Naik Venkanna H.

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name = Venkanna Hosubu Naik


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pseudonym = Gati Shaeb
place = Gonehalli, Kumta, Uttar Kannada
birthdate = February 1, 1879
birthplace = Hanehalli] , Uttar Kannada, Karnataka
deathdate = December 1929
deathplace = Bijapur, Karnataka
occupation = Teacher, and District Commissioner.
nationality = Indian
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Venkanna Hosubu Naik (1879-1929) was a commissioner of Bijapur District, India, [cite book |title=Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona |year=1928 |publisher=Bhandarkar OrientalResearch Institute |location=Poona |volume=vol. 9 |pages=p. xvii |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=IoALAAAAIAAJ&q=%22V.+H.+Naik%22+%2Bcollector&dq=%22V.+H.+Naik%22+%2Bcollector&num=100&pgis=1] and a deputy commissioner of Dharwar District. He instigated several new plans to help economically and socially backward sects of Bijapur district.

Early life

Naik a Nadavara was born in Hanehalli, Kumta, Uttar Kannada. His mother Devamma Venkanna Naik was from Hanehalli. His father Hosubu Murkundi Naik was a farmer and a Patel (Village administrator) of Gonehalli village. Gonehalli was a sleepy village with lush green fields, stately coconut trees, puddles and ponds around during heavy monsoon seasons. Venkanna completed his primary schooling from the neighboring villages Torke and Bankikodla-Hanehalli. Venkanna was a head master of Kannada primary school in Torke, Kumta taluk.

Career

In the year 1906, Venkanna completed B.Sc (Biology) from [http://www.elphinstonecollege.ac.in/ Elphistone College] of University of Bombay. In 1906, Naik went to London to pursue higher education. In 1908 and 1910, he earned B.A. and M.A. from St John's College, Cambridge.

After returning from London, Naik was appointed as a deputy director of Konkan agricultural science department and then as a special assistant registrar of Bombay revenue department. In 1918, he went to London to become Barrister of Lincoln’s Inn. With an internship opportunity, Naik visited government offices in London, Scotland, Ireland and Denmark and returned to India in 1921. He was appointed as a Deputy commissioner of Dharwar district and then in the year 1925, he was promoted to Commissioner of Bijapur district, Karnataka. V. H. Naik instigated several new plans and projects to help economically and socially backward sects of Bijapur district. In Bijpur district, a large population belonged to the Scheduled Castes and to the Scheduled Tribes.

Venkanna died at the age of 50 in Bijapur, Karnataka. In remembrance, after his death, people of Bijpur district built his statue in Bijapur town. SAPA Gaonkar [SAPA. P. Gaonkar (1885-1972) a deputy minister at Mr. Kher's Bombay-Karnataka state and a freedom fighter for Independence of India ] called Venkanna Naik as a scholar, an ardent administrator and a man of courage with determination. V. H. Naik's son Balakrishna V. Naik (1929 July-2008 August) from Gonehalli was a member of Parliament fifth Loka Sabha in New Delhi, India.

References

Note

V. H. Naik was an alumni of Elphiston college, Mumbai, and St John's College, Cambridge

External links

* [http://www.ourvillageindia.org/ Indian Villages]
* [http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok05/lok05.htm Fifth Loka Sabha - Parliament New Delhi - Shri Balakrishana Venkanna Naik]