| Harshvardhan Shahajirao Patil | |
| Birth Date: | 21 August 1963 |
| Birth Place: | At.Post Bawada, Tq. Indapur, Pune District |
| Constituency: | Indapur |
| Office: | Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
| Termstart: | (1995-1999), (1999-2004), (2004-2009), (2009 |
| Termend: | 2014) |
| Predecessor: | Ganpatrao Sitaram Patil |
| Successor: | Dattatray Vithoba Bharne |
| Minister1: | |
| Term Start1: | 14 March 1995 |
| Term End1: | 17 Oct 1999 |
| Predecessor1: | Manikrao Thakare |
| Successor1: | Dada Jadhavrao |
| Minister2: | |
| Term Start2: | 9 Sep 2001 |
| Term End2: | 1 Nov 2004 |
| Predecessor2: | Ganpatrao Deshmukh |
| Successor2: | Ranjeet Deshmukh |
| Minister3: | |
| Term Start3: | 9 Nov 2004 |
| Term End3: | 1 Dec 2008 |
| Predecessor3: | Vilasrao Deshmukh |
| Successor3: | Vinay Kore Madan Patil |
| Minister4: | |
| Term Start4: | 8 Dec 2008 |
| Term End4: | 6 Nov 2009 |
| Predecessor4: | Patangrao Kadam Vilasrao Deshmukh |
| Successor4: | Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar Ashok Chavan |
| Minister5: | |
| Term Start5: | 7 Nov 2009 |
| Term End5: | 10 Nov 2010 |
| Predecessor5: | Anees Ahmed |
| Successor5: | Madan Patil Mohammed Arif Naseem Khan |
| Minister6: | |
| Term Start6: | 11 Nov 2010 |
| Term End6: | 26 Sep 2014 |
| Predecessor6: | Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar |
| Successor6: | Prakash Mehta Chandrakant Patil |
| Otherparty: | Bharatiya Janata Party Indian National Congress |
| Spouse: | Mrs. Bhagyashri Patil |
| Children: | Ankitaa Patil Thackeray Rajvardhan Patil |
Harshvardhan Shahajirao Patil (born 21 August 1963), is an Indian politician from Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) from Indapur, near Pune in Maharashtra. He quit Indian National Congress in September 2019 after a long association with it.[1] [2]
He was one of the few ministers who was presiding as a minister for four consecutive terms (1995-2014) in Government of Maharashtra. He has shouldered responsibilities of Cooperative Ministry and currently Legislative Affairs. He is known for cordial relations with all party members. He was a minister from 1995 to 2014.
He was elected MLA as an independent in 1995, 1999, 2004. In 2009 he was elected MLA as an Indian National Congress candidate. He was appointed co-operation and parliamentary affairs minister in Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan's ministry. There are tussles seen for control over Indapur between Nationalist Congress Party and Indian National Congress under his leadership.[3] [4] [5]
In August 2014, he was attacked by few activists who hurled ink at him injuring his left eye. He was immediately taken to Baramati for primarily treatment. A few months later, in October 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, he was defeated from Indapur constituency by Nationalist Congress Party candidate Dattatray Vithoba Bharne by margin of 14,173 votes.[6]
He is the nephew of Shankarrao Bajirao Patil, the former MP.