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Balasaheb Vikhe Patil

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Balasaheb Vikhe Patil
Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
Government of India
In office
1 July 2002 – 24 May 2003
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded bySuresh Prabhu
Succeeded bySubodh Mohite
Minister of State in Ministry of Finance
Government of India
In office
13 October 1999 – 1 July 2002
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byV. Dhananjay Kumar
Succeeded byAnant Geete
Member of Parliament
Lok Sabha
In office
1999–2009
Preceded byPrasad Tanpure
Succeeded byConstituency Abolished
ConstituencyKopargaon
In office
1998–1999
Preceded byMaruti Devaram Shelke
Succeeded byDilip Kumar Gandhi
ConstituencyAhmednagar
In office
1971–1991
Preceded byAnnasaheb Shinde
Succeeded byShankarrao Kale
ConstituencyKopargaon
Personal details
Born(1932-04-10)10 April 1932
Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
Died30 December 2016(2016-12-30) (aged 84)
Loni, Pravaranagar ( District Ahmednagar ), Maharashtra
Political partyIndian National Congress
Other political
affiliations		Shivsena
SpouseSindhutai
Children5 including Ashok Vikhe Patil, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil & Rajendra Vikhe Patil,
Parent
ResidenceAhmednagar

Eknathrao alias Balasaheb Vikhe Patil (10 April 1932 – 30 December 2016) was an Indian politician and former Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises & Minister of state of Finance in Government of India. He served as a Member of Parliament of Lok Sabha variously representing Kopargaon & Ahmednagar.[1] He was a member of the Indian National Congress but later joined Shivsena. He was appointed Pro-tem Speaker of 14th Lok Sabha.

Political career

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He was a prominent political leader in Maharashtra. He was a Minister in the Third Vajpayee Ministry. He served seven terms as a Lok Sabha MP representing Kopargaon and Ahmednagar. He won his Lok Sabha seat in 1998 as a candidate for Shiv Sena. As a supported of the NDA government he was appointed Minister of State in Ministry of Finance (India) and later on appointed Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises in the Government of India. He rejoined the Indian National Congress in 2004.[2]

Early life

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He was the eldest son of Vithalrao Vikhe Patil, who started Asia's first Co-operative sugar factory at Loni in Maharashtra.

Awards

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  • The Jeevan Sadhana Gaurav Award from Pune University for lifetime achievement in the field of education and rural development in 2007
  • Padma Bhushan by Government of India on 31 March 2010 for his outstanding work in the field of Social Work.[3]
  • D.Sc - Doctor of Science Award awarded in the year 2013 by Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri.

References

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  1. ^ "Former Union minister Balasaheb Vikhe Patil died aged 84".
  2. ^ "Former Union minister Balasaheb Vikhe Patil dies at 84". Scroll.in. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  3. ^ Former Union Minister Balasaheb Vikhe Patil got Padma Bhushan for social work Archived 5 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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