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C R Patil
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
DOB
16 Mar 1955
Age
71 years
birth palce
Jalgaon, Maharashtra
profession
Politician
C R Patil biography
Chandrakant Raghunath Patil is a police constable turned political leader and a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party. He was born in Pimpry Akaraut village in Jalgaon district, Maharashtra, to Raghunath, a police constable, and Sarubai Patil on March 16, 1955.
In 1951, his family relocated to Gujarat. He attended ITI, Surat, for post-school technical training. Similar to his father, he began his career in Gujarat Police in 1975 and worked as a police constable for 14 years before joining the BJP in 1989.
He started as the BJP Treasurer of Surat City and then became the BJP Vice President of Surat City. In 1998, he was appointed as the Chairman of Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL), a state PSU, by then Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel.
He won his first Lok Sabha elections in 2009 from the Navsari constituency on a BJP ticket. He went on to retain his seat in the subsequent 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections to become the three-time member of the lower house of Indian Parliament.
Since 2020, he has been the President of the BJP Gujarat State unit and is the first non-Gujarati to hold this position.
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C R Patil personal life
Father
Raghunath
Mother
Sarubai
Spouse
Ganga
C R PATIL NEWS
1.5 crore artificial groundwater recharge, storage works under JSJB initiative: Minister C R Patil
June 03, 2026 8:27 am
Every Municipal Corporation has been requested to aim at establishing a minimum of 10,000 recharge structures within its jurisdiction.
India International Water Week in Sept
April 23, 2026 4:36 am
The event, organised by the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti, will include 49 sessions across various themes in the water sector. “Around 150 countries have been invited to participate, with 11 countries expected to join as partner countries,” the Ministry said.
Conduct of some damaging image of police force: Union minister Patil in Surat
March 27, 2026 3:43 am
Sanghavi, who is also the state’s home minister, meanwhile, advised cops to not take their ‘dabangiri’ or curt behaviour with them when they go home, and that the women in their families could approach the minister if they did.
In Gujarat, why C R Patil's 'bonhomie' with suspended Congress leader sets tongues wagging
March 14, 2026 1:12 am
While BJP leaders quit posts en masse in his Navsari stronghold, the Union Minister visited Congress's 2024 Surat candidate Nilesh Kumbhani, whose “faulty” nomination had given BJP its first-ever uncontested LS poll win
‘Ask family back home to vote for NDA’: Patil to Surat-based Bihari people
November 01, 2025 12:39 am
Patil conducted his virtual address from Begusarai
CR Paatil joins Dawoodi Bohra leader’s birthday celebration
October 14, 2025 9:13 am
Patil commended Saifuddin’s contributions to the collective development of the nation
BJP set to pick new Gujarat chief, C R Patil’s ‘killer instinct’ tenure ends
October 03, 2025 1:54 pm
First ‘non-Gujarati’ to head the post, he led BJP to wins in successive elections, changing how the party functioned – and contested polls
Gujarat Confidential: Swadeshi Prep
September 30, 2025 9:21 pm
In their address, Gujarat BJP chief and Union Minister C R Patil and Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel emphasised the need to purchase Swadeshi goods to make the campaign a success.
'Every child has the right to education': Union Minister Paatil lays foundation stone for redevelopment of 7 municipal school buildings in Surat
July 21, 2025 11:36 pm
The schools marked for redevelopment are situated in South B zone (Kanakpur), Limbayat, Varachha A and B zones, and Rander zone
Gujarat: Tapi tribals on indefinite dharna against privatisation of hospital
March 05, 2025 2:07 am
As per the state government's plan, the Vyara referral hospital (Civil hospital) will be handed over to the Torrent Group's UNM foundation to develop a Gujarat Medical Education and Research Society (GMERS) college
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BJP workers jubilant as party sweeps Gujarat civic polls
February 23, 2021 9:19 pm
The BJP appeared on course to retain power in the six municipal corporations, winning 409 of the 474 seats where results were declared till evening.
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