Harishchandra L Patel (1928–1996) was a leader of

Bharatiya Janata party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

from

Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and union territories ...

, India. He served as the Speaker of the

Gujarat Legislative Assembly The Gujarat Legislative Assembly or Gujarat Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Gujarat, in the state capital Gandhinagar. Presently, 182 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from single-member ...

from 1995 until his death in 1996. Patel was elected to the assembly from

Sarkhej Sarkhej is a suburban neighbourhood in the city of Ahmedabad. It is primarily known for the Sarkhej Roza, an architectural complex located 8 km south from the city centre. One of the most important roads of metropolitan Ahmedabad, Sarkhej� ...

. Born on 4 February 1928 at Dholka, District

Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ), also spelled Amdavad (), is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 ...

. His father was Lavjibhai Narandas Patel, a freedom fighter and The President of Congress Party in the year 1930; his mother was Benkorben. He married Ushaben of Godhra, District Panchmahals. He took part in "Quit India" movement in 1942 at the age of 14 years. and was jailed for 15 days. He was rusticated from Government School of Dhilka. He took admission with Sheth CN Vidyalaya Ahmedabad to pursue his studies and then with MP Pandya High School, Jetalpur, Dist. Ahmedabad. He graduated with Sanskrit from Gujarat College Ahmedabad. He joined RSS in 1943. He was detained along with 60,000 members of

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS,, ) is an Indian right-wing politics, right-wing, Hindutva, Hindu nationalist volunteer paramilitary organisation. It is the progenitor and leader of a large body of organisations called the Sangh Parivar ( ...

after assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. He served as a teacher of Sanskrit language at Bharuch, Ahmedabad. He started legal practice in 1954 at Ahmedabad. He started his practice as a lawyer at

Gujarat High Court The Gujarat High Court is the High Court of the state of Gujarat. It was established on 1 May 1960 under the ''Bombay Re-organisation Act, 1960'' after the state of Gujarat split from Bombay State. The seat of the court is Ahmedabad. Establ ...

from the day its inception, i.e. 1 May 1960 and he was elected as President of Gujarat High Court Advocates' Association several times. He was detained under MISA in the year 1976 during Emergency period. He was also arrested in Anti price hike agitation in the year 1980. He was elected twice as MLA from

assembly constituency. He died of cancer on 16 September 1996. One party plot is named after him by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. His son Vijay Patel defeated

Rajesh Khanna Rajesh Khanna (; born Jatin Khanna; 29 December 1942 – 18 July 2012) was an Indian actor, film producer and politician who worked in Hindi films. Considered as one of the greatest and most successful actors in the history of Indian cinema, h ...

in a by-election for

Gandhinagar Gandhinagar () is the capital of the state of Gujarat in India. Gandhinagar is located approximately 23 km north of Ahmedabad, on the west central point of the industrial corridor between the megacities of Delhi and Mumbai. Gandhinagar ...

Loksabha in 1996. He also became MLA from Daskroi assembly constituency.

References

Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat 1996 deaths Speakers of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly People from Ahmedabad district 1928 births Indian people imprisoned during the Emergency (India) Gujarat MLAs 1990–1995 Gujarat MLAs 1995–1998 {{Gujarat-BJP-politician-stub