Lankappa Hanumanthaiah is an Indian poet, politician of the Indian National Congress and a member of the upper house of the Indian Parliament, the Rajya Sabha, from the state of Karnataka.

[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Lankappa Hanumanthaiah was born to Lankappa and Shrimati Channamma on 10 June 1958.

[8] Hanumanthaiah studied at Government Science College, Bangalore, Post Graduate Studies in Kannada Literature at Bangalore University and Ph.D. from Mysore University.

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