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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
|name = Vitthalbhai Patel<br />
|birth_date = {{birth date|1936|5|21|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Sagar, Madhya Pradesh|Sagar]], [[Central Provinces and Berar]], [[British India]]<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|2013|9|7|1936|5|21|df=y}}<br />
|death_place = [[Sagar, Madhya Pradesh|Sagar]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
|profession = Indian poet, Social activist, lyricist, and senior congress leader<br />
|party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|office = Member of the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
|constituency = [[Surkhi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Surkhi]]<br />
|term_start = 1980<br />
|term_end = 1990<br />
|predecessor = [[Laxminarayan Yadav]]<br />
|successor = [[Laxminarayan Yadav]]<br />
|nationality = Indian<br />
|children = 1 son and 2 daughters<br />
}}<br />
'''Vitthalbhai Patel''' (21 May 1936 – 7 September 2013) was an Indian poet, lyricist, and senior [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] leader known for his contributions in social services and politics as well as for penning several Hindi film songs, including "Na Maangu Sona Chaandi" and "Jhooth Bole Kauva Kaate" from the 1973 movie ''[[Bobby (1973 film)|Bobby]]''.<ref name="Abbas">{{cite book|author=K A Abbas|title=Bobby: The Complete Story|date=December 2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rcXU8RA9HXYC&pg=PT2|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|isbn=978-93-5029-554-0|page=2}}</ref><br />
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He was from [[Sagar, Madhya Pradesh]], India where he lived most of his life. He wrote in [[Hindi]] and [[Bundeli language|Bundeli]].<br />
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He died on 7 September 2013 after a prolonged illness.<ref>{{cite web |author=Harbhajan |url=http://www.aegindia.org/2013/09/current-affairs-7th-september-2013/2131938.html |title=Current Affairs 7th September 2013 |publisher=AEG India |date=2013-09-08 |access-date=2013-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909075258/http://www.aegindia.org/2013/09/current-affairs-7th-september-2013/2131938.html |archive-date=9 September 2013 }}</ref> He was 75.<br />
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Patel was twice elected to the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] from [[Surkhi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Surkhi]] constituency. He was a minister in the cabinets of [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)|Arjun Singh]], [[Motilal Vora]] and [[Shyama Charan Shukla]].<br />
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Patel wrote the lyrics to 55 Hindi film songs, as well as five collections of poems.<br />
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[[Category:2013 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:1939 births]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male songwriters]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian musicians]]<br />
[[Category:People from Sagar, Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1980–1985]]<br />
[[Category:Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1985–1990]]</div>->MPGuy2824