Gulabrao Raghunathrao Patil (Marathi: गुलाबराव रघुनाथराव पाटील) (16 September 1921 – 21 January 1989) was a Renowned Co-operative Leader,
Member of Parliament
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(MP)-
Rajya Sabha
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India, Maharashtra State
Sangli
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from 1966 to 1978,
Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) of Maharashtra 1983−87 and president of Maharashtra Pradesh
Congress
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(I) Committee 1981−82. Patil also served as chairman of
Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank in Mumbai from 1980 to 1982, chairman of Sangli District Cooperative Bank Sangli and Secretary of National Co-operative Union of India (NCUI),
New Delhi
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.
Gulabrao Patil was regarded as a
Maratha
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Strongman in
Maharashtra politics in the 1970s and 1980s. Year 2020-2021 is going to celebrate as Birth Centenary Year of Late. Gulabrao Patil (1921-2021)
Introduction
Patil was a social worker and a leader of
Cooperative
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