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Kengal Hanumanthaiah
Second Chief Minister of Karnataka
Kengal Hanumanthaiah (14 February 1908 – 1 December 1980), also spelt as Kengal Hanumanthaiya, was the second Chief Minister of Karnataka (then, Mysore State) from 30 March 1952 to 19 August 1956.
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He contributed to the construction of Vidhana Soudha, the seat of the state legislature.
Early life
Hanumanthaiah was born on 14 February 1908, in a Vokkaliga family in a Lakkappanahalli, a small village near Ramanagara, Ramanagara District.
He graduated in Arts from the Maharaja College in Mysore in 1930 and later earned a degree in Law from Poona Law College in 1932. During his college days, he was elected as the Secretary of the Students Union and the Karnataka Sangha.
After his graduation, he joined the bar council in the same year.[1]
Political career
At that time, the independence movement was steadily growing and at the center stage of the movement was the Indian National Congress led by Mahatma Gandh