Rajani Duganna
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Rajani Duganna (1945 – 9 July 2023) was an Indian politician who served as Mayor of Mangalore City Corporation. She took office on 26 February 2010, with B. Rajendra Kumar as Deputy Mayor. She was the fifth female to have become mayor of the city corporation, as well as its 24th mayor, since the corporation's establishment in 1984.[1] She was a BILLAVA (POOJARY) and belonged to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[1] Duganna was succeeded as Mayor by her cousin Praveen Kumar on 28 February 2011.[2] Duganna died of natural causes on July 9, 2023 at the age of 78.
References
- ^ a b "Rajani Duganna is new mayor of Mangalore". The Times of India. 26 February 2010. Archived from the original on 24 December 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Praveen elected new mayor". The Times of India. 28 February 2011. Archived from the original on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
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- 1945 births
- 2023 deaths
- Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka
- Mayors of Mangalore
- Women mayors of places in Karnataka
- Politicians from Mangalore
- Mangaloreans
- 21st-century Indian women politicians
- 21st-century Indian politicians
- Women members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
- Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party politician stubs