Chimanbhai Patel

Chimanbhai Patel
Former Chief Minister of Gujarat
Preceded by	Ghanshyambhai C. Oza
Succeeded by	Babubhai J. Patel
Constituency	Sankheda
Former Chief Minister of Gujarat
Preceded by	Madhavsinh Solanki
Succeeded by	Chhabildas Mehta
Personal details
Born	3rd June 1929 Chikodra , Sankheda, Vadodara district
Died	17th February 1994
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Urmila Patel (Former Union minister of State for power)
Children	Sidhdharth Patel (President of Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee ), Suhrud Patel, Sujata Shah
Residence	Revaranya, Ahmedabad
Religion	Hindu

Chimanbhai Patel is a former Chief Minister of Gujarat state in India.

Education

He born on 3 June 1929 in Chikodra village of Sankheda Tehsil in Vadodara district. He was elected the first president of student union of The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in Vadodara in 1950. He has done Masters in Economics from that university.

Political career

He has been elected as MLA from Sankheda in 1967 and joined the Cabinet of Hitendra K Desai. He also became the minister in the Cabinet of Ghanshyambhai C. Oza. On 17 July 1973, he toppled the Ghanshyambhai C. Oza government and became the Chief minister. He served in that office till 9 February 1974. Chimanbhai Patel was forced out of office in the 1974 by the Navnirman movement on charges of corruption. after expelled from the party he helped in the formation of Janata Morcha government in the leadership of Babubhai J Patel. He came back to power on 4 March 1990 as the head of a Janata Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition government. on braking of the coalition on 25 October 1990, he managed to retain his post with the help of 34 legislatures of Congress. Later he joined the congress and continued till his death on 17 February 1994.

He is regarded as the visionary leader and architect of Modern Industrial Gujarat. It was him who had visualized the 'Narmada Dam Project' in his first term as chief minister and the Narmada Dam effectively was built in his second term. He considered Narmada dam as the life line of Gujarat. He is also the first Chief Minister who ushered development of Ports of Gujarat ,Refineries and Power Plants by private parties as part of his industrialization master plan of Gujarat. During his second term he was the first Chief Minister of India to pass a bill for ban of Cow Slaughter and all sale of meat on all Hindu and Jain festival days

Preceded by Ghanshyambhai C. Oza	Chief Minister of Gujarat 18 July 1973 - 9 February 1974	Succeeded by Shri Babubhai J. Patel
Preceded by Madhavsinh Solanki	Chief Minister of Gujarat 4 March 1990 - 17 February 1994	Succeeded by Chhabildas Mehta

References

• History of 'Gujarat Ministry' from 1960
• Chimanbhai Patel, the master strategist chiman patel

External links

• Pulse of the people
• Conference on State Politics in India in the 1990s: Political Mobilisation and Political Competition, December 2004

Persondata
Name	Patel, Chimanbhai
Alternative names
Short description	Chief Minister of Gujarat
Date of birth	3 June 1929
Place of birth	Chikodra , Sankheda, Vadodara district, India
Date of death	17 February 1994
Place of death