B. Shankaranand

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| name = B. Shankaranand

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| birth_date = 19 October 1925{{cite web |last1=web master |title=Tenth Lok sabha Members Bioprofile |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1956.htm |website=PARLIAMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA HOUSE OF THE PEOPLE |publisher=National Informatics Centre (NIC) |accessdate=10 May 2020}}

| birth_place = Kanagali, Chikodi, Belgaum, Karnataka State, British India

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|11|20|1925|10|19|df=y}}

| death_place = Belgaum

| constituency = Chikkodi

| office = MP

| term = 1967-1996

| predecessor = V. L. Patil

| successor = Ratnamala Savanur

| party =Indian National Congress

| spouse = Kamala Devi

| children = 2 Sons, 6 Daughters

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B. Shankaranand (1925-2009) was a congress leader from Karnataka and minister in government of India.

He held the following portfolios in the Union Cabinet:

class="wikitable" !Position !Dates

Deputy Minister of Parliamentary Affairs |16 March 1971 to 24 March 1977

Minister of Health & Family Welfare |16 January 1980 to 31 October 1984

Minister of Education |14 January 1980 to 17 October 1980

Minister of Irrigation & Power |31 December 1984 to 25 September 1985

rowspan="2"|Minister of Water Resources |25 September 1985 to 21 August 1987

25 June 1988 to 2 December 1989

Minister of Law & Justice |25 June 1988 to 2 December 1989

Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas |21 June 1991 to 17 January 1993

Minister of Health & Family Welfare |18 January 1993 to 22 December 1994

He worked as a cabinet minister under the Prime Ministership of Smt. Indira Gandhi, Shri Rajiv Gandhi and Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao.

He headed the first ever Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) formed to investigate into the Bofors deal which gave its report on 26 April 1988.[http://netindian.in/news/2009/11/20/0004134/former-union-minister-b-shankaranand-passes-away Former Union Minister B Shankaranand passes away | NetIndian]

He has represented Chikkodi (Lok Sabha constituency) for 29 years from 1967 to 1996, winning 7 times consecutively from the same place in his political career, creating a record of sorts.{{Cite web|url=http://kannada.oneindia.in/news/karnataka/lok-sabha-election-2014-chikkodi-ls-constituency-profile-lse-082802.html|title=ಚಿಕ್ಕೋಡಿ ಲೋಕಸಭಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ಕಿರುಪರಿಚಯ|date=27 March 2014}}