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Senior Congress person and erstwhile Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil passed distant astatine his location municipality Latur successful Maharashtra connected Friday (December 12, 2025) morning.
Patil, 90, passed distant astatine his residence ‘Devghar’ aft a little illness, household sources said.
He is survived by his lad Shailesh Patil, daughter-in-law Archana, who is simply a BJP leader, and 2 granddaughters.
The Congress person held respective Union portfolios, including Defence, Commerce, and Science and Technology. Patil was the Union Home Minister from 2004 to 2008, erstwhile helium resigned aft the 26/11 Mumbai panic attack. He was the Governor of Punjab and besides served arsenic Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh from 2010 to 2015.
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Former Union Minister, Lok Sabha Speaker and Congress person Shivraj Patil passed distant astatine the property of 90 successful Latur connected December 12, 2025.
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Shivraj Patil, Minister of State for Science and Technology with Dr. Sidel Castro Diaz-Balarat, Executive Secretary for Nuclear Affairs of the Cuban Council of Ministers, successful New Delhi connected October 3, 1983.
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In this December 30, 2013 picture, the past Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is seen with Punjab Governor Shivraj Patil. He was the Governor of Punjab and besides served arsenic Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh from 2010 to 2015.
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In this July 11, 1991 picture, the past President R. Venkataraman, on with Vice-President and Rajya Sabha president S.D. Sharma and Lok Sabha Speaker Shivraj Patil and Prime Minister Narasimha Rao get to code the associated league of Parliament, successful New Delhi.
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In this October 27, 1983 picture, Shivraj Patil is seen with the past Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Born connected October 12, 1935, Patil began his governmental travel arsenic municipal assembly main of Latur and was elected arsenic an MLA successful the aboriginal 70s.
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Congress person Shivraj Patil served arsenic the 10th Lok Sabha Speaker from 1991 to 1996.
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Known for his dignified conduct, Shivraj Patil ne'er indulged successful idiosyncratic attacks, neither successful nationalist speeches nor successful backstage conversations.
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Shivraj Patil with the past President S.D. Sharma. Patil was besides known for his immense reading, meticulous study, and articulate presentation. His bid implicit Marathi, English, and Hindi, on with his exceptional grasp of law matters, made him a much-respected parliamentarian of his time.
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In this December 8, 1983 picture, Minister of State for Science and Technology, Shivraj Patil, with the members of Italian delegation headed by Luigi Granelli, Cabinet Minister for Scientific and Technological Research successful New Delhi.
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In this October 4, 1982 picture, Shivraj Patil is seen with the French Foreign Trade Minister M. Jobert successful New Delhi.
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Shivraj Patil was elected arsenic an MLA successful the aboriginal 1970s. Later, helium went connected to triumph the Latur Lok Sabha spot 7 times. He mislaid to BJP’s Rupatai Patil Nilangekar successful the 2004 Lok Sabha elections.
