[2][3] Born on 15 November 1949 at Sarsamba village in Aland taluka current state of Karnataka.
Ramachandrappa died when Bhojaraj was only 2, after that Gangabai brought her children up with great struggle and responsibility.
By working hard in taking care of the 3 patches of farm land located distance apart and making sure that her two sons got their education and never bothering them with the struggles she was going through.
In the absence of his father she had a very big influence on his early childhood with her display of strength against odds, religious dedication, discipline, generosity in giving, values and honesty.
One of the earliest known incidents of his display of leadership was during his high school when he organized a group of young people to go in search of bootleggers and destroying their setup to make spurious liquor that had negative influence on the villagers.