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	==Early life and work as an independence activist==		==Early life and work as an independence activist==
	Patel was born in 1914 in Alindra, [[Kheda]] district, ~~Gujarat~~ to an agriculturist family. He completed his inter-arts education from [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda\|Baroda College]] (now the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda).		Patel was born in 1914 in Alindra, [[Kheda]] district, Bombay Presidency to an agriculturist family. He completed his inter-arts education from [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda\|Baroda College]] (now the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda).

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'''Prabhudas Khushaldas Patel''' was an [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence]] activist, politician, administrator, [[agriculturist]] and a pioneer of the [[Cooperative movement in India|cooperative movement]] in India. He was the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and [[Irrigation]] in the Government of India and a Member of Parliament ([[Lok Sabha]]) from [[Dabhoi]] in Gujarat.

==Early life and work as an independence activist==
Patel was born in 1914 in Alindra, [[Kheda]] district, Gujarat to an agriculturist family. He completed his inter-arts education from [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda|Baroda College]] (now the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda).

==Politician, Parliamentarian and Union Minister==

Patel was a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] and, in 1947-48, was appointed as the first secretary of the Baroda District Congress Committee. He played an active role in district, state and eventually national level politics. He resigned from the Indian National Congress due to certain internal differences and joined the [[Swatantra Party]] for a brief period. However, after the split of the Indian National Congress in 1969, Patel joined the [[Indian National Congress (R)|Indian National Congress]] (R) (later Indian National Congress (I)).

Patel was elected to the 5th Lok Sabha from Dabhoi in Gujarat in 1971.<ref name="loks">{{cite web |title=Members Bioprofile - PATEL, SHRI PRABHUDAS |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2192.htm |website=loksabhaph.nic.in |publisher=[[Government of India]]}}</ref> In October 1974, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation in the Government of India headed by Indira Gandhi. However, he resigned from this position and the primary membership of the [[Indian National Congress (I)]] in 1977 to protest the [[The Emergency (India)|Indian Emergency]] and the internal workings of the party.<ref>{{cite news |title=Forty Years Ago, March 4, 1977: Indira attacks Janata |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/forty-years-ago-march-4-1977-indira-attacks-janata-4553214 |work=The Indian Express |date=4 March 2017 |language=en}}</ref> He was thereafter associated the Janata Party, a party primarily formed to oppose the Indian Emergency, and contested the 1980 Lok Sabha elections from Baroda against the Indian National Congress, which he lost.

==Personal life==
Patel was married to Smt. Savitaben Patel and has two sons and one daughter.<ref name="loks"/>

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