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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| honorific-prefix = Diwan Bahadur Sir<br />
| name = K. P. Puttanna Chetty<br />
| honorific-suffix = CIE<br />
| image = Puttanna Chetty.jpg<br />
| birth_date = 29 April 1856<br />
| birth_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Kingdom of Mysore]] (now in [[Karnataka]])<br />
| death_date = 23 July 1938 (aged 82)<br />
| death_place = <br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| profession = <br />
| occupation = Bureaucrat and Philanthropist<br />
| spouse = <br />
}}<br />
'''Sir Krishnarajapur Palligonde Puttanna Chetty''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CIE}} (29 April 1856 – 23 July 1938) was a British Indian administrator, bureaucrat and philanthropist who served as the first President of the Bangalore municipality.<br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Puttanna Chetty was born in 1856 in a [[Banajiga|Banajiga Lingayat]] family of Bangalore. He was educated at the Central College, Bangalore and entered the Mysore civil service in 1875.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Chetty served as a traffic manager in the Mysore state railways from 1884 to 1898 and as Deputy Commissioner from 1898 to 1906. From 1906 to 1912, he also served as a member of the Bangalore City Council. In 1913, Puttanna Chetty was elected President of the Bangalore municipality and he served till 1919, inaugurating the Victoria Hospital and making many public donations during his tenure.<br />
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Puttanna Chetty was elected to the Mysore Legislative Council in 1925. Chetty served in various appointments during his life – as Chairman of the Bank of Mysore and Central Co-Operative Bank, Bangalore, Chairman of the Sri Krishnarajendra Mills and fellow of the Mysore University.<br />
Puttanna Chetty served as President at [[Rao Bahadhur Dharmapravartha Gubbi Thotadappa]] Charities from 1910 to 1938.<br />
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== Death ==<br />
Puttanna Chetty died in 1938 at the age of 82.<br />
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== Honours ==<br />
Puttanna Chetty was made a [[Diwan Bahadur]] in 1911. In 1917, he was made a [[Order of the Indian Empire|Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]] and was subsequently made a [[Knight Bachelor]] in 1925. He was also awarded the [[Delhi Durbar Medal (1911)|1911 Durbar Medal]] and the Gold [[Kaiser-i-Hind Medal]] in 1914.<br />
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==Recognition==<br />
The 161st birth anniversary of [[Diwan Bahadur]] Sir K. P. Puttanna Chetty was celebrated on 29 April 2017 at the Free Veerashaiva Students Hostel which was established by him in 1938 in [[Bengaluru]] to support the poor students.<ref>{{cite web |title=Clipping of Express Publications - The New Indian Express-Bengaluru |url=https://epaper.newindianexpress.com/c/18692732 |access-date=15 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pay Tribute to DIWAN SIR K.P .PUTTANNA CHETTY {{!}} Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/DIWAN-SIR-K-P-PUTTANNA-CHETTY/tributeshow/58422722.cms |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |accessdate=15 July 2018}}</ref> The [[Bangalore Town Hall]] in Bengaluru is named for Chetty.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Yele Mallappa Shetty]]<br />
* [[Sajjan Rao]]<br />
* [[S. Ramaswami Mudaliar]]<br />
* [[Janopakari Doddanna Setty]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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* {{cite book|title=Mysore Gazetteer|pages=3156}}<br />
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[[Category:Recipients of the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal]]<br />
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[[Category:Mayors of Bengaluru]]<br />
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