Vitthalbhai Patel Explained

Vitthalbhai Patel
Birth Date:21 May 1936
Birth Place:Sagar, Central Provinces and Berar, British India
Death Place:Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India
Profession:Indian poet, Social activist, lyricist, and senior congress leader
Party:Indian National Congress
Office:Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency:Surkhi
Term Start:1980
Term End:1990
Predecessor:Laxminarayan Yadav
Successor:Laxminarayan Yadav
Nationality:Indian
Children:1 son and 2 daughters

Vitthalbhai Patel (21 May 1936 – 7 September 2013) was an Indian poet, lyricist, and senior 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.[1]

He was from Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India where he lived most of his life. He wrote in Hindi and Bundeli.

He died on 7 September 2013 after a prolonged illness.[2] He was 75.

Patel was twice elected to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Surkhi constituency. He was a minister in the cabinets of Arjun Singh, Motilal Vora and Shyama Charan Shukla.

Patel wrote the lyrics to 55 Hindi film songs, as well as five collections of poems.

Notes and References

  1. Book: K A Abbas. Bobby: The Complete Story. December 2013. HarperCollins Publishers. 978-93-5029-554-0. 2.
  2. Web site: Harbhajan . Current Affairs 7th September 2013 . AEG India . 2013-09-08 . 2013-10-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130909075258/http://www.aegindia.org/2013/09/current-affairs-7th-september-2013/2131938.html . 9 September 2013 .