Praveen Kumar an Indian politician and former Mayor of Mangalore City Corporation. He was elected into office on 28 February 2011, with Geetha N. Nayak as Deputy Mayor.[1][2] He is the 25th person to have become mayor of the city corporation, since its establishment in 1984. Kumar is a Dalit, and belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[2] He was succeeded as Mayor on 7 March 2012 by Indian National Congress (INC) candidate, Gulzar Banu.[3]
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- ^ "New Mayor to be elected on Feb 28". Mangalore Today. 23 February 2011. Archived from the original on 24 December 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Praveen elected new mayor". The Times of India. 28 February 2011. Archived from the original on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Congress bags Mayor's post as BJP goofs up". The Hindu. 8 March 2012. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
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