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Pratap Simha Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 1, 2026 • 3 min read

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Date of birth21 June 1976

Age47 Years

BirthplaceBelur town, Hassan district, Karnataka, India

ProfessionPolitician

NationalityIndian

Marital statusMarried

SpouseArpitha Simha

FamilyDaughter - Vipanchi Simha; Father - B. E. Gopal Gowda; Mother - Pushpa; Brother - Vikram Simha

Pratap Simha Biography

Pratap Simha is an Indian politician and former journalist from Karnataka. A two-time Member of Parliament for Mysore representing the Bharatiya Janata Dal

Early life and background

Pratap Simha was born on 21 June 1976 in Belur town, Hassan district, Karnataka. He is a Hindi-speaking Indian national from the Vokkaliga community and was raised in the region that would later form his political base. He completed a Master of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication from Mangalore University in 1999.

Career

Simha began his professional life in journalism. In 1999 he joined the Kannada daily Vijaya Karnataka as a trainee and rose through the ranks to become a chief editorial writer. He wrote a widely read column called Bettale Jagattu (The naked world), and his work in print earned recognition, including the Aryabhata Award for column writing in 2008.

Transitioning to politics, Simha joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was first elected to the Lok Sabha from the Mysore constituency in 2014 and successfully retained that seat in the 2019 general election. Within party structures, he has held leadership roles, including serving as President of the BJP Yuva Morcha in Karnataka from 2016.

Awards and recognition

Simha’s journalistic work was acknowledged by the Karnataka state government when he received the Rajyotsava Prashasti in the media category in 2011, becoming the youngest journalist to be so honored at the time.

Public profile

As a public figure, Simha has been closely associated with political campaigning and vocal interventions on matters of public interest. His height and appearance are recorded in public profiles: he is approximately 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) tall with black eyes and black hair. He resides in Mysuru and has been publicly identified as practicing Hinduism.

Personal life

Pratap Simha married Arpitha on 18 November 2010. The couple have a daughter, Vipanchi. His parents are B. E. Gopal Gowda and Pushpa, and he has a brother named Vikram Simha. Simha’s declared assets for the 2018–19 financial year include various movable and immovable holdings reported in his public disclosures; those filings list motor vehicles, bank deposits, insurance policies and a residential building among other items.

Controversies

Over the years Simha’s public statements and actions have attracted controversy and legal attention. Incidents recorded in the public record include a 2015 complaint alleging threatening language toward a journalist, an arrest in 2015 connected to protests over Hanuman Jayanti procession routes, and several episodes in 2017 in which his remarks about public figures and political opponents drew strong criticism and in one case a defamation suit that he later addressed with a public apology. In 2023 he drew criticism from animal welfare advocates for remarks about stray dog control. Additionally, a 2023 security review of a Parliament breach noted that a visitor pass used by one of the men who entered the Lok Sabha had been issued under Simha’s name; Simha and the parliamentary authorities exchanged information as part of the investigation.

Latest updates

Simha continues to serve as the BJP MP from Mysore. His activities encompass parliamentary duties, constituency work in Mysuru and surrounding areas, and participation in BJP organizational initiatives. Public filings and news coverage continue to document both his political work and responses to controversies.

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Member of Parliament, Mysore (2014, 2019)

Elected MP from Mysore in 2014 and re-elected in 2019; served as President of Karnataka BJP Yuva Morcha in 2016.

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Career Highlights

  1. Worked as a journalist at Vijaya Karnataka and Kannada Prabha; rose to chief editorial writer and authored the column Bettale Jagattu.
  2. Received the Aryabhata Award (2008) and the Karnataka Rajyotsava Prashasti in media (2011).
  3. Elected as Member of Parliament from Mysore in 2014 and re-elected in 2019; served as President of BJP Yuva Morcha, Karnataka.
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