''Dinkar Balu Patil'' (13 January 1926 – 24 June 2013) was an

Indian politician Politics of India works within the framework of the country's Constitution. India is a parliamentary democratic secular republic in which the president of India is the head of state & first citizen of India and the prime minister of India is ...

and

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. He was a senior member of the

Peasants and Workers Party of India The Peasants and Workers Party of India is a Marxist political party in Maharashtra, India. The party was founded on 13.06.1948, having its roots from the pre-Independence period and has around 1,00,000 members. The influence of the party is lar ...

Early life and education

Patil was born on January 13, 1926, in Jasai Village,

Uran Uran is a coastal town and part of Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra state in Konkan division. It lies in the Raigad district, east of Mumbai across the Dharamtar Creek. Uran is primarily a fishing and agriculture village, which has developed into the ...

. He studied art and law, practicing the latter from 1951 to 1956 before being elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 1957.

Social and political activism

Patil focused on aiding the farmers of Uran Taluk in

Raigad District Raigad district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, �aːjɡəɖ, previously Colaba fort, Colaba district, is a district in the Konkan division of Maharashtra, India. The district was renamed to Raigad fort, Raigad after the fort that ...

, Maharashtra. He was sentenced to one year's imprisonment in 1958 for participation in the ''

satyagraha Satyagraha ( sa, सत्याग्रह; ''satya'': "truth", ''āgraha'': "insistence" or "holding firmly to"), or "holding firmly to truth",' or "truth force", is a particular form of nonviolent resistance or civil resistance. Someone w ...

'' on the issue of border disputes between the states of Maharashtra and Karnataka. He also took part in the movement for formation of the Samyukta Maharashtra. He became a member of the Central Secretariat of Peasants and Workers Party in 1957 and was appointed its general secretary in January 1983. Navi Mumbai was set up in 1970 on CIDCO farmer's land. But Mr. Patil brought all the farmers together in their fields and gave them fair rates for their farm lands. In 1984, 5 farmers died in the agitation but in the end, they succeeded. And provided 12.50% land for project-affected people and CIDCO allotted 40 sq. ft. Meter land per lease farmers and other workers. This brought justice to the farmers and other workers in Navi Mumbai. In 1990, he played a pivotal role in maintaining peace in Maharashtra. He is 5 times MLA,1 time MLC,2 times MP,One time Kulaba local board member and one time City President in his political career.

References

Maharashtra MLAs 2004–2009 Peasants and Workers Party of India politicians Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra Marathi politicians India MPs 1977–1979 India MPs 1984–1989 People from Raigad district 1926 births 2013 deaths {{Maharashtra-politician-stub