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| name = Shivraj V. Patil<br />
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| image = Shivraj Patil.jpg<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1935|10|12}}<br />
<!-- Do not add flag icons to place of birth/death, per [[Wikipedia:Don't overuse flags]] -->| birth_place = [[Latur district|Latur]], [[Hyderabad State]], [[British India]]<br />
| office = [[Governor of Punjab (India)|Governor of Punjab]] and [[Chandigarh#Chandigarh administration|Administrator of Chandigarh]]<br />
| president = [[Pratibha Patil]]<br>[[Pranab Mukherjee]]<br />
| term_start = 22 January 2010<br />
| term_end = 21 January 2015<br />
| predecessor = [[Sunith Francis Rodrigues]]<br />
| successor = [[Kaptan Singh Solanki]]<br />
| office1 = [[Minister for Home Affairs (India)|Minister for Home Affairs]]<br />
| term_start1 = 22 May 2004<br />
| term_end1 = 30 November 2008<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081203095450/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/home-minister-shivraj-patil-steps-down/79406-3.html Home Minister Shivraj Patil steps down]. Ibnlive.in.com. Retrieved on 29 December 2011.</ref><br />
| primeminister1 = [[Manmohan Singh]]<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Lal Krishna Advani]]<br />
| successor1 = [[P. Chidambaram]]<br />
| office2 = 10th [[Speaker of Lok Sabha]]<br />
| term_start2 = 10 July 1991<br />
| term_end2 = 22 May 1996<br />
| deputy2 = [[S. Mallikarjunaiah]]<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Rabi Ray]]<br />
| successor2 = [[P.A. Sangma]]<br />
| office3 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
| term_start3 = 18 January 1980<br />
| term_end3 = 17 May 2004<br />
| predecessor3 = Udhavrao Patil<br />
| successor3 = Rupatai Patil<br />
| constituency3 = [[Latur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Latur, Maharasthra]]<br />
| occupation = Politician<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| residence = [[Chakur]], [[Latur district|Latur]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| citizenship = [[India]]<br />
| children = Shailesh Patil, Swapna Patil<br />
| spouse = Vijaya Patil<br />
| parents = Vishwanath Patil<br />
| alma_mater = [[Osmania university]], Mumbai university<br />
| education = Bachelor of science, LLB<br />
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'''Shivraj Vishwanath Patil''' (born 12 October 1935) is an Indian politician who was the Minister of Home Affairs of India, from 2004 to 2008 and 10th Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1991 to 1996. He was Governor of the state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and Administrator of the [[Union Territory]] of [[Chandigarh]] from 2010 to 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Shivraj-Patil-takes-oath-as-UT-Administrator/570732|title=Shivraj Patil takes oath as UT Administrator|last= Express News Service |date=23 January 2010|work=[[Indian Express]]|access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref> Previously, he was the served in the [[Indira Gandhi]] and [[Rajiv Gandhi]] cabinets as Minister of Defence during the 1980s.<br />
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Patil resigned from the post of Home Minister on 30 November 2008, following widespread criticism raised after [[November 2008 Mumbai attacks|terrorist attacks on Mumbai]], and took moral responsibility for the security lapse that led to the attacks.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081201183544/http://sify.com/news/politics/fullstory.php?id=14808590 Shivraj Patil resigns]. Sify.com (30 November 2008). Retrieved on 29 December 2011.</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Patil was born in 12 October 1935 in the village of Chakur in the [[Latur]] district ([[Marathwada]] region) of the then [[princely state]] of [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]], now [[Maharashtra]], India. He attended [[Osmania University]], [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], earning a degree in Science and studied law at [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]]. During 1967–69, he was involved in local government (Latur Municipality). [[Keshavrao Sonawane]] and Manikrao Sonawane helped Shivaraj Patil to get his first break to stand from Latur Constituency.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VseTBAAAQBAJ&q=Keshavrao+Sonawane&pg=PT68|title=ODYSSEY OF MY LIFE|isbn=9788129134271|access-date=18 April 2015|last1=Patil|first1=Shivraj V.|date=31 May 2014}}</ref><br />
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Patil belongs to the [[Lingayat]] community.<ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/mumbaiterrorstrike/Story.aspx?ID=NEWEN20080074668&type=News Who is Shivraj Patil?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319172120/http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/mumbaiterrorstrike/Story.aspx?ID=NEWEN20080074668&type=News |date=19 March 2012 }}. NDTV.com. Retrieved on 29 December 2011.</ref> He married Vijaya Patil in June 1963, and has two children - a son and a daughter - with her.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://interstatecouncil.nic.in/shivraj_patil.htm |title=Shri Shivraj Vishwanath Patil |access-date=2009-02-18 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410015055/http://interstatecouncil.nic.in/shivraj_patil.htm |archive-date=10 April 2009 |df=dmy-all }}. interstatecouncil.nic.in</ref> He is also a devout follower of [[Sathya Sai Baba]].<br />
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==In state politics==<br />
From 1973 to 1980, he was legislator of [[Latur Rural (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Latur Rural Constituency]] of the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] for two terms of 1973 to 1978 and 1978 to 1980 during which time he held various positions such as Chairman of Public Undertakings Committee, Deputy Minister (Law & Judiciary, Irrigation, Protocol), Deputy Speaker of the Assembly and Speaker of the Assembly.<br />
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==In central politics==<br />
In 1980, he was elected to the [[7th Lok Sabha]] from [[Latur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Latur constituency]]. By 1999, he had won seven successive Lok Sabha elections in 1980, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998 and 1999. In 2004 Lok Sabha election, he lost to [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Rupatai Patil Nilangekar]].<br />
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==In government==<br />
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[[File:Shri Shivraj Patil in his office after taking over the charge of the Union Minister of Home in New Delhi on May 24, 2004.jpg|thumb|Shivraj Patil in his office after taking over the charge of the Union Minister of Home in New Delhi on May 24, 2004|left]]<br />
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First inducted in the [[Indira Gandhi]]-led government in as Minister of State for Defence (1980–82), he was given independent charge of the Commerce Ministry (1982–83), from where he was shifted to Science and Technology, Atomic Energy, Electronics, Space and Ocean Development (1983–84).<br />
During 1983–86, he was Vice-President of [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research|CSIR India]]. He also served on various committees including those on Defence, External Affairs, Finance, Salaries and Allowances of members of parliament.<br />
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In the [[Rajiv Gandhi]] government, he was Minister for Personnel, Defence production and later held independent charge of Civil Aviation and Tourism.<br />
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He has also held a number of important positions in the party ever since [[Sonia Gandhi]] took over the presidency of the party. He is largely known for introducing the [[Outstanding Parliamentarian Award]], India in 1992. He was the chairman of the manifesto committee of the party during the 1999 Lok Sabha election.<br />
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As speaker of the Lok Sabha, he had begun or contributed in initiatives on information dissemination to members of the Parliament (through computerisation and modernisation), construction of Parliament Library Building and broadcast of Lok Sabha proceedings, including live broadcast of [[Question Hour]] of both houses of the parliament.<br />
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Between 1991–1995, he was a member/leader of Indian parliamentary delegations to various international parliamentary conferences.<br />
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He became Home Minister in 2004. A former [[Lok Sabha]] speaker, Shivraj Patil lost in the 2004 polls from [[Latur]] in [[Maharashtra]], but has still landed up the second most important position in the Union Cabinet—that of the [[Home Minister]]. He was elected to the [[Rajya Sabha]] in July 2004. Widely seen as an ineffective minister, his tenure as home minister was marred by one debacle after another and he faced increasing calls for his resignation, eventually forcing it due to the mishandling in the events leading up to and after the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]]. Not to be forgotten also are the [[2006 Malegaon bombings]], at a Muslim graveyard.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5326730.stm Blasts kill 37 in India graveyard]</ref><br />
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United States Ambassador [[David Mulford]] in an [[United States diplomatic cables leak|embassy cable]] described his removal after the Mumbai terrorist attack as inevitable and called him "inept" and "asleep on the watch".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/inept-shivraj-patil-was-protected-by-sonia-us-cables/726421/|title='Inept' Shivraj Patil was protected by Sonia: US cables|date=18 December 2010|publisher=[[Indian Express]]|access-date=18 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/WikiLeaks-US-felt-removal-of-Shivraj-Patil-was-inevitable-after-26/11/articleshow/7122766.cms|title=WikiLeaks: US felt removal of Shivraj Patil was inevitable after 26/11|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=18 December 2010|date=18 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/180633|title=See 9c of US embassy cables: Indian government heads roll after Mumbai terror attacks|work=The Guardian|access-date=18 December 2010|location=London|date=16 December 2010}}</ref><ref><br />
{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_us-felt-removal-of-shivraj-patil-after-26-11-was-inevitable-wikileaks_1482823|title=US felt removal of Shivraj Patil after 26/11 was inevitable: WikiLeaks|work=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|date=18 December 2010|access-date=18 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Shivraj-Patil-spectacularly-inept--David-Mulford/articleshow/7120374.cms|title=Shivraj Patil spectacularly inept: David Mulford|publisher=[[The Economic Times]]|access-date=18 December 2010|date=18 December 2010}}</ref><br />
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Patil is accused for not sending the [[Central Reserve Police Force]] to Nandigram, even after repeated requests by the West Bengal government, to restore law and order in the area and the events resulted in police firing and killing of men and women in Nandigram.<br />
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Patil's name was considered a likely candidate in [[2007 Indian presidential election|2007 presidential election]]. However, after the Left opposed his candidacy, Sonia Gandhi proposed [[Pratibha Patil]], Governor of Rajasthan, as the presidential candidate. Shivraj Patil was later considered a possible candidate for the post of [[Vice-President of India]].<br />
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On 30 November 2008, just four days after Bombay blasts, Patil resigned from his position of [[Home Minister of India|Home Minister]] in Union Cabinet taking moral responsibility for the security lapse that led to the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai.<br />
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Post 26/11, Shivraj Patil was made the Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator from 2010<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/shivraj-patil-takes-oath-as-ut-administrator/570732/0|title = Shivraj Patil takes oath as UT Administrator - Indian Express}}</ref> to 2015<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/punjab-governor-shivraj-v-patil-retires-on-completion-of-five-year-term/articleshow/45966574.cms|title = Punjab Governor Shivraj V Patil retires on completion of five-year term|newspaper = The Economic Times}}</ref><br />
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==Controversies==<br />
Shivraj Patil is referred as [[Nero]] of India. He was reported to have been changing clothes for public appearances while the country was under a terror attack. His actions are compared to Nero who played his fiddle while the city burned as Patil focused on changing his clothes while the country was witnessing a terror attack.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-patil-changes-shirts-as-capital-suffers-1190203|title=Patil changes shirts as capital suffers|date=15 September 2008}}</ref><ref>http://rajeshj.com/2005/02/10/shivraj-patil-nero-reborn</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_ET&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=ETM/2008/09/17&ID=Ar00801 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206110039/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_ET&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=ETM/2008/09/17&ID=Ar00801 |archive-date=6 February 2017 |title=Of thick hides and soft underbelly}}</ref> He is also criticized to have omitted this episode from his autobiography.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Shivraj-Patil-airbrushes-26/11-from-his-autobiography/articleshow/41386400.cms|title = Shivraj Patil airbrushes 26/11 from his autobiography &#124; India News - Times of India}}</ref><br />
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