Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah

Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah (18 June 1921 – 12 October 1993) was an Indian politician. He was the Governor of Bihar from 15 March 1985 to 25 February 1988 and the Governor of Karnataka, India from 26 February 1988 to 5 February 1990.^[1] He was elected to the Lok Sabha and was the Union Minister of State for Home and Parliamentary Affairs in both Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi cabinet.^[2][3][4]

In this Indian name, the name Pendekanti is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Venkatasubbaiah.

Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah
Governor of Bihar
In office 15 March 1985 – 25 February 1988
Chief Minister	Bindeshwari Dubey Bhagwat Jha Azad
Preceded by	Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
Succeeded by	Govind Narain Singh
Governor of Karnataka
In office 26 February 1987 – 5 February 1990
Preceded by	Ashoknath Banerji
Succeeded by	Bhanu Pratap Singh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1957–1977
Preceded by	Rayasam Seshagiri Rao
Succeeded by	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
In office 1977–1984
Preceded by	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Succeeded by	Maddur Subba Reddy
Constituency	Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh
Personal details
Born	(1921-06-18)18 June 1921 Sanjamala, Banganapalle, Kurnool District, Madras Presidency, British India (Now Andhra Pradesh, India)
Died	12 October 1993(1993-10-12) (aged 72) Hyderabad, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Kanakamma,
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Life and career

Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah was born on 18 June 1921 into an affluent family of agriculturists at Sanjamala, a village in the erstwhile Princely State of Banaganapalli in Madras Presidency, British India.

Venkatasubbaiah founded the Vasavi Academy of Education, an organisation which runs several educational institutions including the Vasavi College of Engineering, Pendekanti Law College, and Vasavi High School.^{[citation needed]}

Venkatasubbaiah died in Hyderabad on 12 October 1993, at the age of 72.^[5]

See also

• List of governors of Karnataka
• List of governors of Bihar

References

1. "States of India since 1947". World Statesman. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
2. "Governors Of Karnataka Since 1956". Retrieved 16 March 2012.
3. Venkatasubbaiah Pendekanti Profile
4. Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah Profile from Lok Sabha Website Archived 31 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
5. Lok Sabha Debates (PDF). Parliament of India. 2 December 1993. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

External links

• Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website