Hari Vinayak Pataskar

Hari Vinayak Pataskar was an Indian lawyer, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Poona and politician who was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India^[1] and a former Governor of Madhya Pradesh. He was the longest-serving governor of Madhya Pradesh, with a tenure of 7 years, 8 months and 10 days.^[2] In 1963, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian honour in India, for services in Public Affairs.^[3]

Hari Vinayak Pataskar
2nd Governor of Madhya Pradesh
In office 14 June 1957 – 10 February 1965
Chief Minister	Kailash Nath Katju Bhagwantrao Mandloi Dwarka Prasad Mishra
Preceded by	Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Succeeded by	K.C. Reddy
Minister of Civil Aviation
In office 7 December 1956 – 16 April 1957
Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru
Preceded by	Lal Bahadur Shastri
Succeeded by	Lal Bahadur Shastri
Member of the Constituent Assembly of India
In office 9 December 1946 – 24 January 1950
Personal details
Born	(1892-05-15)15 May 1892 Indapur, Pune, Bombay Presidency, British India (Now in Maharashtra, India)
Died	21 February 1970(1970-02-21) (aged 77) Pune, Maharashtra, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Awards	Padma Vibhushan (1963)