Ganpatrao Narayanrao Madiman

Rao Sahib Ganpatrao Narayanrao Madiman (20 May 1879 – 10 May 1947) was a noted businessman, banker and cotton yarn and cloth Merchant from Hubli in erstwhile Bombay Presidency of British India. He was born in a Saraswat Brahmin family of Canara region and did his early education at Sirsi and later at Hubli. He started his early career with mercantile service in Southern Mahratta Spinning and Weaving Company in 1897, serving under various capacities, but quit the service in 1907 to start his own business of cotton yarn and textiles, to later become a noted banker and businessman of the Hubli region. He served as Magistrate for year 1929-37 of Hubli and other posts like Village Munsiff and Chairman of Hubli Taluka War Gifts Fund Committee.