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Indian politician

Jeevaraj Alva (18 April 1947 – 12 February 2001) was an Indian politician from the State of Karnataka. He held multiple portfolios such as Kannada and culture, youth affairs and sports, higher education and information in the government of Karnataka.^[1] Alva was serving as vice-president of the Janata Dal (United) when he died in 2001, aged 53.^[2][3]

Early life

Alva was born into a middle-class family which hailed from the coastal Canara region of Karnataka and belonged to the Tulu-speaking Bunt community.

He was born on 18 April 1947 in Mangalore, a part of the erstwhile Madras Presidency of British India. His father, K. Nagappa Alva, was also a politician and he once headed the state unit of the Indian National Congress.^[4] Alva was a trained physician from St.

John's Medical College, Bangalore. While still in college, in 1976, he was "provoked into joining politics" by Jayaprakash Narayan, led by fo