Dahyabhai Patel (10 November 1905 — 11 August 1973) was the son of

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n leader

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel (; ; 31 October 1875 – 15 December 1950), commonly known as Sardar, was an Indian lawyer, influential political leader, barrister and statesman who served as the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of I ...

and a member of the

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Personal life

Educated at

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, Patel graduated from the

Gujarat Vidyapith Gujarat Vidyapith is a deemed university in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It was founded in 1920 by Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the Indian independence movement, and deemed a university in 1963. Etymology "Vidyapith," in many languages of ...

and began working for Oriental Insurance Company, and settled in Bombay. When he was 27, his first wife Yashoda died, leaving him his son Bipin. He later married Bhanumati and had another son, Gautam. His flat on Sandhurst Road and later Prabhadevi in Bombay was the frequent residence of Sardar Patel.

Career

Patel was a Congressman and was elected member of the

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in 1939, where he spent 18 years. Patel participated in the

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and was imprisoned from 1942 to 1944. He left congress in 1957 over disagreements with Prime Minister

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. Patel requested to fight the 1957 Lok Sabha elections as a Parishad candidate, but decided against it on rebuke from his sister

Maniben Patel Maniben Patel (3 April 1903 — 26 March 1990) was an Indian independence movement activist and a Member of the Indian parliament. She was the daughter of freedom fighter and post-Independence Indian leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Educated in B ...

. He eventually became the vice president of the Parishad and was elected to Rajya Sabha in 1958.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Patel, Dahyabhai 1905 births 1973 deaths Indian independence activists from Gujarat Vallabhbhai Patel India MPs 1957–1962 India MPs 1962–1967 Rajya Sabha members from Maharashtra People from Nadiad Indian National Congress politicians Swatantra Party politicians Mayors of Mumbai Prisoners and detainees of British India