Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel
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Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel | |
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British India (now Anand, Gujarat, India) | |
| Died | 3 June 1994 (aged 90) Gujarat, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Shrimati Mani Laxmi |
| Awards | Padma Bhushan (1964) Ramon Magsaysay Award (1963) |
Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel (22 October 1903 - 3 June 1994) was an Indian independence activist, lawyer, and politician.[1] A follower of Mahatma Gandhi,[1] he is regarded as the father of the cooperative movement in India,[1] most notably in the Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers' Union in 1946, and the Anand Co-operative movement.
Early life and activism
Born on 22 October 1903, in
Cooperative movement
By the late 1940s, he started working with farmers in
Tribhuvandas Patel was awarded the 1963
He remained Secretary/President of the
Under the leadership of Tribhuvandas Patel, in August 1973,
The former chairperson of the National Dairy Development Board, Amrita Patel remarked in her opening address at an event at the Institute of Rural Management Anand about the Tribhuvandas Foundation saying "[Tribhuvandas Foundation] works in over 600 villages in the state of Gujarat in the field of maternal and infant care. What is unique about the programme of the Foundation is that it rides on the back of milk. It is the village milk co-operative that appoints a village health worker and pays an honorarium to the village health worker to undertake the work. So it is milk paying for health."[6]
Patel was active until his death, working to set up cooperative organizations for farming commodities such as oil. In the days before his death on June 3, 1994, thousands of farmers from all over Kaira visited him, assuring him that the movement started in 1946 would be continued. In these last days, he frequently asked about Kurien who, despite the urgency conveyed to him, never visited him before his death. More incidents and details about Patel's life have not been reported in English, partly due to the lack of translation from the native Gujarati language.[1]
On finding out about the financial struggle and shelving faced by the production of a film on his mentor Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel titled Sardar, Patel made the financial contributions necessary to have the film completed and released. It is not known if he watched the film.[citation needed]
Awards and honours
- 1963: Community Leadership'[1]
- 1964: Padma Bhushan[7]
Personal life
He was married to Shrimati Mani Laxmi, and had one daughter and six sons. He had several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Amul remembers Tribhuvandas on his birth anniversary". Indian Cooperative. 23 October 2019. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ a b Biography of Tribhuvandas K. Patel Archived 26 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation Official website.
- ^ Amul : Evolution of Marketing Strategy Archived 16 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine Marketing Case Studies.
- Govt. of IndiaPortal.
- ^ Previous Members Profile Archived 17 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine Rajya Sabha Official website."21/07/1967 - 02/04/1968 and 03/04/1968 - 02/04/1974, Gujarat, INC."
- ^ "Opening Address". www.ilri.org. Archived from the original on 17 October 2008.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
Further reading
- Profile of Tribhuvandas K. Patel on 'Ramon Magsaysay Award Site'
- Magsaysay Award Profile
- AMUL's 25th Anniversary Celebrations