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	'''Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel''' (22 October 1903 – 3 June 1994) was the founder of the [[Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers' Union]] in 1946, and later the [[Amul]] co-operative movement in [[Anand, Gujarat]], [[India]]. A freedom fighter,<ref name="Tribhuvandas Reference1" /> a Gandhian,<ref name="Tribhuvandas Reference1" /> a fearless leader, a social worker, a tireless advocate, a cooperative philosopher who worked selflessly for the benefit of millions of people in India. Tribhuvandas Patel's single quality that stands out is his utter dislike for self promotion, a quality that many admire in the [[c:File:GujaratCalling.pdf\|numerous institutions he built and served]].		'''Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel''' (22 October 1903 – 3 June 1994) was the founder of the [[Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers' Union]] in 1946, and later the [[Amul]] co-operative movement in [[Anand, Gujarat]], [[India]]. A freedom fighter,<ref name="Tribhuvandas Reference1" /> a Gandhian,<ref name="Tribhuvandas Reference1" /> a fearless leader, a social worker, a tireless advocate, a cooperative philosopher who worked selflessly for the benefit of millions of people in India. Tribhuvandas Patel's single quality that stands out is his utter dislike for self promotion, a quality that many admire in the [[c:File:GujaratCalling.pdf\|numerous institutions he built and served]].

	==Early ~~Life~~ and participation in freedom struggle==		==Early life and participation in freedom struggle==
	Born on 22 October 1903, in [[Anand, Gujarat]],<ref name="Tribhuvandas Reference1">{{cite news \|title=Amul remembers Tribhuvandas on his birth anniversary \|url=https://www.indiancooperative.com/co-op-news-snippets/amul-remembers-tribhuvandas-on-his-birth-anniversary/ \|access-date=10 March 2021 \|publisher=Indian Cooperative \|date=23 October 2019}}</ref> to Kishibhai Patel, Tribhuvandas became a follower of [[Mahatma Gandhi]]<ref name="Tribhuvandas Reference1" /> and [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]] during the [[Indian independence movement]], and especially the [[civil disobedience]] movements, which led to his repeated imprisonment in 1930, 1935 and 1942.<ref name=mag/>		Born on 22 October 1903, in [[Anand, Gujarat]],<ref name="Tribhuvandas Reference1">{{cite news \|title=Amul remembers Tribhuvandas on his birth anniversary \|url=https://www.indiancooperative.com/co-op-news-snippets/amul-remembers-tribhuvandas-on-his-birth-anniversary/ \|access-date=10 March 2021 \|publisher=Indian Cooperative \|date=23 October 2019}}</ref> to Kishibhai Patel, Tribhuvandas became a follower of [[Mahatma Gandhi]]<ref name="Tribhuvandas Reference1" /> and [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]] during the [[Indian independence movement]], and especially the [[civil disobedience]] movements, which led to his repeated imprisonment in 1930, 1935 and 1942.<ref name=mag/>

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'''Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel''' (22 October 1903 – 3 June 1994) was the founder of the [[Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers' Union]] in 1946, and later the [[Amul]] co-operative movement in [[Anand, Gujarat]], [[India]]. A freedom fighter,<ref name="Tribhuvandas Reference1" /> a Gandhian,<ref name="Tribhuvandas Reference1" /> a fearless leader, a social worker, a tireless advocate, a cooperative philosopher who worked selflessly for the benefit of millions of people in India. Tribhuvandas Patel's single quality that stands out is his utter dislike for self promotion, a quality that many admire in the [[c:File:GujaratCalling.pdf|numerous institutions he built and served]].

==Early Life and participation in freedom struggle==
Born on 22 October 1903, in [[Anand, Gujarat]],<ref name="Tribhuvandas Reference1">{{cite news |title=Amul remembers Tribhuvandas on his birth anniversary |url=https://www.indiancooperative.com/co-op-news-snippets/amul-remembers-tribhuvandas-on-his-birth-anniversary/ |access-date=10 March 2021 |publisher=Indian Cooperative |date=23 October 2019}}</ref> to Kishibhai Patel, Tribhuvandas became a follower of [[Mahatma Gandhi]]<ref name="Tribhuvandas Reference1" /> and [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]] during the [[Indian independence movement]], and especially the [[civil disobedience]] movements, which led to his repeated imprisonment in 1930, 1935 and 1942.<ref name=mag/>

==Cooperative movement==
He is known as the father of the cooperative movement in India.<ref name="Tribhuvandas Reference1" />

By the late 1940s, he started working with farmers in [[Kheda district]], under the guidance of [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]],<ref name="Tribhuvandas Reference1" /> and after setting up the Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producer's Union in 1946<ref name="Tribhuvandas Reference1" /> under his chairmanship, he hired a young manager named [[Verghese Kurien]]<ref name="Tribhuvandas Reference1" /> in year 1950,who was instrumental in developing the technical and marketing strategies of the Union which was eventually called Amul. [[Verghese Kurien]] remained the general manager of [[Amul]] till 2005.<ref>[http://www.icmrindia.org/casestudies/catalogue/Marketing1/MKTA011.htm Amul : Evolution of Marketing Strategy] ''Marketing Case Studies''.</ref> Under Tribhuvandas Patel's leadership and guidance and together with [[Verghese Kurien]], many organizations were started in Anand including the [[Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation]], [[National Dairy Development Board]] and [[Institute of Rural Management Anand]]. The relationship between Tribhuvandas and Kurien was one of teacher and pupil, architect and builder and almost father and son. Kurien was very dear to Tribhuvandas, he trusted Kurien above all and in his eyes and mind, Kurien could do no wrong. The fruits of their work are still hanging from the trees planted 75 years ago.

Tribhuvandas Patel was awarded the 1963 [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] for '[[List of Magsaysay awardees#Community Leadership|Community Leadership]]', together with [[Dara Nusserwanji Khurody]], and [[Verghese Kurien]].,<ref name=mag>[http://www.rmaf.org.ph/newrmaf/main/awardees/awardee/biography/116 Biography of ''Tribhuvandas K. Patel''] ''[[Ramon Magsaysay Award|Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation]]'' Official website.</ref> and the [[Padma Bhushan]] from the [[Govt. of India]] in 1964.<ref>[http://india.gov.in/myindia/advsearch_awards.php Awards Official listings] ''[[Govt. of India]]'' Portal.</ref>

He remained Secretary/President of the [[Pradesh Congress Committee]] (PCC), [[Indian National Congress]] ([[Congress I]]), and also a member of [[Rajya Sabha]] twice, 1967–1968 and 1968 -1974 from the party.<ref>[http://rajyasabha.nic.in/kiosk/whoswho/prev90p.htm Previous Members Profile] ''[[Rajya Sabha]]'' Official website."21/07/1967 - 02/04/1968 and 03/04/1968 - 02/04/1974, [[Gujarat]], [[Indian National Congress|INC]]."</ref>

Under the selfless leadership of Tribhuvandas Patel, in August 1973, [[Amul]] celebrated its [http://saumilresearch.org/Pages/GujaratCalling.html 25th Anniversary] with [[Morarji Desai]], [[Maniben Patel]] and [[Verghese Kurien]].<ref name="Tribhuvandas Reference1" /> When he voluntarily retired from the Chairmanship of AMUL, in the early 1970s, he was presented with a purse of six hundred thousand rupees, by the grateful members of the village cooperatives — one rupee per member being the contribution.<ref name="Tribhuvandas Reference1" /> He used this fund to start a charitable trust, named the [[Tribhuvandas Foundation]] - an [[NGO]] to work on women and child health in Kheda district.<ref name="Tribhuvandas Reference1" /> He was the first Chairman of [[Tribhuvandas Foundation]].<ref name="Tribhuvandas Reference1" /> He handed over the chairmanship to [[Verghese Kurien]], when the organization started to grow quickly, after receiving funds from foreign grant<ref name="Tribhuvandas Reference1" />s.

The former chairperson of the National Dairy Development Board, Dr.(Ms) Amrita Patel assessed [[Tribhuvandas Foundation]] in an international workshop. [[Tribhuvandas Foundation]], which is Asia’s largest NGO, works in over 600 villages in the State in the field of maternal and infant care. What is unique about the programme of the Foundation is that it rides on the back of milk. It is the village milk co-operative that appoints a village health worker and pays an honorarium to the village health worker to undertake the work. So it is milk paying for health."<ref>http://www.ilri.org/InfoServ/Webpub/fulldocs/South_South/Ch03.htm#TopOfPage</ref>

Tribhuvandas Patel worked tirelessly till the last day of his life. He was working to setup cooperative organizations for farming commodities such as oil. In the days leading to his passing on June 3 1994, thousands of farmers from all over Kaira visited him, assuring him that the movement started in 1946 will continue forever. In these last days, he frequently asked about Kurien who, despite the urgency conveyed to him, never visited him before his passing. In his last moments, it was Kurien on his mind and therefore in the eyes of many, for Kurien to not visit him, felt like a betrayal of ultimate magnitude. There are many powerful stories about Tribhuvandas that have not been heard and there can be many reasons (e.g. stories are written in Gujarati) but certainly it is not due to lack of stories. Tribhuvandas Patel was presented with a purse of six hundred thousand rupees by the members of the village cooperatives, as one rupee per member of the society, as a contribution when he voluntarily retired from the Chairmanship of AMUL, in the early 1970s,thanking him for his efforts.<ref name="Tribhuvandas Reference1" />

Among the various contributions of Tribhuvandas, an important contribution occurred in an area that he had little time and interest for. [[Bollywood]] was making a biographical film on his mentor [[Vallabhbhai Patel|Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]] titled [[Sardar (1993 film)|Sardar]]. The film was almost complete but was shelved because of some financial difficulty. Tribhuvandas made the financial contributions necessary to have the film completed and released. It is unknown if he watched the film as it was released towards the last years of his life but the release of film exposed the many events that occurred around the time of India's independence, events and facts that were never known to general public. In particular, the illustration of power and sacrifices of [[Vallabhbhai Patel|Sardar Patel]], who most Indians today feel was the greatest leader that India ever produced.

==Awards and honours==
* 1963: [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] for '[[List of Magsaysay awardees#Community Leadership|Community Leadership]]'<ref name="Tribhuvandas Reference1" />
* 1964: [[Padma Bhushan]]<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
He was married to Shrimati Mani Laxmi, and had one daughter and six sons. He had several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.

==References==
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==Further reading==
*[https://www.rmaward.asia/awardees/patel-tribhuvandas/ Profile of ''Tribhuvandas K. Patel'' on 'Ramon Magsaysay Award Site']
*[http://saumilresearch.org/Pages/MagsaysayAward.html Magsaysay Award Profile]
*[[Amul|AMUL's]] [http://saumilresearch.org/Pages/GujaratCalling.html 25th Anniversary Celebrations]

==External links==
*[https://www.rmaward.asia/awardees/patel-tribhuvandas/ ''Ramon Magsaysay Award'' Citation]
* [http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/05/07/stories/2006050701991600.htm The Making of ''Amul'', Dr. Verghese Kurien]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=VFNMAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Tribhuvandas+K.+Patel%22&dq=%22Tribhuvandas+K.+Patel%22&hl=en&ei=-14vTJveGJGhnQfb9oCMAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAg Mention of Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel's death]
* [https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Indian-Milkman-Tribhuvandas-Patel/150726868290258?v=wall The-Indian-Milkman-Tribhuvandas-Patel]

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