Hari Vinayak Pataskar | |
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2nd Governor of Madhya Pradesh | |
In office 14 June 1957 –10 February 1965 | |
Chief Minister | Kailash Nath Katju Bhagwantrao Mandloi Dwarka Prasad Mishra |
Preceded by | Pattabhi Sitaramayya |
Succeeded by | K.C. Reddy |
Minister of Civil Aviation | |
In office 7 December 1956 –16 April 1957 | |
Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru |
Preceded by | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
Succeeded by | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
Member of the Constituent Assembly of India | |
In office 9 December 1946 –24 January 1950 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Indapur,Pune,Bombay Presidency,British India (Now in Maharashtra,India) | 15 May 1892
Died | 21 February 1970 77) Pune,Maharashtra,India | (aged
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Awards | Padma Vibhushan (1963) |
Hari Vinayak Pataskar was an Indian lawyer,former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Poona and politician who was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India [1] and a former Governor of Madhya Pradesh.He was the longest-serving governor Of Madhya Pradesh. Tenure was of 7 Years,8 Months and of 10 Days [2] In 1963,he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan,the second highest civilian honour in India,for services in Public Affairs. [3]
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