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    Sadashiv Kanoji Patil (S. K. Patil) was a prominent Congress leader and freedom fighter from Maharashtra, known for his contributions to Mumbai's cultural and political landscape. He served as the mayor of Bombay three times and held various ministerial positions, including Minister of Railways. Patil was a key figure in advocating for Bombay's status as an autonomous city-state and was involved in the Congress party's factional splits in the late 1960s.

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    S. K.

    Patil
    Sadashiv Kanoji Patil (abbreviated as S. K. Patil) (1898–1981) was a
    former Congress leader from Maharashtra. A veteran freedom-fighter, he S. K. Patil
    was a qualified journalist, scholar and orator. He was thrice elected mayor
    of Bombay and was known as "the uncrowned king of Bombay".[1][2][3][4]
    He supported, assisted and nurtured a number of institutions, particularly in
    Mumbai and enriched the city culturally.[5]

    Early life
    Minister of Railways
    He was born in 1898 in the village of Zarap between Kudal and Preceded by H. C. Dasappa
    Sawantwadi. His father was a police officer in Kolhapur State. He studied
    Succeeded by Cheppudira Muthana
    law in Poona, then migrated to Bombay at the age of 23 in 1921 to join the
    Poonacha
    chambers of barrister Velingkar. He started his own law practice in 1929
    and practised primarily in the small causes court and the city civil court, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

    and a few civil appeal cases on the appellate side of the Bombay High In office
    Court. He was briefed to appear with M.A. Jinnah in a few criminal cases 1952–1967
    in the early 1930s. By the end of his active practice in the mid 1940s, he Succeeded by George Fernandes
    came to be known as a forceful pleader in first appeals before the high Constituency Mumbai South
    court. He was frequently briefed to appear before various district courts in
    In office
    Bombay Province.
    June 1964 – 12 March 1967
    Personal details
    Career Born 14 August 1898
    Zarap, Kudal Taluka,
    He was the Member of Parliament from Bombay when it was part of the Sindhudurg district, Bombay
    unified Bombay State. He was a union minister during the time of Presidency
    Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shashtri and Indira Gandhi. From 1964 to Died 24 May 1981 (aged 82)
    1967 he was the union minister for railways. Though a three-time MP, he
    As of 17 September, 2006
    was defeated by George Fernandes in Mumbai South (Lok Sabha
    Source: [1] (http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/
    constituency) in 1967 for 4th Lok Sabha. He then fought a by-poll from
    biodata.asp?mpsno=509)
    Banaskantha in Gujarat and rejoined Lok Sabha. In 1969, during the split
    in the Congress party, he along with Morarji Desai and Nijalingappa
    became the leading lights of the Congress (O) faction. He contested from Banaskantha Lok Sabha seat in 1971 on Congress
    (O) ticket but lost to the Congress (R) candidate.

    In the Lok Sabha discussions on the report of the States Reorganisation Commission, on 15 November 1955, Patil demanded
    that the Bombay city be constituted as an autonomous city-state, laying great stress on its cosmopolitan character. He had said
    in a meeting that Maharashtra will not get Mumbai in 5000 years. [6] However, Bombay state was partitioned into the present
    day states of Gujarat and Maharashtra in 1960, and the city of Bombay (now called Mumbai) became the capital of
    Maharashtra.

    References
    1. Rajdeep Sardesai's Blog : Wake up, Mumbai (https://web.archive.org/web/20091019123021/http://ibnlive.in.co
    m/blogs/rajdeepsardesai/1/53835/wake-up-mumbai.html). Ibnlive.in.com (2009-10-16). Retrieved on 2014-05-
    21.
    2. Kudaldeshkar Gaud Brahmin Snehavardhak Sangh (http://www.kudaldeshkar.com/WeareProudof.php).
    Kudaldeshkar.com. Retrieved on 2014-05-21.
    3. When Fernandes Humbled the 'king' (http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/apr/02espec1.htm). Rediff.com.
    Retrieved on 2014-05-21.
    4. The Congress, Indira to Sonia Gandhi – Vijay Sanghvi – Google Books (https://books.google.com/books?id=n
    pdqD_TXucQC&dq=uncrowned+king+of+bombay&pg=PA53). Books.google.co.in. Retrieved on 2014-05-21.
    5. http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/advertise.nsf/(docid)/D620BBCFABC11140E5256C83007E478D
    6. Guha, Ramachandra (13 April 2003). "The battle for Bombay" (https://web.archive.org/web/20030706034116/h
    ttp://hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2003/04/13/stories/2003041300240300.htm). The Hindu. Archived from the
    original on 6 July 2003. Retrieved 12 November 2008.

    External links
    Media related to Sadashiv Kanoji Patil at Wikimedia Commons
    S.K. Patil materials in the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA) (http://www.saadigitalarchive.org/sea
    rch/S.K.%20Patil)

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