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DR.H.V.HANDE,B.C.ROY AWARDEE and FORMER HEALTH MINISTER, TAMILNADU, FOR PADMA BHUSHAN AWARD.
Responding to the call of MAHATHMA GANDHI THE FATHER OF THE NATION, Dr.H.V.Hande as a young College student , participated in the QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT .
Dr. H.V. Hande has had several achievements to his credit during his 65 yrs of Public Life, which he started in 1950, as a Medical Practitioner serving the needs of very backward areas and people in Chennai.
Having been a FIVE TIME TAMILNADU LEGISLATOR AND TWO TIME HEALTH MINISTER in Dr. M.G.R S Cabinet, Dr. Hande brought Tamil Nadu into the First slot consecutively for three years in the parameters of Family welfare, Maternal mortality and Child healthcare, prompting the then Union Health Minister Hon Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao to make Dr. Hande as the Chairman of Family Welfare Committee .
The Medical Council of India conferred the prestigious Dr. B.C.ROY AWARD in 1985 for his outstanding work as Health Minister. It is significant that this award is very rarely given to Ministers.
Dr. H.V. Hande received FOR THE SAKE OF HONOR AWARD by the Rotary International in 2001 and again in 2015 for his outstanding contribution in the task of WIPING OUT MEASLES AS WELL AS POLIO . This work was later replicated all over India.
A dissertation by one Ms Sumathy on the contributions made in the 22 year long service to TN Legislature by Dr. H.V. Hande, both as an Opposition Leader and as a Minister has earned her an outstanding M.Phil degree.
Dr. H.V. Hande’s CONTRIBUTION TO THE LITERARY WORLD
A great achievement of Dr. H.V. Hande has been his English prose rendering of Kamba Ramayanam. It is to be noted that no one whose mother tongue is Tamil had ever ventured to bring about an English prose rendering of Kamba Ramayanam. However, Dr. H.V. Hande, whose mother tongue is Kannada and scholastic language was Telugu has successfully translated the entire Six Cantos(Kandams) of Kamba Ramayanam into running English prose, taking eight long years.
An authority on Kamba Ramayanam, late Chief Justice M.M.Ismail who was the Chairman of the International Kamban Academy with over 150 branches all over the world, PRAISES DR.HANDE for this VERY UNIQUE AND OUTSTANDING WORK OF GREAT MAGNITUDE AND SIGNIFICANCE.
This master piece of Dr. H.V. Hande, was published by the most prestigious Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, and is sold all over the world through Bhavans outlets. The book was released at Chennai in January 1997 by President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma. The first copy was received by the previous President late Shri R. Venkataraman. Both paid rich encomiums to Dr. Hande for the quality of the translation.
In August 2006, accepting invitations from Indian Associations in USA, Dr. Hande gave talks on the nuances of Kamba Ramayanam, in San Jose, Cupertino and San Francisco.
In 1998, Dr. Hande brought forth a Tamil biography of late lamented Rajaji, with whom he was closely associated. This book was released by Bharat Ratna C. Subramaniam.
In 2002,Dr. Hande brought out the sensational book, Our Constitution – Distortions done during Emergency – The need for a review. This book fascinated our beloved Statesman Bharata Ratna Hon Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee. He was happy to release the book in 2002. The first copy was received by Hon Shri M. Venkiah Naidu.
Dr. Hande’s latest book Dr. Ambedkar and The Making of the Indian Constitution was published by the prestigious Macmillan and Co with an excellent Foreword by former President of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
While flagging off a Dalit Morcha in New Delhi on 14/04/2009, former Deputy Prime Minister Padma Vibhushan Hon Shri L.K. Advani ji praised Dr. Hande for bringing out several new facets of Dr. Ambedkar’s greatness in the book. The Hindi version has also come out with a fine Sandesh by our beloved Prime Minister Hon Shri.Narendra Modi ji, given in April 2013 when he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat.
Dr. H.V. Hande has emerged as a role model Statesman, Sympathetic Doctor and a multi-faceted persona.
At this advanced age of 89, he is still serving as a General Practitioner for the poor and downtrodden, with a single minded devotion. (For the past 65 years)
Having participated in the Quit India Movement on Aug 9th 1942, he took up the long journey of public service, served the state of Tamilnadu for 20 long years as a superb legislator and two terms as a very efficient spotless Minister.
Dr Hande has also has found time and passion to author several prestigious books amidst his varied commitments and responsibilities.
Dr Hande remains as the most celebrated disciple of our greatest freedom fighter, the first Lt General of free India and Bharath Ratna Shri Rajaji.
REMARKS :
As a close associate of Dr. Hande in the field of Public service and good governance over the last 40 years, I have great pride in recommending this illustrious son of India and disciple of Bharat Ratna Sri.Rajaji for Padma Vibushan.
Even at this age of 89 he delivers his passionate services to the poor and towards Nation building. Certainly an icon for the youth of India.