Follow
"'G. S. Melkote"' (Telugu: జి.ఎస్.మేల్కోటే) (b: October 16, 1901 - d: March 10, 1982) was a Indian freedom fighter and Parliamentarian". His complete name is Gopaliah Subbukrishna Melkote.
He was born at Berhampur in Orissa state on the auspicious day of Saraswathi Pooja. He did L.M.S. from Osmania University in 1927 and practiced for some time combining the traditional medicine with Yogic practices. He was the president of Indian Medical Association, Hyderabad branch for some time and established Patanjali Yoga Research Institute.
During 1916‐18, a Medical School (College) was set up in Hyderabad and Subbu’s elder uncle had retired and made Hyderabad his home. Mysore State at that time still did not have a Medical School with Surgery. As the head of the family, his uncle gave the nod and he joined the Medical College in Hyderabad as G. S. Atri (Aatreysa Gothra). Amongst Atri’s classmates was a maharastrian student, whose name was Aatre. The confusion started and a solution found, Subbu or G. S. Atri – changed to G.S. Melkote. Melkote is a well known temple town in Mandya district in the State of Mysore, where the family came from.
He participated in various activities of Indian Freedom Movement, like Homerule movement, Salt Satyagraha, and Quit India movements. After Indian independence, he contributed significantly in the development of Hyderabad state as Member of Hyderabad Assembly between 1952 to 1956 and as finance minister. He was elected to the Indian Parliament three times between 1962 and 1977 and elected from the Hyderabad constituency. Resume can be found in the documents directory here in Geni. or Click here GSM_bio.html
Few Rare photographs of Dr. G.S. Melkote can be found here.
His wife Vimalabai was also a well known freedom fighter. Vimalabai took part in the freedom struggle and after Independence was involved in social activities. She was the first chairman of Hyderabad State Social Welfare Advisory Board and also president of Karnataka Sahitya Mandira, Karnataka Mahila Mandal, and Melkote College. She died at the age of 92 on January 12, 2003.