Gulabrao Patil - Background

Background

Born on 16 September 1921 to a reputed Maratha family in Benadi, a small and famous village on the Maharashtra-Karnataka state boundary near Kolhapur. He did his BA(English) and completed LLB(Special) from Kolhapur Law college. He started practicing law in Satara city. Yashwantrao Chavan insisted Gulabrao Patil to move to Sangli city, where initially he practiced Law. Then he took interest in regional politics and joined the Indian National Congress during Indian Independence. Under the influence of people like Yashwantrao Chavan- 1st Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Balasaheb Desai - Ex-Home minister of Maharashtra, Keshavrao Jedhe-Leader of Samyukta Maharashtra and other such leaders, Gulabrao Patil engaged himself in social context.

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