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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Balasaheb Vikhe Patil<br />
| image = Balasaheb Vikhe Patil accepting Padma Bhushan (cropped).jpg<br />
| caption = Patil in 2010<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1932|4|10}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Ahmednagar]], [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| residence = [[Ahmednagar]](Ahilyanagar)<br />
| office = [[Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises|Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises]]<br />[[Government of India]]<br />
| primeminister = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]<br />
| term_start = 1 July 2002<br />
| term_end = 24 May 2003<br />
| predecessor = [[Suresh Prabhu]]<br />
| successor = [[Subodh Mohite]]<br />
| office1 = [[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of State in Ministry of Finance]]<br />[[Government of India]]<br />
| primeminister1 = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]<br />
| term_start1 = 13 October 1999<br />
| term_end1 = 1 July 2002<br />
| predecessor1 = [[V. Dhananjay Kumar]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Anant Geete]]<br />
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament]]<br />[[Lok Sabha]]<br />
| term_start2 = 6 October 1999<br />
| term_end2 = 17 May 2009<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Prasad Tanpure]]<br />
| successor2 = '''Constituency Abolished'''<br />
| constituency2 = [[Kopargaon (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Kopargaon]]<br />
| term_start3 = 10 March 1998<br />
| term_end3 = 26 April 1999<br />
| predecessor3 = Maruti Devaram Shelke<br />
| successor3 = [[Dilip Kumar Gandhi]]<br />
| constituency3 = [[Ahmednagar Lok Sabha constituency|Ahmednagar]]<br />
| term_start4 = 1971<br />
| term_end4 = 1991<br />
| predecessor4 = [[Annasaheb Shinde]]<br />
| successor4 = [[Shankarrao Kale]]<br />
| constituency4 = [[Kopargaon (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Kopargaon]]<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| otherparty = [[Shiv Sena (1966–2022)|Shivsena]]<br />
| father = [[Vithalrao Vikhe Patil]]<br />
| spouse = Sindhutai<br />
| children = 5 including Ashok Vikhe Patil, [[Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil]] & Rajendra Vikhe Patil,<br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|12|30|1932|4|10|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = Loni, Pravaranagar (District [[Ahmednagar]]), [[Maharashtra]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Eknathrao''', alias '''Balasaheb Vikhe Patil''' (10 April 1932 – 30 December 2016), was an Indian politician and former [[Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises|Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises]] and [[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of state of Finance]] in [[Government of India]]. He served as a Member of Parliament of [[Lok Sabha]] variously representing [[Kopargaon Lok Sabha constituency|Kopargaon]] and [[Ahmednagar Lok Sabha constituency|Ahmednagar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/latest/825563/former-union-minister-balasaheb-vikhe-patil-dies-at-84|title = Former Union minister Balasaheb Vikhe Patil died aged 84}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] but later joined [[Shiv Sena (1966–2022)|Shivsena]]. He was appointed Pro-tem Speaker of 14th Lok Sabha.<br />
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==Political career==<br />
He was a prominent political leader in [[Maharashtra]]. He was a Minister in the [[Third Vajpayee Ministry]].<br />
He served seven terms as a [[Lok Sabha]] MP representing [[Kopargaon Lok Sabha constituency|Kopargaon]] and [[Ahmednagar Lok Sabha constituency|Ahmednagar]].<br />
He won his Lok Sabha seat in 1998 as a candidate for Shiv Sena. As a supporter of the NDA government he was appointed [[Minister of State]] in [[Ministry of Finance (India)]] and later on appointed [[Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises|Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises]] in the [[Government of India]]. He rejoined the Indian National Congress in 2004.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Former Union minister Balasaheb Vikhe Patil dies at 84 |url=https://scroll.in/latest/825563/former-union-minister-balasaheb-vikhe-patil-dies-at-84 |access-date=3 September 2024 |work=Scroll.in}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
He was the eldest son of [[Vithalrao Vikhe Patil]], who started Asia's first Co-operative sugar factory at Loni in Maharashtra.<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* The '''Jeevan Sadhana Gaurav Award''' from Pune University for lifetime achievement in the field of education and rural development in 2007<br />
* [[Padma Bhushan]] by [[Government of India]] on 31 March 2010 for his outstanding work in the field of Social Work.<ref name=Times>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/Aamir-Rahman-awarded-Padma-Bhushan/Article1-525510.aspx Former Union Minister Balasaheb Vikhe Patil got Padma Bhushan for social work] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605044500/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Aamir-Rahman-awarded-Padma-Bhushan/Article1-525510.aspx |date=5 June 2011 }}</ref><br />
* '''D.Sc - Doctor of Science''' Award awarded in the year 2013 by Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13MH40.htm Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]<br />
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