Dahyabhai Patel (28 November 1905 – 11 August 1973) was the son of Indian leader

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel (; ''Vallabhbhāī Jhāverbhāī Paṭel''; 31 October 1875 – 15 December 1950), commonly known as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, was an Indian independence activist and statesman who served as the first Deputy Prime ...

and a member of the

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Personal life

Educated at Bombay, Patel graduated from the Gujarat Vidyapith and began working for Oriental Insurance Company, and settled in Bombay. When he was 27, his first wife Yashoda died, leaving him his son Bipin. He later married Bhanumati and had another son, Gautam. His flat on Sandhurst Road and later Prabhadevi in Bombay was the frequent residence of Sardar Patel.

Career

Patel was a Congressman and was elected member of the

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in 1939, where he spent 18 years. Patel participated in the Quit India movement and was imprisoned from 1942 to 1944. He left congress in 1957 over disagreements with Prime Minister

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. Patel requested to fight the 1957 Lok Sabha elections as a Parishad candidate, but decided against it on rebuke from his sister

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. He eventually became the vice president of the Parishad and was elected to Rajya Sabha in 1958.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Patel, Dahyabhai 1905 births 1973 deaths Indian independence activists from Gujarat Vallabhbhai Patel India MPs 1957–1962 India MPs 1962–1967 Rajya Sabha members from Maharashtra People from Nadiad Indian National Congress politicians from Gujarat Swatantra Party politicians Mayors of Mumbai Prisoners and detainees of British India