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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dattatraya Venkatesh Belvi
| image =
| caption =
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1866|1|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1962|4|4|1866|1|14|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Belgaum]], [[Mysore State]]<br/>(now [[Karnataka]]), India
| office = Member of the [[Central Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency = Bombay Southern Division
| term_start = 1924
| term_end = 1931
| office1 = Member of the [[Bombay Legislative Council]]
| constituency1 =
| term_start1 = 20 December 1912
| term_end1 = 1921
| occupation = {{hlist|Lawyer|Politician|Activist}}
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br/>[[Swaraj Party]]
}}

'''Dattatraya Venkatesh Belvi''' (14 January 1866 – 4 April 1962) was Indian politician and lawyer. He was a member of the [[Central Legislative Assembly]] between 1924 and 1931. He was known for his activism during the [[Indian Home Rule movement|Home Rule movement]] in the [[Belgaum]] region under the wings of [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak]].

== Early life ==
Belvi was born on 14 January 1866 into a "humble family".<ref name="Reed">{{cite book|last1=Reed|first1=Stanley|authorlink1=Stanley Reed (British politician)|title=The Indian And Pakistan Year Book And Who's Who 1950|date=1950|publisher=[[The Times Group|Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd.]]|page=647|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.15206|accessdate=19 February 2018}}</ref> He was educated in Sardar's High School, Belgaum and Deccan College, [[Poona]]. Upon obtaining a [[Bachelor of Laws|degree in law]] from [[Government Law College, Mumbai|Government Law College]], [[Bombay]], he commenced practice as a lawyer in Belgaum in 1893, a profession he continued till 1944.<ref name="Reed"/> His academic career was described as "[b]rilliant".<ref name="Who's Who">{{cite book|last1=Kabadi|first1=Waman P.|title=Indian Who's Who 1937–38|date=1937|page=80|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.523178|accessdate=19 February 2018}}</ref>

== Career ==
As member of the [[Indian National Congress]], Belvi was elected to the [[Bombay Legislative Council]] in 1912<ref>{{cite book|title=Combined Civil List For India|date=1916|publisher=The Pioneer Press, [[Allahabad]]|page=12|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.177744|accessdate=19 February 2018}}</ref> and retained the position till 1921 upon being elected a total of three times.<ref name="Reed"/> During this time he was also involved in Tilak's Home Rule movement. He was appointed as member of the Executive Central Committee that was formed after the establishment of the League in 1916, as a representative of Belgaum.<ref name="Cashman">{{cite book|last1=Cashman|first1=Richard|title=The Myth of the Lokamanya: Tilak and Mass Politics in Maharashtra|date=1975|publisher=[[University of California Press]]|isbn=9780520024076|pages=197–198|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=905gbgzGN1EC|accessdate=19 February 2018}}</ref> During this time, he worked as close associate of Gangadhar Rao Deshpande.

Belvi also held several positions such as member of the [[Bar (law)|bar]] in the [[North Karnataka]] region, hitherto a part of the [[Bombay Presidency]], and as president of the Belgaum municipality.<ref name="Cashman"/> He also served as director of the Belgaum District Central Co-operative Bank and Belgaum Pioneer Co-operative Bank, before serving as president of the Belgaum Central Library.<ref name="Who's Who"/> At the [[1923 Indian general election|1923 general election]], he was elected to the [[Central Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Swaraj Party]]. He was elected again and retained the position till 1931.<ref name="Reed"/> Belvi died on 4 April 1962 in Belgaum, aged 96.<ref>{{cite news|title=Obituary: Dattopant Venkatesh Belvi|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=6 April 1962|page=7}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Indian independence movement]]

== References ==
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[[Category:People from Belgaum]]
[[Category:19th-century Indian lawyers]]
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[[Category:Members of the Bombay Legislative Council]]
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