| R. R. Patil | |
| Honorific Prefix: | Aaba |
| Birth Date: | 16 August 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Tasgaon, Bombay State, India |
| Death Place: | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Citizenship: | Indian |
| Education: | B.A, L.L.B. |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Party: | Nationalist Congress Party Indian National Congress |
| Spouse: | Suman Patil |
| Children: | 3 |
| Office: | 7th Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra |
| Term Start: | 1 November 2004 |
| Term End: | 4 December 2008 |
| Subterm: | Cabinet |
| Suboffice: | Second Deshmukh ministry |
| Minister: | |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | Vilasrao Deshmukh |
| 2Blankname: | Guardian Minister |
| 2Namedata: | |
| Governor: | |
| Predecessor: | |
| Successor: | |
| Office1: | Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra |
| Term Start1: | 11 November 2010 |
| Term End1: | 26 September 2014 |
| Subterm1: | Cabinet |
| Suboffice1: | Prithviraj Chavan ministry |
| Minister1: | |
| 1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | Prithviraj Chavan |
| 2Blankname1: | Deputy CM |
| 2Namedata1: | Ajit Pawar |
| 3Blankname1: | Guardian Minister |
| 3Namedata1: | |
| Governor1: |
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| Predecessor1: | |
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| Office2: | Leader of The House Maharashtra Legislative Council |
| Term Start2: | 29 September 2012 |
| Term End2: | 26 September 2014 |
| 1Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata2: | Prithviraj Chavan |
| 2Blankname2: | Chairman of the House |
| 3Blankname2: | Deputy Leader |
| Predecessor2: | Ajit Pawar |
| Successor2: | Eknath Khadse |
| Term Start3: | 1 November 2004 |
| Term End3: | 4 December 2008 |
| 1Blankname3: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata3: | Vilasrao Deshmukh |
| 2Blankname3: | Chairman of the House |
| 3Blankname3: | Deputy Leader |
| 3Namedata3: | Anees Ahmed |
| Predecessor3: | Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil |
| Successor3: | Patangrao Kadam |
| Office4: | Deputy Leader of The House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start4: | 1 November 2004 |
| Term End4: | 4 December 2008 |
| 1Blankname4: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata4: | Vilasrao Deshmukh |
| 2Blankname4: | Speaker of the House |
| 2Namedata4: | Babasaheb Kupekar |
| 3Blankname4: | Leader of the House |
| 3Namedata4: | Vilasrao Deshmukh |
| Predecessor4: | Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil |
| Successor4: | Chhagan Bhujbal |
| Office5: | Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra |
| Term Start5: | 7 November 2009 |
| Term End5: | 11 November 2010 |
| Minister5: | |
| 1Blankname5: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata5: | Ashok Chavan |
| Subterm5: | Cabinet |
| Suboffice5: | Second Ashok Chavan ministry |
| Governor5: | |
| 3Blankname5: | Guardian Minister |
| 3Namedata5: | |
| 2Blankname5: | Deputy CM |
| 2Namedata5: | Chhagan Bhujbal |
| Office6: | Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra |
| Term Start6: | 8 December 2008 |
| Term End6: | 6 November 2009 |
| Minister6: | |
| 1Blankname6: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata6: | Ashok Chavan |
| Suboffice6: | First Ashok Chavan ministry |
| Governor6: | |
| 3Blankname6: | Guardian Minister |
| 3Namedata6: | |
| 2Blankname6: | Deputy CM |
| 2Namedata6: | Chhagan Bhujbal |
| Predecessor6: | |
| Successor6: | |
| Office7: | Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra |
| Term Start7: | 27 January 2003 |
| Term End7: | 19 October 2004 |
| Minister7: | |
| 1Blankname7: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata7: | Sushilkumar Shinde |
| Subterm7: | Cabinet |
| Suboffice7: | Sushilkumar Shinde ministry |
| Governor7: | |
| 3Blankname7: | Guardian Minister |
| 3Namedata7: | |
| 2Blankname7: | Deputy CM |
| 2Namedata7: | |
| Predecessor7: |
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| Successor7: | Himself DCM |
| Office8: | Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra |
| Term Start8: | 18 October 1999 |
| Term End8: | 16 January 2003 |
| Minister8: | |
| 1Blankname8: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata8: | Vilasrao Deshmukh |
| Subterm8: | Cabinet |
| Suboffice8: | First Deshmukh ministry |
| Governor8: | |
| 3Blankname8: | Guardian Minister |
| 3Namedata8: | |
| 2Blankname8: | Deputy CM |
| 2Namedata8: | Chhagan Bhujbal |
| Predecessor8: | |
| Successor8: | |
| Office9: | Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start9: | 1990 |
| Term End9: | 16 February 2015 |
| Governor9: | |
| 1Blankname9: | Speaker of the House |
| 1Namedata9: |
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| Constituency9: | Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal |
| Predecessor9: | Kalyanrao Jayvantrao Patil |
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| Successor9: | Suman Patil |
Raosaheb Ramrao Patil, better known as R. R. Patil (16 August 1957 - 16 February 2015), was an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He was an MLA for Tasgaon vidhan sabha constituency from 1991 to 2015. He was an important leader of modern Maharashtra. He was a member of the Nationalist Congress Party. He became Home Minister of Maharashtra for the second time after the 2009 Maharashtra assembly election victory of the Congress-NCP alliance. He was also the former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
R. R. Patil, popularly known as "Aaba", (Marathi: आबा) was born on 16 August 1957 in the village of Anjani, in the Tasgaon taluka, Sangli district in the State of Maharashtra. Despite his father being the village head, their financial condition was not good. He completed most of his education under the government scheme of "Earn & Learn". He obtained a B.A. and an LL.B. from Shantiniketan college in Sangli.
Patil was a member of Sangli Zillah Parishad from 1979 to 1990 from Savlaj constituency, then was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 1990, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014 representing Tasgaon, in Sangli district. He became the Chief Whip of the Congress Party in the assembly as well as the chairman of the public accounts committee of the assembly in 1996 - 97 and 1998 - 99.
After 1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, he became the Rural Development Minister of Maharashtra in the Congress-NCP coalition government in October 1999. He became the Home Minister of Maharashtra on 25 December 2003. After taking charge of Home Ministry, he also sought guardianship of naxal activity affected district Gadchiroli. Since then, in spite of many naxal attacks, he encouraged natives to support elected government through some developmental work for them. On 1 November 2004, he was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He was also the chief of the Nationalist Congress Party's Maharashtra unit and NCP legislative party in Maharashtra.
He was a respected politician in Maharashtra, also christened as 'Mr Clean'[1] [2] in political circles due to his clean image in the erstwhile tainted political party and also due to cleanliness awareness initiatives like "Gadage Baba Swachata Abhiyan" & "Tantamukt Gaon".
His comments in the aftermath of the November 2008 Mumbai attacks have drawn severe criticism for downplaying the gravity of the situation. He was quoted as saying, "They (the terrorists) came to kill 5,000 people but we ensured minimal damage".July 2016. Sources close to him have argued that his comments are being taken out of context and that he did not intend to downplay the grievous attack.
He resigned on 1 December 2008 after further remarks on the attacks. When asked at a press conference whether the terror strike was an intelligence failure Patil said, "It is not like that. In big cities like this, incidents like this do happen. It's [sic] is not a total failure." Patil's words drew flak from many quarters. Mumbai residents who saw him say this on television or were told about it by reporters pointed out the irony of politicians making such statements after being provided high security.[3] [4] [5] [6]
Patil died at Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre after a long fight with oral cancer. Patil showed signs of improvement after his initial treatment and was taken off life support in January 2015, but he succumbed to the disease on 16 February 2015.[7] [8] The last rites were performed in Anjani village in Tasgaon area of Sangli district, Maharashtra on 17 February 2015.[9] Patil's funeral was held with state honours, including a 21-gun salute by the Maharashtra government and was attended by the Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Anna Hazare, Sharad Pawar and other political leaders from various parties.[10]