Biography

Members Bioprofile

PATIL, SMT. PRATIBHA DEVISINGH

[Cong. (I) – Amravati (Maharashtra)]

1962-85

1967-72

1972-74

1974-75

1975-76

1977-78

July, 1979 to 
Feb., 1980

1982-85

1983-85

June, 1985

18 Nov. 1986 to 5 Nov. 1988

1986-88

1991

19th December, 1934

Distt. Jalgaon (Maharashtra)

Married on 7th July, 1965

Shri Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat

One son and one daughter

M.A., LL.B.

Educated at M.J. College, Jalgaon (Maharashtra)

Social worker

(a) 57, New Congress Nagar, Opp. Govt. Milk
Scheme, Amravati
(Maharashtra)

(b) 1701, Wainganga, Worli Sagar Cooperative Housing Society,
Pochkhanwala Road, Worli, Bombay-400018

11, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi-110001. Tel. 3782357

Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

Deputy Minister, Public Health, Prohibition, Tourism, Housing and
Parliamentary Affairs, Maharashtra

Cabinet Minister, Social Welfare, Maharashtra

Cabinet Minister, Public Health and Social Welfare, Maharashtra

Cabinet Minister, Prohibition, Rehabilitation and Cultural Affairs,
Maharashtra

Cabinet Minister, Education, Maharashtra

Leader of Opposition, CLP(I), Maharashtra

Cabinet Minister, Urban Development and Housing, Maharashtra

Cabinet Minister, Civil Supplies and Social Welfare, Maharashtra

Elected to Rajya Sabha

Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha

Chairman, Committee of Privileges, Rajya Sabha

Member, Business Advisory Committee, Rajya Sabha

Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth)

President, P.C.C., Maharashtra

Welfare of women, established a hostel for working women in Bombay and an
Engineering College at Jalgaon for the benefit of rural youth; Managing
Trustee, Shram Sadhna Trust

Development of rural economy

Music and reading

Champion in table tennis during college days and won shields in
Inter-College tournaments

Widely travelled; attended International Council of Social Welfare
Conference, Nairobi and Puerto Rico; Leader, Delegation to Austria on Status
of Women Conference; Member, A.I.C.C.(I) Delegation, Bulgaria, 1985;
Attended Commonwealth Presiding Officers Conference, London, 1988

Organised Women Home Guards in Jalgaon District and was their Commandant
at the time of Chinese aggression in 1962; Vice-Chairman, National
Federation for Cooperative Urban Banks and Credit Societies, and Chairman,
20-Point Programme Implementation Committee, Maharashtra.