Indrajeet Patel (politician)

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Indrajeet Kumar Patel

| office10 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency10 = [[Sidhi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sidhi]]
| termstart10 = {{Start date|1977||}}
| termend10 = {{End date|2008||}}
| predecessor10 = [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)|Arjun Singh]]
| successor10 = Kedarnath Shukla

| birth_date = {{birth date|1945|3|5|df=y}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|11|18|1945|3|5|df=y}}
| party = [[Indian National Congress]] (1977-2009)
| children = [[Kamleshwar Patel]]
}}

'''Indrajeet Kumar Patel''' ({{lang-hi|इंद्रजीत कुमार पटेल}}; 5 March 1945 – 18 November 2018) was an Indian politician from [[Madhya Pradesh]] and a member of the [[Indian National Congress]].

Born in Supala, [[Sidhi district]] in the central Indian state of [[Madhya Pradesh]], he was a farmer and became involved in politics as a member of his village panchayat. At age 25, he became sarpanch of the village council. He became aligned with the youth wing of the [[Indian National Congress]] – the ruling party of the state. He gradually worked his way up the political ladder, serving at district level ([[tehsil]]) before being elected to the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] in 1977 from [[Sidhi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sidhi]]. He became Sidhi's chairman of Land Development in 1980 and was director of Madhya Pradesh's State Agro Industries Corporation from 1980 to 1985. He served seven terms as MLA of Sidhi from 1977 to 2008.<ref name=HT>{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/indrajit-kumar/story-EPk2EaukEL2oP84lUQ4RLL.html|title=Indrajeet Kumar|date=16 October 2003|access-date=14 June 2020|work=The Hindustan Times}}</ref>

He was appointed to the managing committee of [[Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University]] in 1989 and remained in the position for three years. From the 1990s onwards, he moved away from agricultural politics and into other sectors, including stints as Minister for Housing and Minister of Education, as well as serving as vice-chairman of the State Textile Corporation.<ref name=HT/> In these roles he became a key person in the INC state governments of [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)|Arjun Singh]] and [[Digvijaya Singh]]. He lost his seat in 2008 to Kedarnath Shukla of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. His son [[Kamleshwar Patel]] followed in his father's footsteps and was elected as state representative for [[Sihawal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sihawal]] in 2013. He died in 2018 after a brief illness. <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/nov/18/former-madhya-pradesh-minister-indrajit-patel-dead-1899856.html|title=Former Madhya Pradesh minister Indrajit Patel dead|work=The Indian Express|date=18 November 2018|access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref><ref>[https://newsd.in/senior-congress-leader-indrajit-patel-passes-away/ Madhya Pradesh: Senior Congress leader Indrajit Patel passes away]. NewsD (2018-11-18). Retrieved 2020-06-14.</ref><ref>[https://www.bhaskar.com/news/former-minister-mp-indrajit-patel-passed-away-01304103.html मध्य प्रदेश / पूर्व मंत्री इंद्रजीत पटेल का निधन]. Bhaskar (2018-11-18). Retrieved 2020-06-14.</ref>

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[[Category:1945 births]]
[[Category:2018 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Sidhi district]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1977–1980]]
[[Category:Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1980–1985]]
[[Category:Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1985–1990]]
[[Category:Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1990–1992]]
[[Category:Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1993–1998]]
[[Category:Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1998–2003]]

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