Background
PATIL, Veerendra was born on February 28, 1924 in Chincholi, Gulbarga District. Son of Bascappa and Chinnamma Patil.
PATIL, Veerendra was born on February 28, 1924 in Chincholi, Gulbarga District. Son of Bascappa and Chinnamma Patil.
Osmania University, Hyderabad.
Executive Committee Mysore Congress Party 1957. Deputy Minister 1957-1958, Minister 1961-1968, Chief Minister of Karnataka 1968-1971, since 1989. Chief Minister of Mysore 1968-1972.
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals, Government, of India January-October 1980, of Shipping and Transport 1980-1982, of Labour and Rehabilitation 1982, of Shipping and Transport 1984-1985, of Chemicals and Fertilizers January 1985.
President Karnataka Janata Party.
Hyderabad State;; All India Congress Committee. Karnataka State; Rajya Sabha 1972-1978. Delegate to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics 1965, to Japan and South.E. Asia 1970, to Australia 1972, to United Kingdom and Europe 1973.
Married Saradabai (Patil) in 1944.