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{{Infobox politician
| name = Vikramsinh Patankar
| image = Sharad Pawar and Vikramsinh Patankar.jpg
| caption = [[Sharad Pawar]] (right) and Vikramsinh Patankar (left)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|12|27|df=y}}<ref>{{cite news |title=विक्रमसिंह पाटणकर यांचा आज नागरी सत्कार |url=https://www.pudhari.news/news/Satara/chafal-vikramsingh-patankar-today-satkar-function/ |publisher=[[Pudhari]] |date=December 26, 2017 |language=Marathi}}</ref>
| residence =
| nationality = Indian
| citizenship =
| education =[[B Com|B.com]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Baroda]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office =[[Central Public Works Department|Minister of Public works]], [[Maharashtra]]
| predecessor =
| successor =
| primeminister =
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]]
| term_start = 1999
| term_end = 2004
| governor =
| office2 = [[Ministry of Tourism (India)|Minister of Tourism]], [[Maharashtra]]
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2 = [[Sushilkumar Shinde]]
| term_start2 = July 2004
| term_end2 = November 2004
| office3 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]]
| term3 = 1983–1985, 1985–1990, 1990–1995, 1995–1999, 1999–2004, 2009–2014
| constituency3 = [[Patan (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)]]
| predecessor3 = [[Balasaheb Desai|Daulatrao Shripatrao Desai]]
| successor3 = [[Shambhuraj Desai]]
| party = [[Nationalist Congress Party]] (1999−present)
|otherparty = [[Indian Congress (Socialist)]] (till 1990)<br>[[Indian National Congress]] (1990−1999)
| father = Ranjitsinh Patankar<ref>{{cite news |title=A water industry where only money flows |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/a-water-industry-where-only-money-flows/cid/389442 |publisher=[[Telegraph India]] |date=August 9, 2012}}</ref>
| spouse =
| children = 2 (including Satyajit Patankar)<ref>{{cite news |last1=A Ashar |first1=Sandeep |title=In Satara, it's dynasty that decides |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/in-satara-its-dynasty-that-decides/ |publisher=[[Indian Express]] |date=October 4, 2014}}</ref>
| website =
| footnotes =
}}
'''Vikramsinh Ranjitsinh Patankar''' (born December 27, 1943) is an Indian politician from [[Maharashtra]],<ref>{{cite news |title=विक्रमसिंह पाटणकरांवर लोकांची मोठी प्रेमभावना : शरद पवार |url=https://www.lokmat.com/satara/big-love-vikramsinh-patankar-sharad-pawar/ |publisher=[[Lokmat]] |date=December 25, 2018 |language=Marathi}}</ref> who was a [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]] (MLA), representing the [[Patan (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)]] for five terms since 1983 to 2014, winning 1983, [[1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1985]], [[1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1990]], [[1995_Maharashtra_Legislative_Assembly_election|1995]], [[1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1999]] and [[2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2009]] elections.<ref name=el>{{cite news |title=Sitting and previous MLAs from Patan Assembly Constituency |url=http://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/patan.html |accessdate=December 19, 2019 |publisher=Elections.in}}</ref> He is a senior leader of the [[Nationalist Congress Party]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Joshi |first1=Yogesh |title=Senior NCP leaders unhappy at being left out of Cabinet |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/senior-ncp-leaders-unhappy-at-being-left-out-of-cabinet/story-Ix4IeLUkZe3wLmtHCp9cIK.html |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=November 9, 2009}}</ref>

He served as the Minister of [[Central Public Works Department|Public works]] in the cabinet of [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]] from 1999 to 2004.<ref name="Red" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ashraf |first1=Syed Firdaus |title=Shivajirao Patil-Nilangekar, Adik in Maharashtra ministry |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2003/jan/25maha.htm |work=[[Rediff.com]] |date=January 25, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=28 take oath as ministers in Maharashtra |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99oct20/nation.htm |publisher=[[Tribune India]] |date=October 19, 1999}}</ref> In July 2004, he was given additional charge of Tourism Ministry in the [[Sushilkumar Shinde]]'s cabinet.<ref name=Zee>{{cite news |title=Shinde keeps revenue, gives energy to Kshirsagar |url=https://zeenews.india.com/home/shinde-keeps-revenue-gives-energy-to-kshirsagar_167886.html |publisher=[[Zee News]] |date=July 13, 2004}}</ref>

== Background and family ==
Vikramsinh Patankar hails from [[Patan, Satara|Patan]] royal family, that participated in the establishment of [[Hindavi Swarajya]].<ref>{{cite news |title=पाटणकर घराण्याचा इतिहास अलौकिक – बाबासाहेब पुरंदरे |url=https://www.loksatta.com/maharashtra-news/patankar-family-history-supernatural-babasaheb-purandare-3-433214/ |publisher=[[Loksatta]] |date=April 10, 2014 |language=Marathi}}</ref> He received a [[bachelor's degree]] in commerce from the [[University of Baroda]] in 1962.<ref>{{cite web |title=Patankar Vikramsinha Ranjitsinha (Winner) - Election Result 2009 |url=http://myneta.info/mh2009/candidate.php?candidate_id=3403 |publisher=Myneta |accessdate=December 19, 2019}}</ref>

== Career ==
He was first elected as an MLA, by winning a bye-election in 1983 from [[Patan (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)|Patan]],<ref>{{cite web |title=पाटण तालुक्याला परिस सापडला |url=http://vikramsinhpatankar.in/details.php |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801145327/http://vikramsinhpatankar.in/details.php |archivedate=August 1, 2016 |language=Marathi}}</ref> and subsequently re-elected from the same constituency in [[1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1985 assembly election]] on the ticket of [[Indian Congress (Socialist)]]. In 1990, he won the seat, securing 62647 votes for [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name=el/> He was re-elected in the [[1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1995 assembly election]] by defeating nearest rival [[Shambhuraj Desai]]. In 1999, he successfully contested the election from the [[Sharad Pawar]]'s newly formed party, [[Nationalist Congress Party]].<ref name=el/>

In 1999, he was assigned the ministry of Public works in the chief minister [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]]'s cabinet.<ref name=Red>{{cite news |title=The Maharashtra Council of Ministers |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/1999/oct/31maha1.htm |work=[[Rediff.com]] |date=October 31, 1999}}</ref> In 2002, he was a Guardian Minister for [[Beed district]] of [[Maharashtra]]. He held additional charge of Maharashtra's Tourism Ministry in [[Sushilkumar Shinde]]'s cabinet from July 2004 to November 2004.<ref name=Zee/>

He played a major role in the upcoming [[Mahabaleshwar|New Mahabaleshwar]] project in [[Satara district]].<ref>{{cite news |title=नवीन महाबळेश्वर प्रकल्प साकारणारच : पाटणकर |url=https://www.dainikprabhat.com/new-mahabaleshwar-project-to-be-implemented-patankar/ |publisher=Dainik Prabhat |date=September 20, 2019 |language=Marathi}}</ref> During his tenure as PWD Minister, he worked on the completion of [[Mumbai Pune Expressway]]<ref>{{cite news |title=State may levy toll on old Mumbai-Pune road |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/State-may-levy-toll-on-old-Mumbai-Pune-road/articleshow/46609183.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=May 17, 2003}}</ref> and [[Bandra–Worli Sea Link]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bandra-Worli Link: MSRDC To Receive State Guarantee |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/bandra-worli-link-msrdc-to-receive-state-guarantee/112234/ |publisher=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]] |date=August 13, 2004}}</ref> He helped set up one of the largest wind farm in Asia in [[Patan, Maharashtra|Patan]] taluka of [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite news |title=पवनचक्क्या उद्योगाला अखेरची घरघर |url=http://www.pudhari.news/news/Satara/Windmill-Industry-Now-Troubles/ |publisher=[[Pudhari]] |date=January 30, 2019 |language=Marathi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=भ्रष्टाचाराने बरबटलेल्या सरकारला पायउतार करण्याची वेळ : खा. शरद पवार |url=http://www.lokmanthan.com/2018/12/blog-post_3383.html?m=0 |publisher=Lokmanthan |date=December 26, 2018 |language=Marathi}}</ref> Patankar also held the position of chairman of the [[Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-DCP takes charge of expressway security |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Ex-DCP-takes-charge-of-expressway-security/articleshow/24614346.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=October 9, 2002}}</ref>

He lost the assembly election in 2004 by a small margin.<ref name=el/> In 2009, Vikramsinh Patankar won the assembly election from [[Patan (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)|Patan]] constituency by defeating the [[Shiv Sena]]'s candidate by a margin of 580 votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Patan Election Result 2014 |url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2019/maharashtra/patan-election-result-s13a261/ |publisher=[[News18]] |date=December 5, 2019}}</ref> Before being elected as an [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], Vikramsinh Patankar was elected as a member of [[District Councils of India|Zila Parishad]] (district council) from [[Satara district]] in 1972.<ref name=web>{{cite web |title=Vikramsinh Patankar's Career |url=http://vikramsinhpatankar.in/career.php |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801152107/http://vikramsinhpatankar.in/career.php |archivedate=August 1, 2016}}</ref>

== Positions held ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! # !! From !! To !! Position !! Refs.
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| 01 || 1972|| 1979|| [[District Councils of India|Member of Zila Parishad]], [[Satara district]]||<ref name=web/>
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| 02 || 1983|| 1985 || [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]] for [[Patan (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)|Patan]] ||<ref name=el/>
|-
| 03 || 1985|| 1990 || [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]] for [[Patan (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)|Patan]] ||<ref name=el/>
|-
| 04 || 1990|| 1995 || [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]] for [[Patan (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)|Patan]] ||<ref name=el/>
|-
| 05 || 1995|| 1999 || [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]] for [[Patan (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)|Patan]] ||<ref name=el/>
|-
| 06 || 1999|| 2004|| [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]] for [[Patan (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)|Patan]] ||<ref name=el/>
|-
| 07 || 1999|| 2004|| [[Ministry of Tourism (India)|Minister of Tourism]] & [[Central Public Works Department|PWD]], [[Government of Maharashtra]]||<ref name=Red/><ref name=Zee/>
|-
| 08 || 2009|| 2014||[[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]] for [[Patan (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)|Patan]] ||<ref name=el/>
|-
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170928064336/http://vikramsinhpatankar.in/ Official website- Archive]
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->Extraordinary Writ: Adding short description: "Indian politician" (Shortdesc helper)