B. N. Datar

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B. N. Datar
Member of Parliament
for Belgaum
In office
17 April 1952 – 13 February 1963
Preceded byconstituency created
Succeeded byK. H. Veerabhadrappa
Personal details
Born(1894-08-13)13 August 1894
Tasgaon, South Satara District, Bombay Presidency, British India
(now in Sangli District, Maharashtra, India)
Died13 February 1963(1963-02-13) (aged 68)
New Delhi, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseSubhadrabai (m. 1918–his death)
Children4 sons, 4 daughters
Alma materGovernment Law College, Mumbai
OccupationEducationist, lawyer

Balwantrao Nageshrao Datar, known as B. N. Datar (13 August 1894 – 13 February 1963) was an Indian educationist, politician and Union government minister.[1]

Early life and education[edit]

Datar was educated at Deccan College, Baroda College (now the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda) and the Government Law College, Mumbai, from which he qualified as a lawyer. From 1937 to 1942, he was a member of the Senate of the University of Bombay and a member of its Board of Studies in Kannada.[2] He served on the academic council of Karnatak University from 1950 to 1952.

Political career[edit]

In 1952, he was elected to the 1st Lok Sabha as a member of the Indian National Congress from the constituency of Belgaum North,[2] holding this seat until the 1957 general election, when he was elected to the newly created seat of Belgaum.[2] From August 1952 to February 1956, Datar was a deputy home minister in the Union government, with cabinet rank from February 1956 to April 1957.[3] He then served as Minister of State for Home affairs until his death in office in February 1963.[3][1]

Year Description
1952 Elected to 1st Lok Sabha
  • Member of Parliament - Lok Sabha (1952–57)
1957 Elected to 2nd Lok Sabha
  • Member of Parliament - Lok Sabha (1957–62)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Lok Sabha Debates (Fourth Session, Third Lok Sabha)" (PDF). Lok Sabha Debates. 13 (1): 1–2. 18 February 1963. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Parliament of India, Third Lok Sabha: Who's Who 1962 (PDF). New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat. 1962. pp. 106–107.
  3. ^ a b Council of Ministers (1947–2015) (PDF). New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat. 2016.
Lok Sabha
Preceded by
none
Member of Parliament
for Belgaum North

1952 – 1957
Succeeded by
Seat abolished
Preceded by
Himself
Member of Parliament
for Belgaum

1957 – 1963
Succeeded by
K. H. Veerabhadrappa