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Second Chief Minister of Karnataka

Kengal Hanumanthaiah (14 February – 1 December ), also spelt as Kengal Hanumanthaiya, was the second Chief Minister of Karnataka (then, Mysore State) from 30 March to 19 August He contributed to the construction of Vidhana Soudha, the seat of the state legislature.

Early life

Hanumanthaiah was born on 14 February , 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 and later earned a degree in Law from Poona Law College in 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 Gandhi. Dr. P. Tandon, the then Presiden