Somabhai Gandalal Koli Patel (born 10 August 1940) is an Indian politician and a member of the 15th

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. He represents the Surendranagar constituency of

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and is a member of the

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. Patel was arrested during the

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in 1977–78. Somabhai Patel got the MLA ticket for the first time from the

in 1985, at that time Patel was a big character. Patel had turned the

Koli Koli may refer to: Places * Koli, Finland, a hill in Finland * Koli National Park, a national park in Finland * Koli, Iran (disambiguation), several places in Iran * Koli Airfield, a former airfield in the South Pacific Other uses * Koli peopl ...

caste, which was considered the backbone of the Congress, towards the Bharatiya Janata Party, as well as other OBC castes towards the Bharatiya Janata Party, due to which the Congress's

Kham theory KHAM (hindi: खाम) stands for Koli Kshatriya, Harijan, Adivasi and Muslim. Here Kshatriya is taken to include the Kolis. In the KHAM combine, Kolis were the largest caste represented at different levels of politics, and Madhavsinh Solanki in ...

was in vain.

Positions held

List of some positions * 1980–89 President, BJP, Taluka Viramgam, Gujarat * 1984–89 Vice Chairman, Municipality, Viramgam, Gujarat Member, Gujarat * 1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha * 1990 Member, Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Surface Transport * 1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term) * Elected to 14th Lok Sabha in 2004 (3rd term), Member of Committee on Foreign Affairs, Members of Committee on Absence of Members from the House Meeting * Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the House Meeting since August 7, 2006

Other

* 1997–99 President of State Transport, Gujarat * 1985–90 Member, Joint Secretary of International Koli Samaj and Lions Club, Viramgam, Gujarat as well as Vice President of Gujarat State Koli Samaj

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Patel, Somabhai Gandalal Koli Indian National Congress politicians Living people India MPs 2004–2009 1940 births Lok Sabha members from Gujarat India MPs 1989–1991 India MPs 1991–1996 India MPs 2009–2014