Babagouda Patil | |
Birth Date: | 6 January 1945 |
Birth Place: | Chikka Bagewadi, Belgavi, Karnataka |
Death Place: | Belgavi, Karnataka |
Office: | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Rural Development Government of India |
Term Start: | 19 March 1998 |
Term End: | 13 October 1999 |
Predecessor: | Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu |
Successor: | Sundar Lal Patwa |
Primeminister: | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Office1: | Member of Parliament Lok Sabha |
Term Start1: | 1998 |
Term End1: | 1999 |
Predecessor1: | Shivanand Koujalagi |
Successor1: | Amarsinh Vasantrao Patil |
Constituency1: | Belagavi |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Babagouda Patil (6 January 1945 – 21 May 2021) was an Indian politician. He was Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Rural Development in the Government of India during Second Vajpayee Ministry.
Patil was elected to the Lok Sabha from Belagavi in Karnataka on the Bharatiya Janata Party ticket. Before joining BJP he was founder and chairperson of “Karnataka Rajya Raityasangha” through which he worked for the welfare of Indian farmers. He was active in the farmers' movement in Karnataka. He was the Minister of Rural development in Government of India during 1998 to 1999.
Patil died in 2021 from COVID-19.[1]