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'''Barrister Venkanna H. Naik''' (1879–1929) from [[Gonehalli]] village was a [[District collector|Commissioner]] of [[Bijapur district, Karnataka|Bijapur District]], [[India]],<ref>{{cite book |title=Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona |year=1928 |publisher=Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute |location=Poona |volume=9 |pages=xvii |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IoALAAAAIAAJ&q=%22V.+H.+Naik%22+%2Bcollector}}</ref> and a Deputy Commissioner of [[Dharwar District]]. He instigated several new plans to help sects of Bijapur district who were economically and socially backward.

Venkanna was born to Devamma Venkanna Naik (Gange keri) from Hanehalli.<ref>[[SAPA. P. Gaonkar]]'s personal pages in Kannada language</ref> His father Husbu Murkundi Naik was a farmer and a Patel (Village administrator) of Gonehalli village. Venkanna was raised in a village that was, during heavy [[monsoon]], a sleepy village with lush green fields, [[coconut]] trees, puddles and ponds. Venkanna attended schools from the neighboring villages [[Torke]] and [[Bankikodla-Hanehalli|Bankikodla]] to complete his primary education. Venkanna was headmaster of [[Kannada]] a primary school in [[Torke]] village. He went to [[Karwar]] to pursue his high school diploma (S. S. C.) from the [[Government High School, Karwar]].

In 1906, V. H. Naik completed B.Sc. (Biology) from [[Elphinstone College]], [[Mumbai]]. In 1906, Naik went to [[London]] to pursue higher education. In 1908 and 1910, he earned B.A. and M.A. from [[St John's College, Cambridge]].

After returning from London, Naik was appointed as a deputy director of Konkan Agricultural Science Department and then as a special assistant registrar of [[Bombay]] Revenue Department. In 1918, he visited [[London]] to earn [[Barrister]] of [[Lincoln’s Inn]]. With an internship opportunity, Naik visited government offices in London, and other [[Europe]]an nations. After returning to India in 1921, Naik was appointed as a deputy commissioner of Dharwar district and then, in 1925, he was promoted to commissioner of Bijapur district, Karnataka. V. H. Naik instigated several new plans and projects to help sects of Bijapur district who were economically and socially backward. In Bijpur district, a large population belonged to the [[scheduled castes]] and to the [[scheduled tribes]].

Naik died at the young age of 50 in Bijapur. In remembrance, after his death, people of Bijpur district built his statue in downtown of Bijapur city. [[B. V. Naik]] the son of V. H. Naik and Parwati (his 3rd wife) was a Member of [[Parliament of India|Parliament]] Fifth Loka Sabha in New Delhi, India. Devaraya Naik, the oldest son of V. H. Naik from his first wife, died in World War II. V. H. Naik was the maternal grandfather of [[Dilip Gaonkar|Dilip]], a professor at [[Northwestern University]].

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=8uNHAAAAMAAJ&q=%22V.+H.+Naik%22&dq=%22V.+H.+Naik%22&lr=&pgis=1 V. H. Naik's visit to Europe]

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