M. Chinnaswamy

M. Chinnaswamy
Born	(1900-03-29)29 March 1900
Died	8 November 1991(1991-11-08) (aged 91)
Occupation	Lawyer
Title	President of BCCI
Term	1977-1980
Predecessor	Ramprakash Mehra
Successor	S. K. Wankhede

Mangalam Chinnaswamy (March 29, 1900 - November 8, 1991) was a prominent Indian cricket administrator.

Chinnaswamy was the President of Board of Control for Cricket in India from 1977 to 1980 and Secretary from 1960 to 1965. He also served as the vice president and joint secretary for long terms. He represented India in the International Cricket Council in 1965, 1973 and 1977 - 1980. A lawyer by profession, he actively practiced from 1925 till 1975.

He was one of the founders of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA). He served as the secretary from 1953 to 1978 and as the President from 1978 to 1990. He was the treasurer and second official to the Indian tour of Australia in 1967-68 and as the manager when Australia returned the visit two years later. MCC honoured him with a life membership in 1969.

He was the driving force behind the construction of the KSCA stadium in Bangalore. This was named M. Chinnaswamy Stadium against his wishes.

He died on 8 November 1991 after a long illness.

References

Obituary in Indian Cricket 1992

Presidents of BCCI

1928-1950	R. E. Grant Govan (1928-1933) Sikandar Hayat Khan (1933-1935) Hamidullah Khan (1935-1937) Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji (1937-1938) P. Subbarayan (1938-1946) Anthony S. D'Mello (1946-1951)

1951-1975	J. C. Mukherjee (1951-1954) Maharajkumar of Vizianagram (1954-1956) Sardar Surjitsingh Majithia (1956-1958) R. K. Patel (1958-1960) M. A. Chidambaram (1960-1963) Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad (1963-1966) Zal Irani (1966-1969) A. N. Ghosh (1969-1972) Purushottam Rungta (1972-1975)

1976-2000	Ramprakash Mehra (1975-1977) M. Chinnaswamy (1977-1980) S. K. Wankhede (1980-1982) N. K. P. Salve (1982-1985) S. Sriraman (1985-1988) B. N. Dutt (1988-1990) Madhavrao Scindia (1990-1993) Inderjit Singh Bindra (1993-1996) Raj Singh Dungarpur (1996-1999) A. C. Muthiah (1999-2001)

2001-present	Jagmohan Dalmiya (2001-2004) Ranbir Singh Mahendra (2004-2005) Sharad Pawar (2005-2008) Shashank Manohar (2008-2011) N. Srinivasan (2011-2013) Jagmohan Dalmiya (2013) N. Srinivasan (2013-2014) Sunil Gavaskar (2014) Shivlal Yadav (2014) Jagmohan Dalmiya (2014-2015) Shashank Manohar (2015-2016) Anurag Thakur (2016-)

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