Anilkumar Tribhovandas Patel (8 March 1944 – 8 February 2018) was an Indian

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ist and industrialist from Mehsana,

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. He was a

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from Mehsana constituency for 11th and 12th Gujarat Legislative Assembly.

Early life

Anilkumar Patel was born on 8 March 1944 in Lanva village near Mehsana (now in

, India). His father Tribhovandas Patel was a social worker and had donated a piece of his land in

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. His father was murdered when he was eleven. He completed his primary education from Lanva and secondary education from the Kadi Sarva Vidyalaya. He graduated from the Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidyalaya, Vallabh Vidyanagar. He later moved to United States and studied

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. He returned to India after a brief period of job there.

Career

With his four brothers, he founded an earthmover manufacturing company in 1969, which grew from the small-scale industry to the public limited company Gujarat Apollo Industries Ltd. He later served as its Chairman and Managing Director (CMD). He served as the Managing Trustee of Sardar Vidyabhavan Trust, an educational trust. With help of Ganpat Patel , he founded a science college under the trust. With help of others, the number of educational institutes grew and the

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was formed. He served as its founder president. He was also the president of the

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community organisation Shri Umiya Mata Sansthan, Unjha. He was also associated with Mehsana GIDC, Mehsana Urban Cooperative Bank (served as Chairman) and Dharti Vikas Mandal. Anilkumar Patel was elected as the

(MLA) from Mehsana constituency for 11th and 12th Gujarat legislative assembly (2002 – 2007, 2007 – 2012). He served as the Minister of State for Industries, Tourism, Civil Aviation and Others from 2002 to 2007. He died on 8 February 2018 at

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following

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. He was cremated at the Ganpat University campus near Mehsana.

Personal life

Anilkumar Patel married Shardaben Patel and had two sons: Asit and Anand. She contested the

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and was elected from the Mehsana constituency as Member of Parliament.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Patel, Anil 2019 deaths Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat Gujarat MLAs 2002–2007 Gujarat MLAs 2007–2012 1944 births People from Mehsana district Indian industrialists Indian educators Deaths from prostate cancer State cabinet ministers of Gujarat