Ramakrishna Hegde

Chief Minister of Karnataka 1983-1988, Actor

Born: 29th August 1926, Siddapur, Uttara Kannada

Died: 12th January 2004, Bangalore

Talk about postal efficiency! My letter to Mr Hegde in 1993 was written and posted 10th June, Mr Hegde wrote his reply on 12th June and I received it on 14th June. The CM's office had forgotten to affix stamps on the envelope - so I had to pay the postage of 50 ps before the postman gave me the letter.

Don't miss the signatures in English, Kannada and Hindi.

12th June 1983

Reply received in 4 days!

In 1983, as leader of the Janata Party, Hedge became the first non-Congress Chief Minister of Karnataka. He resigned in Jan 1984, taking moral responsibility for the poor performance of the Janata Party in the Lok Sabha elections, only to be voted back. After Mr Hegde resigned, I wrote to him and received this printed reply.

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