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Find sources: "Vasantdada Patil" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Vasantdada Patil 7th Governor of Rajasthan In office 20 November 1985 – 15 October 1987 Preceded by Om Prakash Mehra Succeeded by Sukhdev Prasad 6th Chief Minister of Maharashtra In office 2 February 1983 – 3 June 1985 Preceded by Babasaheb Bhosale Succeeded by Shivajirao Nilangekar Patil In office 17 May 1977 – 18 July 1978 Preceded by Shankarrao Chavan Succeeded by Sharad Pawar Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha In office 1980–1983 Preceded by Ganapati Gotkhinde Succeeded by Shalini Patil Constituency Sangli Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly In office 1978–1980 Preceded by Pandurang Bapu Patil Succeeded by Shalini Patil Constituency Sangli In office 1952–1967 Preceded by Constituency created Succeeded by A. B. Birnale Constituency Sangli Personal details Born Vasantrao Banduji Patil (1917-11-13)13 November 1917 Sangli, Bombay Presidency, British India Died 1 March 1989(1989-03-01) (aged 71) Bombay, Maharashtra, India Party Indian National Congress Spouse(s) Malatitai Patil Shalini Patil Children Prakashbapu Patil Parent Banduji Patil (father) Relatives Pratik Patil (grandson) Vishal Patil (grandson) [1] **Vasantrao Banduji Patil** (13 November 1917 – 1 March 1989) was an Indian politician from [Sangli](/source/Sangli), [Maharashtra](/source/Maharashtra). He was known as the first modern [Maratha](/source/Maratha) strongman[2] and first mass leader in Maharashtrian politics. Patil served as [Chief Minister of Maharashtra](/source/Chief_Minister_of_Maharashtra) from 17 May 1977 to 18 July 1978 and again from 2 February 1983 to 1 June 1985.[3] He also served as the governor of [Rajasthan](/source/Rajasthan) for a little under two years from 1985 to 1987.[4] ## Personal life Born on 13 November 1917 at 'Padmale' 3 km (1.9 mi) from Sangli, his native village. He was a Kadam-Patil. He studied up to the vernacular final. Then he became a farmer. His first wife, Malati-tai Patil died in 1960s. Soon later, he married [Shalinitai Patil](/source/Shalinitai_Patil) (then Shalini Jadhav before her second marriage) who was a widow herself with four children from her first marriage. She herself was a minister in Maharashtra in 1980s. Vasantdada did not have any children from his second marriage. His son from the first marriage with Malti-tai Patil, named [Prakash Patil](/source/Prakashbapu_Vasantdada_Patil), represented [Sangli](/source/Sangli_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)) in Lok Sabha. After Prakash Patil's death in 2005, his son (and Vasantdada's grandson) [Pratik Patil](/source/Pratik_Patil) became MP from Sangli twice. ## Freedom fighter Vasantdada was jailed by the British in the 1940s for his activity in the independence movement.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Political career He was Chief Minister of Maharashtra three times between 1976 and 1985.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] He was elected as a member of [7th Lok Sabha](/source/7th_Lok_Sabha) from [Sangli (Lok Sabha constituency)](/source/Sangli_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)) in 1980.[5] ## Political and family connections In 1985 he was embroiled in a public dispute with a Deputy Commissioner of BMC, [G R Khairnar](/source/G_R_Khairnar), for having demolished Patil's son's hotel "Step In". Khairnar eventually became a hero for taking on politicians, including Sharad Pawar. This dispute, meanwhile, discredited Congress rule and combined with other issues, gave the [Shiv Sena](/source/Shiv_Sena_(1966%E2%80%932022))-[BJP](/source/Bharatiya_Janata_Party) combination an upper hand in subsequent elections. His elder son [Prakashbapu Vasantdada Patil](/source/Prakashbapu_Vasantdada_Patil) and his grandson [Pratik Prakashbapu Patil](/source/Pratik_Prakashbapu_Patil) are former MPs from [Sangli](/source/Sangli). Vasantadada had a vast circle, but few close friends. Among these were Dhulappa Navale, V.S.Page, Charudatta (Charubhai) Shah, P Pandurang Kadam (Tatya), Sampatrao Mane (Nana) and Vitthal Patil. In 1958, Vasantdada Patil, along with friends including Dhulappa Navale, Rambhau Arwade, Abasaheb Shinde, Shankarao Shinde, and [Abasaheb Kulkarni (Khebudkar)](/source/A._G._Kulkarni), established pioneering cooperative projects. His second wife, [Shalinitai Patil](/source/Shalinitai_Patil), is an [MLA](/source/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_(India)) from [Koregaon](/source/Koregaon), [Satara district](/source/Satara_district). She joined the [Nationalist Congress Party](/source/Nationalist_Congress_Party) (NCP) in 1999, but was expelled for her opposition to reservation of 27.5% for [Other Backward Classes](/source/Other_Backward_Classes) (OBCs) in academic institutes such as [Indian Institutes of Technology](/source/Indian_Institutes_of_Technology) (IIT) and [Indian Institutes of Management](/source/Indian_Institutes_of_Management) (IIM). However, she later declared that [Marathas](/source/Marathas) were too big a community for any political party to displease, and said "... the economically backward classes across all communities should be given reservation. At least 50 per cent of Maharashtra's population needs quotas." Vasantdada Patil died on 1 March 1989. ## Recognition Patil on a 2012 stamp of India - [Padma Bhushan](/source/Padma_Bhushan) award (1967).[6] - [Padmabhushan Vasantdada Patil Pratishthan's College of Engineering](/source/Padmabhushan_Vasantdada_Patil_Pratishthan's_College_of_Engineering) in [Mumbai](/source/Mumbai) is named in his honour. ## See also - [Sharad Pawar](/source/Sharad_Pawar) - [Sundarrao Solanke](/source/Sundarrao_Solanke) - [Vilasrao Deshmukh](/source/Vilasrao_Deshmukh) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Swabhimani Paksha fields Vasantdada Patil's grandson in Sangli"](https://indianexpress.com/elections/swabhimani-paksha-fields-vasantdada-patils-grandson-in-sangli-5650949/). *Indianexpress.com*. 31 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Hansen, Thomas Blom (5 June 2018). [*Wages of Violence: Naming and Identity in Postcolonial Bombay*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Bf5ZDwAAQBAJ&q=Vasantdada%20Patil%20strongman&pg=PA66). Princeton University Press. p. 66. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-691-18862-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-691-18862-1). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["A.R. Antulay supporters petition for prosecution of CM Vasantdada Patil, wife Shalinitai"](https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19840331-a.r.-antulay-supporters-petition-for-prosecution-of-cm-vasantdada-patil-wife-shalinitai-803720-1984-03-31). *indiatoday.in*. Retrieved 11 April 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Rajasthan Governor Vasantdada Patil steps up efforts to unseat Maharashtra CM S.B. Chavan"](https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19870731-rajasthan-governor-vasantdada-patil-steps-up-efforts-to-unseat-maharashtra-cm-s.b.-chavan-799116-1987-07-31). *indiatoday.in*. Retrieved 3 January 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["General (7th Lok Sabha) Election Results India- Maharashtra : 46 (Sangli)"](https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1980-election-results.html). *elections.in*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["PREVIOUS AWARDEES 1967-Shri Vasantrao Bandoji Patil"](http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Name=Va&Award=Padma%20Bhushan&Year=1967-1967). *padmaawards.gov.in*. ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Vasantdada Patil](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Vasantdada_Patil). v t e Governors of Rajasthan Man Singh II Gurmukh Nihal Singh Sampurnanand Hukam Singh Jogendra Singh Vedpal Tyagi$ Raghukul Tilak K. D. Sharma$ Om Prakash Mehra Vasantdada Patil Sukhdev Prasad Milap Chand Jain$ D. P. Chattopadhyaya Sarup Singh Marri Chenna Reddy Dhanik Lal Mandal# Bali Ram Bhagat Darbara Singh Navrang Lal Tibrewal$ Anshuman Singh Nirmal Chandra Jain Kailashpati Mishra# Madan Lal Khurana T. V. Rajeswar# Pratibha Patil Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai# Shilendra Kumar Singh Prabha Rau Shivraj Patil# Margaret Alva Ram Naik Kalyan Singh Kalraj Mishra Haribhau Bagade $ - acting, # - additional charge --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Vasantdada Patil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasantdada_Patil) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasantdada_Patil?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.