Hari Vinayak Pataskar was an Indian lawyer, former Vice-Chancellor of the

University of Poona Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), formerly the University of Poona, is a collegiate public state university located in the city of Pune, India. It was established in 1949, and is spread over a campus in the neighbourhood of Ganeshk ...

and politician who was a member of the

Constituent Assembly of India The Constituent Assembly of India was elected to frame the Constitution of India. It was elected by the 'Provincial Assembly'. Following India's independence from the British rule in 1947, its members served as the nation's first Parliament as ...

and a former

Governor of Madhya Pradesh The governor of Madhya Pradesh is a nominal head and representative of the president of India in the state of Madhya Pradesh. The governor is appointed by the president for a period of five years. Governors of Madhya Pradesh See also * Madh ...

. In 1963, he was awarded the

Padma Vibhushan The Padma Vibhushan ("Lotus Decoration") is the second-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "exceptional and distinguished service" ...

, the second highest civilian honour in India, for services in Public Affairs.

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Bio on Raj Bhavan website
Governors of Madhya Pradesh 1892 births 1970 deaths People from Pune district 20th-century Indian lawyers Members of the Constituent Assembly of India Prisoners and detainees of British India Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in public affairs Indian independence activists from Maharashtra Law Ministers of India Civil aviation ministers of India Members of the Cabinet of India India MPs 1952–1957 India MPs 1957–1962 20th-century Indian educational theorists Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra Marathi politicians Indian National Congress politicians from Madhya Pradesh Indian National Congress politicians from Maharashtra {{MadhyaPradesh-INC-politician-stub