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| name = B. N. Datar<br />
| honorific_suffix = <br />
| image = B. N. Datar Lok Sabha photo.jpg<br />
| alt = B N Datar Loksabha Bioprofile<br />
| office = [[Union Minister of State]], [[Home Affairs]]<br />
| term_start = 14 February 1956<br />
| term_end = 13 February 1963<br />
| predecessor = Rustom Khurshedji Sidhwa<br />
| successor = [[Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis]]<br />
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]<br />
| constituency1 = [[Belgaum (Lok Sabha constituency)|Belgaum]]<br />
| parliament1 = <br />
| majority1 = <br />
| predecessor1 = ''constituency created''<br />
| successor1 = K. H. Veerabhadrappa<br />
| term_start1 = 17 April 1952<br />
| term_end1 = 13 February 1963<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1894|8|13|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Tasgaon]], South Satara District, [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br>(now in [[Sangli district|Sangli District]], [[Maharashtra]], India)<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1963|02|13|1894|08|13|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], India<br />
| spouse = Subhadrabai (m. 1918–his death)<br />
| party = [[File:Hand INC.svg|25px]][[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| relations = <br />
| children = 4 sons, 4 daughters<br />
| alma_mater = [[Government Law College, Mumbai]]<br />
| occupation = Educationist, lawyer<br />
| profession = <br />
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'''Balwantrao Nageshrao Datar''', known as '''B. N. Datar''' (13 August 1894 – 13 February 1963) was an Indian [[education]]ist, [[politician]] who served as [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|State Minister of Home Affairs]].<ref name="Lok_Sabha">{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=18 February 1963 |title=Lok Sabha Debates (Fourth Session, Third Lok Sabha)|url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/2844/1/lsd_03_04_18-02-1963.pdf |journal=Lok Sabha Debates |volume=13|issue=1 |pages=1–2 |doi= |access-date=15 June 2022}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Datar was educated at [[Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute|Deccan College]], Baroda College (now the [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda]]) and the [[Government Law College, Mumbai]], from which he qualified as a lawyer. From 1937 to 1942, he was a member of the Senate of the [[University of Bombay]] and a member of its Board of Studies in Kannada.<ref name="1962_Lok_Sabha">{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1962 |title=Parliament of India, Third Lok Sabha: Who's Who 1962 |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/782452/1/publications_whoswho_english_03_1962.pdf |location=New Delhi |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |pages=106–107}}</ref> He served on the academic council of [[Karnatak University]] from 1950 to 1952.<br />
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== Political career ==<br />
In 1952, he was elected to the [[1st Lok Sabha]] as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] from the constituency of [[Belgaum North (Lok Sabha constituency)|Belgaum North]],<ref name="1962_Lok_Sabha" /> holding this seat until the [[1957 Indian general election|1957 general election]], when he was elected to the newly created seat of Belgaum.<ref name="1962_Lok_Sabha" /> From August 1952 to February 1956, Datar was a deputy home minister in the Union government, with cabinet rank from February 1956 to April 1957.<ref name="Council">{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2016 |title=Council of Ministers (1947–2015) |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/759802/1/Council_of_Ministers_English.pdf |location=New Delhi |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat}}</ref> He then served as Minister of State for Home affairs until his death in office in February 1963.<ref name="Council" /><ref name="Lok_Sabha" /><br />
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!Description<br />
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|1952<br />
|Elected to [[1st Lok Sabha]]<br />
* Member of Parliament - Lok Sabha (1952–57)<br />
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|1957<br />
|Elected to [[2nd Lok Sabha]]<br />
* Member of Parliament - Lok Sabha (1957–62)<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:1894 births]]<br />
[[Category:1963 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:India MPs 1952–1957]]<br />
[[Category:India MPs 1957–1962]]<br />
[[Category:India MPs 1962–1967]]</div>NatishaMooring9