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{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Bantwal Vaikunta Baliga
| office        = Speaker of the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start    = 15 March 1962
| term_end      = 6 June 1968
| predecessor   = [[S. R. Kanthi]] 
| successor     = S. D. Kotavale
| birth_date    = 1895
| birth_place   = [[Bantwal]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]], (now in [[Bantwal]], [[Karnataka]], India)
| death_date    = {{death year and age|1968|1905}}
| death_place   = India
| nationality   = Indian
| citizenship   = 
| education     = BA, LLB
| years_active  = 
| spouse        = Sharada
}}

'''Bantwal Vaikunta Baliga''' (1895–1968) was a [[Konkani]] lawyer who played an active role in Indian governance and politics. He was actively involved in [[India]]’s struggle for freedom and worked several times with [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. He was elected as MLA and subsequently became the Law Minister and Speaker of [[Mysore State]] Assembly. He died while he was the Speaker of Mysore State assembly. His term as Speaker spanned from March 1962 to June 1968. He is remembered for his parliamentary acumen, knowledge of legislative business, and understanding of parliamentary procedure.<ref name="Karnataka Government and Politics - Google Books Result">{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UM3LjKo8Uo8C&pg=PA79&dq=Vaikunta+Baliga&hl=en&ei=2Dj_TMO6F87xrQfLkJCiCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Vaikunta%20Baliga&f=false | title=Karnataka Government and Politics | publisher=Harish Ramaswamy | date=2016 | accessdate=18 June 2016}}</ref>  As the Speaker he was known to be very strict in conducting the House proceedings.

He is also the founder president of Karnataka Library Association.<ref name="People's Library Movement - Google Books Result">{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8kHkEMXu4vMC&pg=PA74&dq=Vaikunta+Baliga&hl=en&ei=2Dj_TMO6F87xrQfLkJCiCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Vaikunta%20Baliga&f=false | title=People's Library Movement | publisher=R. Raman Nair | date=2016 | accessdate=18 June 2016}}</ref>

The [[Vaikunta Baliga College of Law]] was established in the year 1957 and is named after Late Sri. Bantwal Vaikunta Baliga, a legal luminary and then minister of Law, Government of Mysore.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Law education - Vaikunta Baliga College of Law|url=http://vbclaw.edu.in/|access-date=2021-07-21|website=vbclaw.edu.in}}</ref>

Baliga married a woman named Sharada. They have several sons and daughters.

==References==
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*http://www.kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/elib/pdf/eresources/Vaikunta%20Baaliga.pdf
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[[Category:20th-century Indian lawyers]]
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