequence involved moving from a standing position into Downward and Upward Dog poses and then back to the standing position, but many variations are possible.
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Etymology and origins[edit]
Sun Salutation at a public yoga event
The name Surya Namaskar is from the Sanskrit सूर्य Sūrya, 'Sun' and नमस्कार Namaskār, 'Greeting' or 'Salute'.[4]The name identifies the sun as the soul and source of all life.[5]
The asana sequence is first recorded in the early 20th century. Patinidhi Pant, the Rajah of Aundh, (1868–1951; in office 1909-1947) popularized[6][7] and named the practice,[8] and may well have invented it, despite his claim that it was already a commonplace Marathi tradition.[9]Norman Sjoman suggested that Krishnamacharya used the traditional Indian wrestlers' exercises called dands (Sanskrit: दण्ड daṇḍ, a staff), described in the 1896 Vyayama Dipika,[10] as the basis for the sequence and for his yogavinyasas.[11] Different dands closely resemble the Surya Namaskar asanas Tadasana, Padahastasana, Caturanga Dandasana, and Bhujangasana.[11] Krishnamacharya was aware of Surya Namaskar, as regular classes, not then considered to be yoga, were held in the hall adjacent to his Yogasala in the Rajah of Mysore's palace. His students K. Pattabhi Jois,[12] who created modern day Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga,[13] and B. K. S. Iyengar, who created Iyengar Yoga, both learnt Surya Namaskar and flowing vinyasa movements between asanas from Krishnamacharya and used them in their styles of yoga.[14]
Ancient but simpler sun salutations such as Aditya Hridayam, described in the 'Yuddha Kaanda' Canto 107 of the Ramayana,[15][16][17] are not related to the modern sequence.[18]
Description[edit]
Surya Namaskar is a sequence of around twelve asanas connected by jumping or stretching movements, varying somewhat between schools. In Iyengar Yoga, the basic sequence is Tadasana, Urdhva Hastasana, Uttanasana, Uttanasana with head up, Adho Mukha Svanasana, Urdhva Mukha Svanasana, Chaturanga Dandasana, and then reversing the sequence to return to Tadasana; other poses can be inserted into the sequence.[4] In Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, the type 1 sequence is Tadasana, Urdhva Hastasana, Uttanasana, Anjaneyasana, Dandasana, Chaturanga Dandasana, Urdhva Mukha Svanasana, Adho Mukha Svanasana, Virabhadrasana I.[19]
A typical Surya Namaskar cycle is:
1: Pranamasana | 2: Hasta Uttanasana | 3. Uttanasana |
12: back to 1 | 4. Anjaneyasana | |
11. Hasta Uttanasana | 5. Adho Mukha Svanasana | |
10. Uttanasana | 6. Ashtanga Namaskara | |
9. Anjaneyasana, opposite foot | 8. Adho Mukha Svanasana | 7.Urdhva Mukha Shvanasana |
Variations[edit]
Many variations are possible. For example, In Iyengar Yoga the sequence may run Tadasana, Urdhva Hastasana, Uttanasana, Adho Mukha Svanasana, Lolasana, Janusirsasana (one side, then the other), and reversing the sequence from Adho Mukha Svanasana to return to Tadasana. Other asanas that may be inserted into the sequence include Navasana (or Ardha Navasana), Paschimottanasana and its variations, and Marichyasana I.[4]
References[edit]
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- ^Carol Mitchell (2003). Yoga on the Ball. Inner Traditions. p. 48. ISBN978-0-89281-999-7.
- ^Jane MacMullen (1988). Yoga Journal: Ashtanga Yoga. September/October. Active Interest. pp. 68–70.
- ^ abcMehta 1990, pp. 146-147.
- ^Krishan Kumar Suman (2006). Yoga for Health and Relaxation. Lotus. pp. 83–84. ISBN978-81-8382-049-3.
- ^Singleton 2010, pp. 180–181, 205–206.
- ^S. P. Sen, Dictionary of National Biography; Institute of Historical Studies, Calcutta 1972 Vols. 1-4; Institute of Historical Studies, Vol 3, page 307
- ^Alter 2000, p. 99.
- ^Singleton 2010, p. 124.
- ^Bharadwaj, S. (1896). Vyayama Dipika | Elements of Gymnastic Exercises, Indian System. Bangalore: Caxton Press. pp. Chapter 2.
- ^ abSjoman 1999, p. 54.
- ^Donahaye, Guy (2010). Guruji: A Portrait of Sri K Pattabhi Jois Through The Eyes of His Students. USA: D&M Publishers. ISBN978-0-86547-749-0.
- ^Ramaswami 2005, pp. 213-219.
- ^Singleton 2010, p. 175-210.
- ^Master Murugan, Chillayah (20 October 2012). 'Surya Namaskara -Puranic origins of Valmiki Ramayana'. Silambam. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2013.[not in citation given]
- ^sanskrit.safire.com, Aditya Hrudayam with English translation
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- ^Mujumdar 1950.
- ^'Surya Namaskar Variations: How it is done in these 3 popular yoga traditions'. Times of India. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
Sources[edit]
- Alter, Joseph S. (2000). Gandhi's Body: Sex, Diet, and the Politics of Nationalism. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN978-0-812-23556-2.
- Mehta, Silva; Mehta, Mira; Mehta, Shyam (1990). Yoga: The Iyengar Way. Dorling Kindersley. ISBN978-0863184208.
- Mujumdar, Dattatraya Chintaman (Editor) (1950). Encyclopedia of Indian Physical Culture: A Comprehensive Survey of the Physical Education in India, Profusely Illustrating Various Activities of Physical Culture, Games, Exercises, Etc., as Handed Over to Us from Our Fore-fathers and Practised in India. Good Companions.CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list (link)
- Singleton, Mark (2010), Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice, Oxford University Press
- Ramaswami, Srivatsa (2005). The Complete Book of Vinyasa Yoga. Da Capo Press. ISBN978-1-56924-402-9.
- Singleton, Mark (2010). Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice. Oxford University Press. pp. 180–181, 205–206. ISBN978-0-19-974598-2.
- Sjoman, Norman E. (1999) [1996]. The Yoga Tradition of the Mysore Palace (2nd ed.). Abhinav Publications. ISBN81-7017-389-2.
External links[edit]
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- Dep't of Posts, Gov't of India releases stamps on Surya Namaskara on International Yoga Day 2016.
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