1. Vasantrao Banduji Patil was an Indian politician from Sangli, Maharashtra.
11 Facts About Vasantdada Patil
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Vasantdada Patil was known as the first modern Maratha strongman and first mass leader in Maharashtrian politics.
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Vasantdada Patil served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 17 May 1977 to 18 July 1978 and again from 2 February 1983 to 1 June 1985.
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Vasantdada Patil served as the governor of Rajasthan for a little under two years from 1985 to 1987.
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Soon later, he married Shalinitai Vasantdada Patil who was a widow herself with four children from her first marriage.
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Vasantdada Patil herself was a minister in Maharashtra in 1980s.
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Vasantdada Patil did not have any children from his second marriage.
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Vasantdada Patil was jailed by the British in the 1940s for his activity in the independence movement.
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Vasantdada Patil was Chief Minister of Maharashtra three times between 1976 and 1985.
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Vasantdada Patil was elected as a member of 7th Lok Sabha from Sangli in 1980.
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Vasantdada Patil's second wife, Shalinitai Patil, is an MLA from Koregaon, Satara district.