--- title: "B.G. Banakar, who passed away recently, was the former speaker of which legislative assembly?" description: "B.G. Banakar, who passed away recently, was the former speaker of which legislative assembly?" author: "Eshan Rathaur" published: 2018-03-11 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39332/b-g-banakar-who-passed-away-recently-was-the-former-speaker-of-which-legislative-assembly category: "current affair" tags: ["current affair"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # B.G. Banakar, who passed away recently, was the former speaker of which legislative assembly? B.G. Banakar, who passed [away recently](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34762/neelabh-mishra-who-passed-away-recently-was-associated-with-which-field), was the [former speaker](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/72354/who-was-the-former-speaker-who-quit-his-position-on-29-july-2019-of-karnataka-assembly) of which legislative assembly?\ \ \ ## Answers ### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL B.G. Banakar is the former [Speaker](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39417/who-fixes-the-salaries-and-the-allowances-of-the-speaker-of-lok-sabha) of **‘Karnataka’ Legislative Assembly**. He took his last breath on February 7, 2018, at Haveri district in [Karnataka](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34155/which-city-to-host-the-2018-karnataka-international-travel-expo-kite). ![B.G. Banakar, who passed away recently, was the former speaker of which legislative assembly?](https://answers.mindstick.com/QuestionAnswer/33d4b344-4e77-4dd7-b2e7-a4882aa7b436/images/9e800ad6-d6c6-4dae-a69d-23fc4ed9df93.jpeg)\ He served as the **Speaker of Karnataka [Legislative Assembly](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40378/bhagat-singh-and-b-k-dutt-threw-bombs-in-the-legislative-assembly-as-a-protest-against) three times**. He was also the **Minister of Animal Husbandry in the Devaraj Urs Cabinet**. From 1985 to 1989, he has been the Speaker of Assembly for consecutive four years. Banakar **died at the age of 91 years, after suffering from brief illness**. He was **an LLB Graduate and was an advocate for some time**. Later, he joined politics through Gram Panchayat afterward became an MLA, Minister, and the Assembly Speaker as well. He was very down to earth leader and love farming. He used to spend his time in fields too and used to travel by Public Transport too. He was like a ‘Guru’ figure for many political leaders and more than 100 of people turned-up in his funeral process at Hirekerur in Haveri district. **Karnataka Legislative Assembly is the lower house, which comprises of two houses of Karnataka State of Southern India**. In the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, there are 224 members. As well as, the Karnataka State is divided into 224 [constituencies](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34147/hukum-singh-who-passed-away-recently-was-the-mp-from-which-lok-sabha-constituency-of-uttar-pradesh). So, each constituency elects the single Legislative Assembly Member. The **first Speaker of Legislative Assembly of Karnataka was V. Venkatappa, from January 26, 1952, to June 17, 1952**, from the Indian National Congress Party. Whereas, the current Speaker of the Legislative Assembly is K.R. Ramesh Kumar, from May 25, 2018, from [Indian National Congress Party](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/355/role-of-priyanka-gandhi-in-congress-party). In the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, the one and **only Women Speaker was K.S. Nagaratnamma from March 24, 1972, to March 3, 1978.** --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39332/b-g-banakar-who-passed-away-recently-was-the-former-speaker-of-which-legislative-assembly Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.