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'''R. Gundu Rao''' was ] of ] state, ] from 1980 to 1983.
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'''R. Gundu Rao''' was ] of ] state, ]. He was Chief Minister of state from 1980 to 1983. He was first ] Chief minister of Karnataka. He started his career as bus ticket agent. He built Majestic ] station in ] which is known today as Kempe gowda bus station. He built bus station at a strategic place near Bangalore city railway station where people coming from other places either by bus or train can alight and board city buses to different parts of Bangalore. Also city bus station is built in semi-circle fashion, so that non natives can easily find bus route and its stop just by walking on the foot bridge provided at diameter of semi-circle. They need not walk to and fro to locate the bus stop for particular route. This bus station is said to be unique in whole of Asia. He was first to plan for ring road for Bangalore. It was during his period as Chief Minister, Foundation was laid for development of ] (IT) sector in Karnataka particularly Bangalore. He was great visionary who's contribution to state has not been recognized. Rao was the first ] Chief minister of Karnataka. He started his career as bus ticket agent. He built Majestic ] station in ] which is known today as Kempe gowda bus station. He built bus stations at a strategic place near Bangalore city railway station where people coming from other places either by bus or train can alight and board city buses to different parts of ]. Also the city bus station is built in a semi-circle fashion, so that non natives can easily find bus routes and stops just by walking on the foot bridge provided at the diameter of semi-circle. This bus station is said to be unique in whole of Asia. He was first to plan for ring road for Bangalore. It was during his period as Chief Minister, Foundation was laid for development of ] (IT) sector in Karnataka particularly Bangalore.


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R. Gundu Rao was Chief Minister of Karnataka state, India from 1980 to 1983.

Rao was the first Brahmin Chief minister of Karnataka. He started his career as bus ticket agent. He built Majestic bus station in Bangalore which is known today as Kempe gowda bus station. He built bus stations at a strategic place near Bangalore city railway station where people coming from other places either by bus or train can alight and board city buses to different parts of Bangalore. Also the city bus station is built in a semi-circle fashion, so that non natives can easily find bus routes and stops just by walking on the foot bridge provided at the diameter of semi-circle. This bus station is said to be unique in whole of Asia. He was first to plan for ring road for Bangalore. It was during his period as Chief Minister, Foundation was laid for development of Information Technology (IT) sector in Karnataka particularly Bangalore.

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