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Shri Shivraj V. Patil (born October 12, 1935) is the Union Minister of Home Affairs in the Manmohan Singh government. He belongs to the Indian National Congress. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 524 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (708 × 810 pixel, file size: 88 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) (All user names refer to en. ...
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Sansad Bhavan, The Parliament of India The Parliament of India (or Sansad) is bicameral. ...
is the 285th day of the year (286th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ...
The Home Minister, or more properly the Minister for Home Affairs, is a position in the Indian Cabinet, at both State and Union levels. ...
Dr. Manmohan Singh (Punjabi: , Hindi: ) is the 17th and current Prime Minister of India. ...
Indian National Congress (also known as the Congress Party and abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. ...
Patil was born in 1935 in the village of Chakur in the Latur district of Maharashtra. , Maharashtra (Marathi: महाराषà¥à¤Ÿà¥à¤° , IPA: , English: ) is Indias third largest state in terms of area and second largest in terms of population after Uttar Pradesh. ...
He became Home Minister in 2004. He attended Osmania University, Hyderabad, earning a graduation degree in Science and studied Law at the Bombay University. Osmania University (also known as OU in short)is a public university situated in the city of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, India. ...
The University of Mumbai is one of the outstanding universities of India. ...
A former Lok Sabha speaker, Shivraj Patil lost in the 2004 polls from Latur constituency in Maharashtra, but has still landed up the second most important position in the Union Cabinet -- that of the Home Minister. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India. ...
Latur (Marathi: लातà¥à¤°) is both a district and an important city in Maharashtra, India. ...
, Maharashtra (Marathi: महाराषà¥à¤Ÿà¥à¤° , IPA: , English: ) is Indias third largest state in terms of area and second largest in terms of population after Uttar Pradesh. ...
The Home Minister, or more properly the Minister for Home Affairs, is a position in the Indian Cabinet, at both State and Union levels. ...
First inducted in the Indira Gandhi-led government in as Minister of State for Defence, he was given independent charge of the Commerce Ministry between, from where he was shifted to Science and Technology. Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Hindi: ) (19 November 1917 - October 31, 1984) was an Indian politician who served as Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977 and for a fourth term from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. ...
In the Rajiv Gandhi government, he was Minister for Personnel, Defence production and later held independent charge of Civil Aviation and Tourism. Rajiv Ratna Gandhi (IPA: ) (August 20, 1944 – May 21, 1991), the eldest son of Indira. ...
He has also held a number of important positions in the party ever since Sonia Gandhi took over the presidency of the party. He is largely known for introducing the The Outstanding Parliamentarian Award, India in 1995. He was the chairman of the manifesto committee of the party during the 1999 Lok Sabha election. Sonia Gandhi (Hindi: , IPA: ), born Sonia Antonia Maino on December 9, 1946, is an Italian-born Indian politician, the President of the Indian National Congress and the widow of former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi. ...
The Outstanding Parliamentarian Award is an award given by the Indian Parliamentary Group to an outstanding sitting Member of the Indian Parliament. ...
And he comes to the Union Cabinet with substantial legislative experience and has that unique distinction of being Speaker of both the Maharashtra Assembly and the Lok Sabha.
Patil's name was considered a likely candidate in 2007 presidential election. However, after the Left parties opposed his candidature, Sonia Gandhi proposed Pratibha Patil, Governor of Rajasthan as the presidential candidate. Shivraj Patil was later considered a possible candidate for the post of Vice President of India. His extensive parliamentary experience and his reputation for fairness are said to be the main advantages on his side. The Election Commission of India held indirect 13th presidential elections of India on 19 July 2007[1]. Pratibha Patil with 638,116 votes won over her nearest rival Bhairon Singh Shekhawat who got 331,306 votes. ...
The Vice-President of India is second behind the President in the Executive branch of the Government of India. ...
Patil belongs to the Lingayat Community spread across Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.
Shri Shivraj Patil belongs to the Politically powerful Lingayat Community which forms nearly 2 percent of India's population.
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