Vikramsinh Ranjitsinh Patankar (born December 27, 1943) is an Indian politician from

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, who was a

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(MLA), representing the Patan (Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha constituency) for five terms since 1983 to 2014, winning 1983,

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and

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elections. He is a senior leader of the

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. He served as the Minister of Public works in the cabinet of

Vilasrao Deshmukh Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh (26 May 1945 – 14 August 2012) was an Indian politician who served as the 14th Chief Minister of Maharashtra, first term from 18 October 1999 to 16 January 2003 and second term, from 1 November 2004 to 5 D ...

from 1999 to 2004. In July 2004, he was given additional charge of Tourism Ministry in the

Sushilkumar Shinde Sushilkumar Sambhaji Shinde (born 4 September 1941) is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He was the Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Power in the Manmohan Singh government, and the Leader of the House in Lok Sabha until ...

's cabinet.

Background and family

Vikramsinh Patankar hails from

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royal family, that participated in the establishment of

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. He received a

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in commerce from the

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in 1962.

Career

He was first elected as an MLA, by winning a bye-election in 1983 from

, and subsequently re-elected from the same constituency in 1985 assembly election on the ticket of

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. In 1990, he won the seat, securing 62647 votes for

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. He was re-elected in the 1995 assembly election by defeating nearest rival

Shambhuraj Desai Shambhuraj Shivajirao Desai is an Indian politician and Shiv Sena leader from Satara district, Maharashtra. He is a member of the 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Patan Assembly Constituency. He had been elected to Vidha ...

. In 1999, he successfully contested the election from the

Sharad Pawar Sharad Govindrao Pawar (Marathi pronunciation: �əɾəd̪ pəʋaːɾ born 12 December 1940) is an Indian politician. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on four occasions. He has held the posts of Minister of Defence and Minist ...

's newly formed party,

. In 1999, he was assigned the ministry of Public works in the chief minister

's cabinet. In 2002, he was a Guardian Minister for Beed district of

. He held additional charge of Maharashtra's Tourism Ministry in

's cabinet from July 2004 to November 2004. He played a major role in the upcoming New Mahabaleshwar project in

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. During his tenure as PWD Minister, he worked on the completion of

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and

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. He helped set up one of the largest wind farm in Asia in

taluka of

. Patankar also held the position of chairman of the

Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Limited (Marathi: महाराष्ट्र राज्यमार्ग विकास महामंडळ मर्यादित), commonly abbreviated as MSRDC, is an Indian publ ...

. He lost the assembly election in 2004 by a small margin. In 2009, Vikramsinh Patankar won the assembly election from

constituency by defeating the

Shiv Sena Shiv Sena ( IAST: ''Śiva Sēnā'') () was a right-wing to far-right Marathi regionalist and Hindu ultranationalist political party in India founded in 1966 by cartoonist Bal Thackeray. Originally emerging from nativist movements in Bom ...

's candidate by a margin of 580 votes. Before being elected as an MLA, Vikramsinh Patankar was elected as a member of Zila Parishad (district council) from

in 1972.

Positions held

References

External links

Official website- Archive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Patankar, Vikramsinh Living people 1943 births People from Satara district Marathi politicians Nationalist Congress Party politicians from Maharashtra Maharashtra MLAs 1980–1985 Maharashtra MLAs 1985–1990 Maharashtra MLAs 1990–1995 Maharashtra MLAs 1995–1999 Maharashtra MLAs 1999–2004 Maharashtra MLAs 2009–2014