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Dahyabhai Patel (10 November 1905 — 11 August 1973) was the son of Indian leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and a member of the Parliament of India. Personal life. Educated at Bombay, Patel graduated from the Gujarat Vidyapith and began working for Oriental Insurance Company
Dahyabhai V. Patel (born 10 March 1945 - 3 May 2021) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha and 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Daman and Diu constituency and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party.
- Early Life
- First Marriage
- Early Involvement in Politics
- First Election
- General Manager of Sangam
- Establishment of The Maha Sangh
- Election Wins and Losses
- Family Life
- 1960 Sugar Cane Dispute
- Formation of Federation Party
Patel was born in the Kheda district of Gujarat, India, on 13 March 1905. He had three brothers and a sister. Ambalal and his younger brother, R. D. Patel, became barristers in Fiji (hence they were known as A.D. and R.D.). Ambalal received his primary and secondary education in Nadiad, which was the site used by Gandhi when he began his non-violen...
Patel's father tried to persuade him to return and practice law in India and to help with the education of his younger siblings, but in the end helped pay his son's fare from London to Fiji, where he arrived on 11 October 1928. A reason for Patel to not want to return to India was his relationship with an English divorcee, Patricia Catherall Seymou...
Patel was involved in the 1929 Legislative Council election campaign, together with S. B. Patel and Vishnu Deo, but was ineligible to stand as he did not meet the two-year residency requirement for candidates. He was involved in discussions with the Governor, Sir Murchison Fletcher, to resolve the political crisis brought about by the walkout of Fi...
Patel stood in the 1937 Legislative Council election for the North Western Indian Division. His opponent was Chattur Singh, a law clerk. Chattur Singh polled 671 votes to Patel's 651. Patel's loss was a surprise, especially since he was supported by the Indian Leadership in Fiji, which included Vishnu Deo. His defeat was due to a number of factors....
In 1930 when the Sangam set up its first school, Patel became its manager. A. D. worked closely with Sadhu Kuppuswami, the founder of the Sangam, and Swami Avinashananda, sent by the Ramakrishna Mission on a fact finding mission to find out ways of promoting South Indian languages. On 31 October 1937 the Sangam was registered as a limited liability...
Although, in 1938, he had rejected overtures by the Kisan Sangh to take over its leadership, in June 1941, Patel formed the Maha Sangh with the support of Swami Rudrananda. In 1943, he led the sugar cane farmers on a prolonged strike after his demands for an increase in the price of sugar cane in line with inflation was rejected by the Colonial Sug...
The 1943 strike propelled Patel to the forefront of the political arena in Fiji and he easily won the 1944 Legislative Council election, defeating the sitting member for North West Viti Levu, by 1841 votes to 554. He retained the seat in the 1947 election, defeating Chattur Singh by 1972 votes to 1106. In 1948, with the support of three of the five...
In 1947, while in India, Patel married Leela Ben, 20-year-old daughter of an old acquaintance of his. Patel then was 42 years old. They had five children and the break from politics between 1950 and 1963 allowed Patel to devote more time to his family and to his law practice.
With the 1950 contract due to expire in 1960, the Colonial Sugar Refining Company (CSR), in January 1959, drafted a new contract which rolled back most of the gains made by the farmers in the last 20 years. The growers were suspicious of the Company and in May 1959 decided to work together by forming the Federation of Cane Growers. Patel was a lead...
The Federation Committee contested the 1963 Legislative Council election under the banner of Citizens Federation. It was not a properly constituted political party but sought to promote economic, cultural and political progress and stability in a united Fiji. All three Citizen's Federation candidates were elected to the Legislative Council. Patel d...
31 de out. de 2018 · In Gujarat, the Swatantra Party was led by Bhailalbhai Patel. Fondly known as Bhaikaka, he was a visionary engineer, a Sardar Patel loyalist and creator of an exemplary education city Vallabh Vidyanagar (named after Sardar). In an ironical twist, Maniben with a margin of 22,729 votes.
- Urvish Kothari
Ambalal Dahyabhai Patel, or ‘A.D.’, as he was universally known, was the greatest leader of the Indo-Fijian community in colonial Fiji and, arguably, one of the country’s most brilliant public intellectuals.
17 de abr. de 2023 · Son forged will to get hands on mother's £40m fortune. Girish Dahyabhai Patel, 71, used the fake document to launch a High Court claim for control of his mum's estate. Getty Images. The...
8 de jul. de 2021 · DAHYABHAI JHINABHAI PATEL, a pioneering British Asian businessman, passed away on Monday (5) after a short illness, writes Shailesh Solanki. Dahyabhai, 91, was an eminent entrepreneur and philanthropist who made an enormous contribution to local business and the Asian community in the West Midlands.
