Rajarambapu Patil

Rajarambapu Patil (1 August 1920 – 17 January 1984) was an Indian politician from Walwa, Sangli, Maharashtra.[2]

Rajarambapu Patil
Personal details
Born1 August 1920
Died17 January 1984(1984-01-17) (aged 63)
NationalityIndian
SpouseKusumtai Patil[1]
ChildrenJayant Patil
EducationL.L.B .
OccupationPolitician

Personal life

Rajaram (Bapu) Anant Patil was born on 1 August 1920 at Kasegaon in Walwa, Sangli Taluka of Sangli District. His education is LL. B. was up to He worked underground in the freedom movement of 1942.[3] Rajarambapu Patil founded the Kasegaon Education Institute in 1945 and started secondary schools and colleges. Taking the idea that the life of the common man in the village should stand on the foundation of knowledge, Bapu set up a network of educational institutions in Valwa taluka.[4]

Political career

He established engineering and technical colleges, he tried to change the economic condition of the farmers by starting a co-operative sugar factory on the desolate plantation of Sakharle.He established the Walwa Dairy Union at Islampur to get the milk of the farmers at a fair price market. Considering the farmer as the center, he set the ideal of cooperation by setting up various institutions like sugar factories, cooperative banks, milk unions, consumer stores, yarn mills, water supply institutions[5]

Rajarambapu Patil was the Secretary of Sangli District Committee in 1957 and President of Congress Maharashtra Pradesh Congress in 1959–60. He was the President of South Satara District Local Board from 1952 to 1962. Patil was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Walwa constituency in Sangli district in 1962,[6] 1967[7] and 1972[8] and to the Maharashtra Legislative Council from 1978 to 1984. Between 1962 and 1980, he served as Minister of Revenue, Energy, Industry, Rural Development, Law and Justice and Information and Public Relations.[9]

References
  1. "माजी मंत्री जयंत पाटील यांना मातृशोक". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). 29 December 2017. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  2. "समर्पित आणि व्रतस्थ जीवन : राजारामबापू पाटील". Sakal (in Marathi). 1 August 2020. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  3. "Rajarambapu Patil: Biographical Sketch (in brief) (1920-1984)" (PDF). waranamahavidyalaya.org. 7 March 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  4. "राजारामबापू पाटील" (PDF). mls.org (in Marathi). 7 March 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  5. "Rajyogi : Rajarambapu Patil pahile parva (1920-1984)". The Asiatic Society of Mumbai (in Marathi). 29 December 2017. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  6. "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results 1962". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  7. "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results 1967". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  8. "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results 1972". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  9. "कृषीमंत्रीची भेट (page no 134)" (PDF). dspace.gipe.ac.in (in Marathi). 17 July 1963. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
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