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About Harish Chandra Patel
- Harishchandra L Patel (1928-1996) was a leader of Bharatiya Janata party from Gujarat, India.
- He served as the Speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from 1995 until his death in 1996.
- Patel was elected to the assembly from Sarkhej.Born on 4 February 1928 at Dholka, District Ahmedabad.
- His father was Lavjibhai Narandas Patel, a freedom fighter and The President of Congress Party in the year 1930; his mother was Benkorben.
- He married Ushaben of Godhra, District Panchmahals. He took part in "Quit India" movement in 1942 at the age of 14 years.
- and was jailed for 15 days.
- He was rusticated from Government School of Dhilka.
- He took admission with Sheth CN Vidyalaya Ahmedabad to pursue his studies and then with MP Pandya High School, Jetalpur, Dist.
- Ahmedabad.
- He graduated with Sanskrit from Gujarat College Ahmedabad.
- He joined RSS in 1943.
- He was detained along with 60,000 members of Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh after assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
- He served as a teacher of Sanskrit language at Bharuch, Ahmedabad. He started legal practice in 1954 at Ahmedabad.
- He started his practice as a lawyer at Gujarat High Court from the day its inception, i.e.
- May 1, 1960 and he was elected as President of Gujarat High Court Advocates' Association several times.
- He was detained under MISA in the year 1976 during Emergency period.
- He was also arrested in Anti price hike agitation in the year 1980. He was elected twice as MLA from Sarkhej assembly constituency.
- He died of cancer on 16 September 1996.
- One party plot is named after him by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.His son Vijay Patel defeated Rajesh Khanna in a by-election for Gandhinagar Loksabha in 1996.
- He also became MLA from Daskroi assembly constituency.
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