(1928-07-24)24 July 1928 Visavadar, Junagadh State, British India
Died
29 October 2020(2020-10-29) (aged 92) Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Political party
Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951-1977)
Janata Party(1977-1980)
Bharatiya Janata Party (1980–2012, 2014-2020) Gujarat Parivartan Party (2012 – 2014)
Spouse
Leela Patel
Children
Five sons, one daughter
Awards
Padma Bhushan (2021) (posthumously)
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Keshubhai Patel (24 July 1928 – 29 October 2020) was an Indian politician who was the Chief Minister of Gujarat in 1995 and again from 1998 to 2001. He was a six-time member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly.[1] He was a member of RSS since 1940s, of Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1960s, Janata Party in 1970s, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 1980. He left the BJP in 2012 and formed the Gujarat Parivartan Party. He was elected from Visavadar in the 2012 state assembly election but resigned in 2014 due to ill health and merged his party with BJP. He was awarded India's third highest civilian award the Padma Bhushan posthumously in 2021.[2][3]
^"Keshubhai Patel, former Gujarat CM, passes away". The Hindu. 29 October 2020. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
^"Padma Awards 2021 announced". Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
^"Shinzo Abe, Tarun Gogoi, Ram Vilas Paswan among Padma Award winners: Complete list". The Times of India. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
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