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'''Attavar Balakrishna Shetty''' (1883–1960)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/oct242004/d14.asp |title=Bring rural populace to mainstream: Mahe VC - Deccan Herald<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=31 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007193821/http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/oct242004/d14.asp |archive-date=7 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> better known as A. B. Shetty was an Indian politician, philanthropist, entrepreneur and the founder of [[Vijaya Bank]].<ref>[http://vijayabank.com/vijaya/vijaya/internet-en/menus/we-at-vijaya-bank/inception.html Vijaya Bank<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/66EXxNxXf?url=http://vijayabank.com/vijaya/vijaya/internet-en/menus/we-at-vijaya-bank/inception.html |date=17 March 2012 }}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Shetty was born in a [[Tulu language|Tulu]]-speaking family of landlords to Mulki Kalappa Shetty (Father) and Attavar Unhakke (Mother).{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} He completed his early education in [[Mangalore]]. Realising the need for dissemination of news and information about world affairs among people in the [[South Canara]] district, he started a weekly [[Kannada language]] publication, called "Navayuga", which was edited in its early years by [[K. K. Shetty]] and later by K. Honnayya Shetty. This was very popular for more than 40 years.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} In addition Shetty was also the pioneer behind Canara Printing Press, a printing press in Mangalore.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}}<br />
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Shetty established [[Vijaya Bank]] in 1931 at Bunts Hostel in Mangalore.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} The bank did well, providing job opportunities for thousands of youths and also providing banking service to [[lakh]]s of people all over the country.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} Vijaya Bank is today one of the foremost nationalised banks of India.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} Deeply secular and progressive in outlook, Shetty was interested in the activities of the [[Theosophical Society]], the [[Brahmo Samaj]], the [[Arya Samaj]], the Depressed Classes Mission, etc., all of which were engaged in the uplift of neglected sections of society.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} He also served as Minister in the [[Madras Presidency]] and later in [[Madras State]], holding various portfolios such as agriculture and veterinary, medical and public health, cooperation, housing and ex-servicemen<ref>{{cite book|title=India: A Reference Annual 1954|date=1954|publisher=[[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.85206/page/n411 382]|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.85206|accessdate=3 March 2018}}</ref> between the years 1949-1956 until quitting the Ministry on 1 March 1956 following the [[States Reorganisation Act of 1956]].<ref name="jp">{{Cite book | title = Justice Party golden jubilee souvenir, 1968 | publisher = Justice Party| year = 1968| pages =50–65| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=rCZYAAAAMAAJ}}</ref><br />
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He married Kalyani Shetty. They had four children: two sons and two daughters.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} He died in 1960 at the age of 77 and is commemorated by the A.B.Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, [[Deralakatte]], Mangalore.<ref>[http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newsid=167794&newstype=local Mangalorean.Com- Serving Mangaloreans Around The World!<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011142252/http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newsid=167794&newstype=local |date=11 October 2012 }}</ref><br />
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