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{{Short description|Indian medical practitioner and politician (born 1927)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = H V Hande
| office = [[Department of Health and Family Welfare (Tamil Nadu)|Minister for Health]], [[Government of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]]
| term_start = 9 June 1980
| term_end = 21 October 1986
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[M. G. Ramachandran]]
| predecessor = R. Soundararajan
| successor = [[P. U. Shanmugam]]
| office1 = 1st Deputy General Secretary of the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| predecessor1 = ''Position established''
| successor1 = [[V. R. Nedunchezhiyan]] and [[ R. M. Veerappan]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1927|11|28}}
| birth_place = [[Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu]]
| occupation = Medical practitioner, politician
}}
'''H. V. Hande''' (born 28 November 1927) is an Indian medical practitioner and a politician. He was associated with [[Swatantra Party]], [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] and [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] and was considered a close ally of [[C. Rajagopalachari]] and [[M. G. Ramachandran|M. G. R.]] He was [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly|legislator]] five times and was Health Minister in [[Tamil Nadu]] for two terms. He has also written books on Ramayana and Dr. Ambedkar.<ref>{{cite web|title=Books by H. V. Hande|url=https://www.amazon.com/H.-V.-Hande/e/B001ICKOL4|accessdate=4 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Authored by Dr HV Hande, book in 3 languages on Dr Ambedkar released in Bangalore|url=http://samvada.org/2012/news/authored-by-dr-hv-hande-book-on-ambedkar-released-by-in-bangalore/|publisher=Samvada.org|accessdate=4 July 2013}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Dr. HV Hande was born as one among the ten children of Dr. H. Venkataramana Hande, a surgeon working under [[British Raj]] and Mahalakshmi at [[Coimbatore]]. The family had their ancestral roots in [[Mangalore]].<ref>{{cite news |date=11 November 2012 |title=Off the record - A Mangalorean in Chennai |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/291538/off-record.html |accessdate=4 July 2013 |newspaper=Deccan Herald}}</ref> He completed his schooling from [[Nellore]], [[Penukonda]] and [[Mangaluru|Mangalore]] and did medical education from [[Kilpauk Medical College]] in 1950. He married Shanthi in 1954 and his sons Krishna Hande and Vishwanath Hande are doctors.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hande Hospital |url=http://www.medicards.in/userpage/detail_hospital.php?hospital_id=4151&menuId=12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130704145655/http://www.medicards.in/userpage/detail_hospital.php?hospital_id=4151&menuId=12 |archive-date=4 July 2013 |accessdate=4 July 2013 |publisher=Medicards.in}}</ref> He set up Hande Hospital in [[Chennai]] in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Multispeciality Hospital in Chennai |url=https://handehospital.org/ |access-date=2025-10-21 |website=Hande hospital |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Political career==
He has taken part in [[Quit India Movement]] during pre university days in [[Mangaluru|Mangalore]]. The electoral foray began when he contested as an Independent candidate from Graduates Constituency and became a member of [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Council]] in 1964. Thereafter he joined [[Swatantra Party]] and was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] from [[Park Town (State Assembly Constituency)|Park Town constituency]] in the [[1967 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1967]] and [[1971 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1971]] elections.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madras%201967.pdf 1967 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_TN_71.pdf 1971 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref> In 1970 he became one of the All India Secretary of [[Swatantra Party]] and after the death of [[Rajaji]] he joined [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]. In 1978 he got elected to [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Council]] from the [[List of constituencies of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council|Madras City Graduates Constituency]]. In 1980 elections, Hande stood from the [[Anna Nagar (State Assembly Constituency)|Anna Nagar]] constituency as a candidate of the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] and lost by a margin of 699 votes to [[M. Karunanidhi]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sambandan |first=V. S. |date=2018-08-09 |title="Karunanidhi brought have-nots also to the forefront": H.V. Hande |url=https://www.thehinducentre.com/the-arena/current-issues/article24640329.ece |access-date=2025-10-22 |website=www.thehinducentre.com |language=en}}</ref> In 1984 he got reelected to [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Council|Legislative Council]].

He was Minister of Health (1980-86) twice in [[Third Ramachandran ministry|2nd and 3rd Ramachandran ministry]]. He transformed [[Public health]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] by bringing down [[Infant mortality]], combating [[Leprosy]], improving [[Primary health care]] facilities etc. The [[Medical Council of India]] honoured him with [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]] in 1985 for excellence as a Health Minister. Another notable event in his stint was, in 1986 he announced the first [[HIV/AIDS]] case in [[India]] when reported in a study done at [[Christian Medical College Vellore]]<ref>{{cite news|last=V|first=Narayana Murthy|title=MGR was instrumental in eradicating polio: Hande|url=http://newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article341395.ece?service=print|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513015643/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article341395.ece?service=print|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 May 2016|accessdate=4 July 2013|newspaper=Indian Express|date=6 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-08-30 |title=The woman who discovered India's first HIV cases |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37183012 |access-date=2025-10-21 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> He was also instrumental in the hospitalization and subsequent [[Air medical services|Air lifting]] of [[M. G. Ramachandran]] to [[SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University|Downstate Medical Center Brooklyn]] in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-10-12 |title=When MGR fell ill |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/when-mgr-fell-ill/article9201689.ece |access-date=2025-10-22 |website=Frontline |language=en}}</ref> He ceased to be a legislator with abolition of [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Council]] and after the death of [[M. G. Ramachandran|M. G. R]]. in 1987 he kept away from active legislative politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ramakrishnan |first=T. |date=2023-03-16 |title=Legislative Council holds special place in Tamil Nadu history |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/legislative-council-holds-special-place-in-tamil-nadu-history/article66628020.ece |access-date=2025-10-24 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

In 1999, he joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and he became National Council member of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite news |date=9 November 2004 |title=MK stir not sincere, says Hande |url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/11/09/stories/2004110914490400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050113235211/http://www.hindu.com/2004/11/09/stories/2004110914490400.htm |archive-date=13 January 2005 |accessdate=4 July 2013 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> He contested in the 2006 elections from Anna Nagar as a candidate of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] but could only garner 9000 votes.<ref name="chatram">{{cite news |date=26 April 2006 |title=T.P. Chatram in a bad state: Hande |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/26/stories/2006042623200500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107071802/http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/26/stories/2006042623200500.htm |archive-date=7 November 2007 |accessdate=4 July 2013 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.handehospital.org/hvhande.htm Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430164128/http://www.handehospital.org/hvhande.htm |date=30 April 2013 }}

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Medicine}}
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[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in medicine]]

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