Ramrao Krishnarao Patil Explained

Ramarao Patil
Birth Name:	Ramarao Krishnarao Patil
Birth Date:	13 December 1907
Death Place:	Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Party:	Indian National Congress
Occupation:	Freedom fighter, civil servant
Honorific Suffix:	ICS
Awards:	Jamnalal Bajaj Award (1997) Maharashtra Bhushan (posthumous) (2007)
Known For:	Cosigning the Nagpur Pact Playing an important role in merging Vidarbha region to Maharashtra
Office1:	Member of Planning Commission of India
Term1:	1951 - 1956
Office2:	District Magistrate of Central Provinces and Berar

Ramrao Krishnarao Patil (13 December 1907–1 June 2007) was an Indian Gandhian and freedom fighter from India.

He was member of the elite Indian Civil Service and worked as district collector in the Central Provinces. He cosigned the Nagpur Pact.^[1]

He was member of the first Planning Commission set up by then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.^[2]

He was a recipient of the Jamnalal Bajaj Award in 1997^[3] and was awarded Maharashtra Bhushan Award in 2007 posthumously.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: R K Patil to be conferred with Maharashtra Bhushan award. 15 May 2007.
2. Web site: Archived copy . 3 December 2009 . 4 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100304144132/http://planningcommission.nic.in/aboutus/history/past_memb.pdf . dead .
3. Web site: JB Award . Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation . 2015 . 13 October 2015.
4. Web site: Maharashtra Bhushan award to be conferred posthumously on R K Patil. One India. 2009-12-02.