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G. S. Melkote - Wikipedia

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G. S. Melkote
Gopaliah Subbukrishna Melkote

Member of Parliament
In office 1971 - 1977
Preceded by	Vinayak Rao Koratkar
Succeeded by	Himself
Constituency	Hyderabad
Member of Parliament
In office 1962 - 1970
Preceded by	Vinayak Rao Koratkar
Constituency	Hyderabad
In office 1957 - 1962
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	Jagannathrao Venkatarao Chandriki
Constituency	Raichur
Member of Hyderabad Legislative Assembly
In office 1952–1957
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	K. Seethiah Gupta
Constituency	Musheerabad

Personal details
Born	15 October 1901 Berhampur, Madras Presidency, British India (presently in Odisha)
Died	9 March 1982
Political party	Indian National Congress (Till 1970, 1975-1982)
Other political affiliations	Telangana Praja Samithi (1970-1975)
Spouse	Vimlabai
Children	5; 3 sons and 2 daughter
Parents	Gopalayya (father) Parvathamma (mother)
Website	[1] or at here in Geni.com or Click here GSM_bio.html

G. S. Melkote (16 October 1901 – 10 March 1982) was an Indian freedom fighter and parliamentarian. His full name is Gopaliah Subbukrishna Melkote.

He was born at Berhampur in Odisha state on the auspicious day of Saraswathi Pooja. He did L.M.S. from Osmania University in 1927 and practiced for some time combining the traditional medicine with Yogic practices. He was the president of Indian Medical Association, Hyderabad branch for some time and established Patanjali Yoga Research Institute.

He participated in various activities of Indian Freedom Movement, such as the Home Rule movement, Salt Satyagraha, and Quit India movements.

After Indian independence, he contributed significantly in the development of Hyderabad state as Member of Hyderabad Assembly from Musheerabad between 1952 and 1957. He was also the finance Minister for Hyderabad state from 1952 till unification of Hyderabad and Andhra State (to form Andhra Pradesh under States reorganization act, 1956). He was elected to the Indian Parliament three times (1962, 1967 and 1977) from the Hyderabad constituency and in 1957 from Raichur constituency.

He resigned as member of Lok Sabha in 1970, also left Indian National Congress to join Telangana movement, eventually joining Telangana Praja Samithi.^[1]

His wife Vimalabai was also a freedom fighter.^[2]

References

^ "Members Bioprofile". 3 July 2011. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ Vimalabai Melkote passes away, the Hindu.

Melkote G. S., Luminaries of 20th Century, Part I, Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005, pp: 429–30.

External links

Rare photographs of Dr. G.S. Melkote
Biodata of G. S. Melkote at Lok Sabha website.
Resume can be found in the documents directory here in Geni. or Click here GSM_bio.html

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