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Anandiben Mafatbhai Patel (born 21 November 1941) is an Indian politician serving as the 20th and current governor of Uttar Pradesh since 2019. She also served as the 17th
governor of Madhya Pradesh The governor of Madhya Pradesh is the nominal head of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The governor is appointed by the president of India. There are 22 governors. Below is a list of governors of the Central Provinces and Berar and the pre ...
from 2020 to 2021 and as Governor of Chhattisgarh from 2018 to 2019. She has served as the first and to date, the only female
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of
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. She is also the second female Governor of Uttar Pradesh after Sarojini Naidu. She is a member of the
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(BJP) since 1987. She was the Cabinet Minister for Education from 2002 to 2007. She was the cabinet Minister of Road and Building, Revenue, Urban development and Urban Housing, Disaster Management and Capital Projects in the
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from 2007 to 2014. On 19 January 2018, she became the
Governor of Madhya Pradesh The governor of Madhya Pradesh is the nominal head of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The governor is appointed by the president of India. There are 22 governors. Below is a list of governors of the Central Provinces and Berar and the pre ...
replacing Om Prakash Kohli who was holding additional charge since September 2016.


Early life


Birth

Anandiben Patel was born on 21 November 1941, in present-day Kharod village of Vijapur taluka of Mehsana district, Gujarat, where her father, Jethabhai, was a teacher.


Education


School

She moved to N.M. High School for her high school studies which had only three girl students. As a student she was an athlete and remained a district level champion for three consecutive years. She joined college for studying BSc (
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) in 1960. She has excelled throughout as a student in her studies. She was awarded "Veer Bala" award in Mehsana for her outstanding achievement in athletics.


Teacher

Anandiben Patel was not keen on becoming a teacher. She took the job of a teacher to support the family financially, responding to an advertisement in the newspaper. In her interview as a teacher, she chose to teach the most difficult problem of Mathematics. Patel worked as the teacher at Mohiniba Kanya Vidyalaya, Ahmedabad in 1967 or 1970, where she taught science and mathematics to higher secondary students. Later, she became the school's principal.


Political career


Bravery

Patel's entry into politics began with an accident during a school picnic in 1987, when she jumped in the Sardar Sarovar reservoir to save two girls who were drowning during a school picnic, for which she received a president's bravery award. Impressed by Patel's heroism, BJP top cadre suggested Anandiben Patel to join the party. At first, she was hesitant in joining the party, but on persuasion by Keshubhai Patel and
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, she joined BJP as the Gujarat Pradesh Mahila Morcha President in 1987.


Bird flu and service

In 1992, she participated in
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from Kanyakumari to
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with BJP leader
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.


As a member of Parliament

Patel was elected to
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from Gujarat in 1994.


1998 – First election in Mandal (as an education minister)

Patel resigned from Rajyasabha in 1998 and contested her first assembly election from
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assembly constituency. She won and became the cabinet minister for education under the Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel. In her first term as Education Minister, Patel started "Lokdarbar" to address issues related to schools and education. It was under her leadership that the state Government first launched "Shala Praveshotsav" to increase enrolment in schools, which is still the flagship program of the Education department. Her efforts resulted in a 100% increase in enrolment.


Second and third election from Patan (2002–2012)

Patel contested her second and third assembly elections in 2002 and 2007 from Patan assembly constituency and was elected. She continued as a cabinet minister for education in her second term and was assigned to Roads & Building and Revenue in her third term.


2012 – fourth term from Ghatlodiya

Patel contested and won from Ghatlodiya constituency in the 2012 elections. She won the election with a margin of more than 175,000 votes, the highest in the election. She continued as the cabinet minister of Road and Building, Revenue, Urban Development, and Urban Housing, Disaster Management and Capital Projects.


2014 – 2016 Chief Minister of Gujarat

On 22 May 2014, Patel took oath as the 15th Chief Minister of Gujarat succeeding
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, after the latter was elected as
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following the victory of BJP in the
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. Patel was the first female Chief Minister of Gujarat. She expressed her desire to resign on 1 August 2016 as she was turning 75 years old in November 2016. She submitted her resignation to the Governor O. P. Kohli on 4 August 2016 which was accepted. She continued to hold the office until her successor Vijay Rupani took over on 7 August 2016.


Governorships (2018–)

In January 2018, she became the
Governor of Madhya Pradesh The governor of Madhya Pradesh is the nominal head of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The governor is appointed by the president of India. There are 22 governors. Below is a list of governors of the Central Provinces and Berar and the pre ...
replacing Om Prakash Kohli, who was an additional charge governor. Later in August 2018, she took additional charge as the Governor of Chhattisgarh due to sudden demise of then governor Balram Das Tandon. On 20 July 2019, she became Governor of Uttar Pradesh on end of term of Ram Naik.


Personal life

On 29 May 1962, Anandiben and Mafatlal Patel married; Mafatlal was 28 years old. After living in Mehsana district for four years, the couple moved to Ahmedabad. Mafatlal was a professor of psychology at the Saraspur Art and Commerce College, and Anandiben taught mathematics and science, and later became principal, at Mohiniba Kanya Vidyalaya on Ashram Road, Ahmedabad. They did not legally separate, but they began living apart in 1985. Patel voluntarily retired from teaching after 31 years. The couple have two children, Sanjay and Anar. Sanjay is married to Hina and they have one son, Dharm. Anar is married to Jayesh, and they have one daughter Sanskruti.


Recognition

The Indian Express has listed her in top 100 most influential people of India for the year 2014. *Felicitated with Governor's Award for best teacher in Gujarat (1988) *Felicitated with the President's Award for the best teacher (1989) *Felicitated with 'Sardar Patel' Award by Patel Jagruti Mandal, Mumbai (1999) *Felicitated with the 'Vidya Gaurav' Award by Shri Tapodhan Brahman Vikas Mandal (2000) *Felicitated with 'Patidar Shiromani' Award by the Patel community (2005) *Special honour bestowed by Dharati Vikas Mandal for Women's Upliftment Campaign. *'Veerbala' award for ranking first in Mahesana District school sports event.


Gallantry awards

*Gallantry Award for rescuing two girls of Mohinaba Girls' school from drowning at Navagam reservoir in Narmada. *Winner of Charumati Yoddha Award (Jyotisangh), Ahmedabad. *Winner of Ambubhai Purani Vyayam Vidyalay Award (Rajpipala).


See also

* Anandiben Patel ministry


References


External links


Gujarat GovernmentAnandiben Patel's daughter Anar Patel
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