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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| birth_place = [[Nadiad]], [[Kheda district]], [[Gujarat]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1996|6|12|1920|12|6}}
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
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| occupation = Industrialist, politician, writer
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'''Manibhai Jaberbhai Patel''' (1920-1996) was an Indian industrialist, writer, politician and a member of the [[4th Lok Sabha]]. He represented [[Damoh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Damoh]] [[Lok Sabha]] constituency from 1967 and was a member of [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] for two terms, from 1957–62 and 1962–67. He was the author of a number of books which included ''Nehru Vani'', ''Janata ke Jawahar'', ''Shantidoot Shastriji'', ''Shreemati Indira Gandhi'', ''Panchayaten Aur Humara Dayitwa'' and ''Pagdandiyon ki Awaz''. The [[Government of India]] awarded him [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest Indian civilian award, in 1971.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/ |title=Padma Awards |date=2018-05-17 |website=Padma Awards |publisher=Government of India |access-date=2018-05-17}}</ref>

==Biography==
Manibhai Patel was born on 6 December 1920 at [[Nadiad]] in [[Kheda district]] of the Indian state of [[Gujarat]] to Jhaverbhai Bhulabhai Patel–Lilaben M. Patel couple.<ref name="Members Bioprofile">{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1889.htm |title=Members Bioprofile |date=2018-05-27 |website=164.100.47.194 |access-date=2018-05-27}}</ref> Choosing the career of a businessman, he was active in labor and business administration, too and was a member of such organizations as Madhya Pradesh Labour Advisory Committee, Small Scale Industries of [[Saugor]] and Madhya Pradesh Board of Industries and Mineral Resources. He was also a member of the Indian Standards Institution (present-day [[Bureau of Indian Standards]]) and was a part of the Government of India delegation visited abroad for finding market for Indian tobacco and tobacco products.<ref name="Members Bioprofile" />

Politically, Patel was aligned to the [[Indian National Congress (Organisation)|Indian National Congress]] and successfully contested two elections to the [[Vidhan Sabha]], representing [[Rehli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rehli]] constituency in 1957 and 1962 during which period he also served as the chairman of the Library Committee of the Assembly.<ref name="Members Bioprofile" /> In the [[1967 Indian general election|general election of 1967]], he contested to the [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Damoh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Damoh]] Lok Sabha constituency and served as a member of parliament until 1971.<ref name="Members : Lok Sabha">{{Cite web |url=https://loksabha.nic.in/Members/lokprev.aspx |title=Members : Lok Sabha |date=2018-05-27 |website=loksabha.nic.in |access-date=2018-05-27}}</ref> He was also a member of the [[Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee]] and the [[All India Congress Committee]].<ref name="Members Bioprofile" />

Patel was the author of a number of books viz. ''Nehru Vani'', ''Janata ke Jawahar'', ''Shantidoot Shastriji'', ''Shreemati Indira Gandhi'', ''Panchayaten Aur Humara Dayitwa'' and ''Pagdandiyon ki Awaz''.<ref name="XI LOK SABHA DEBATES, Session IV (Budget)">{{Cite web |url=https://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lsdeb/ls11/ses4/03200297.htm |title=XI LOK SABHA DEBATES, Session IV (Budget) |date=20 February 1997 |website=parliamentofindia.nic.in |access-date=2018-05-27}}</ref> He died on 12 June 1996, at the age of 75, at [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]].<ref name="XI LOK SABHA DEBATES, Session IV (Budget)" />

Kids - Nalinkumar Manibhai Patel and Dilip Patel

==See also==
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* [[List of members of the 4th Lok Sabha]]
* [[Elections in Madhya Pradesh]]
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{{portal|India|Politics}}

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==External links==
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