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'''S.G. Patkar''' was an [[India]]n [[trade union]]ist and politician.

He was born in 1911.<ref name=sgptur/> Patkar was a member of the Bombay Provincial Congress Committee for 7 years and a member of the [[All India Congress Committee]] for 6 years.<ref name="Windmiller2011-bio"/> He was part of the small nucleus building the [[Communist Party of India]] as a national organization in 1933.<ref>Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation. ''[http://cpiml.org/library/communist-movement-in-india/introduction-communist-movement-in-india/from-fragmentation-to-reorganisation/ From Fragmentation to Reorganisation]''</ref> As of 1935 he was a member of the executive committee of the [[All India Trade Union Congress]].<ref name="Gupta1980">{{cite book|author=Prem Sagar Gupta|title=A Short History of All-India Trade Union Congress 1920-1947|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8N8rAAAAIAAJ|year=1980|publisher=AITUC Publication|page=259}}</ref>

Patkar was elected to the [[Bombay Municipal Corporation]] in 1940.<ref name="Windmiller2011-bio"/> He served as secretary of the [[Girni Kamgar Union]] (GKU) 1937–1942, then serving as the general secretary of GKU 1942–1951.<ref name="Windmiller2011-bio"/> Patkar was one of the communist leaders arrested during a GKU general strike on March 4, 1940.<ref name="Kosambi2000">{{cite book|author=Meera Kosambi|title=Intersections: Socio-cultural Trends in Maharashtra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XU8dmAiaZSgC&pg=PA157|year=2000|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=978-81-250-1878-0|pages=156–157}}</ref> Patkar was released from jail in July 1942.<ref name="Gupta2008">{{cite book|author=D N Gupta|title=Communism and Nationalism in Colonial India, 1939-45|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UrSGAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA207|date=5 August 2008|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-81-321-0008-9|page=207}}</ref>

Patkar was expelled from CPI in 1950, but was soon thereafter readmitted as party member.<ref name="Windmiller2011-bio"/> He was a member of the CPI [[Central Committee]] 1953–1956.<ref name="Windmiller2011-bio"/> He was elected to the [[Bombay Legislative Assembly]] in 1957, representing the [[Shivadi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sewree constituency]].<ref name="Windmiller2011-bio">{{cite book|author=Marshall Windmiller|title=Communism in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PAFBW743Bi4C&pg=PA569|year=2011|publisher=University of California Press|page=569|id=GGKEY:NSY99CAKNFU}}</ref><ref name="Reed1970">{{cite book|author=Sir Stanley Reed|title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AgQfAQAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Company|page=342}}</ref> He was part of the [[Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti]] caucus in the Bombay Legislative Assembly.<ref name="Reed1970"/>

Patkar was a member of the Administrative Council of the [[Trade Union International of Textile, Leather and Fur Workers Unions]].<ref name="Unions1973">{{cite book|author=World Federation of Trade Unions|title=VIIIe Congrès syndical mondial: compte-rendu des travaux, Varna, 15-22 octobre 1973|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HvJCAQAAIAAJ|year=1973|publisher=Fédération syndicale mondiale|page=8}}</ref> He died on February 5, 1972.<ref name=sgptur>{{cite book|title=Trade Union Record|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_KY5AAAAMAAJ|year=1972|publisher=All-India Trade Union Congress|page=10}}</ref>

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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]
[[Category:Communist Party of India politicians from Maharashtra]]

S.G. Patkar - Revision history

->Dewritech: clean up, typo(s) fixed: Executive Committee → executive committee, 1937-1942 → 1937–1942 (3)