Dayanand S. Nadkarni Politician
Dayanand Sarveshwar Nadkarni (1910–2000) was an activist, a freedom fighter, and a Member of the legislative assembly to the Karnataka State, Bangalore during 1967-1971 (from Ankola Constituency as a Praja Socialist Party candidate), when Veerendra Patil was the Chief Minister of the Karnataka state. Nadkarni was also the founder member of The Kanara Welfare Trust.