H V Hande
Minister for Health, Tamil Nadu
In office
9 June 1980 – 21 October 1986
Chief MinisterM. G. Ramachandran
Preceded byR. Soundararajan
Succeeded byP. U. Shanmugam
1st Deputy General Secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byV. R. Nedunchezhiyan and R. M. Veerappan
Personal details
Born (1927-11-28) 28 November 1927 (age 96)
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
OccupationMedical practitioner, politician

H. V. Hande (born 28 November 1927) is an Indian medical practitioner and a politician. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from Park Town constituency as a Swatantra Party candidate in the 1967 and 1971 elections.[1][2] He is known as 'ever genial Mangalorian' because of his ancestral roots in Mangalore.[3]

In the 1980 elections, Hande stood from the Anna Nagar constituency as a candidate of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and lost by a margin of 699 votes to M. Karunanidhi. He also contested in the 2006 elections from Anna Nagar as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party[4] but could only garner 9000 votes. He was National Council member of Bharatiya Janata Party in 2004.[5]

He is also a writer having written books on Ramayana, Dr. Ambedkar and other topics.[6][7] He has opened Hande Hospitals in 1984 at Shenoy Nagar, Chennai.[8]

Posts held

References

  1. ^ 1967 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  2. ^ 1971 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  3. ^ "Off the record - A Mangalorean in Chennai". Deccan Herald. 11 November 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  4. ^ "T.P. Chatram in a bad state: Hande". The Hindu. 26 April 2006. Archived from the original on 7 November 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  5. ^ "MK stir not sincere, says Hande". The Hindu. 9 November 2004. Archived from the original on 13 January 2005. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Books by H. V. Hande". Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  7. ^ "Authored by Dr HV Hande, book in 3 languages on Dr Ambedkar released in Bangalore". Samvada.org. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  8. ^ "Hande Hospital". Medicards.in. Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  9. ^ V, Narayana Murthy (6 March 2012). "MGR was instrumental in eradicating polio: Hande". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2013.

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