Shivajirao Nilangekar Patil, is a leader of Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

 party and a former chief minister of Maharashtra

Maharashtra

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He was chief minister from June 1985 to March 1986. He had to resign when the Bombay High Court

Bombay High Court

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 passed strictures against him after his daughter’s marks in the MD

Doctor of Medicine

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 exams were found to have been fudged. His rule was the briefest of all chief ministers (apart from caretaker chief minister P K Sawant).

Educational activities

Nilangekar established the Maharashtra Education Trust 1968. Under the agies of his education Society around four senior colleges,12 Higher secondary schools and 15 primary schools established. Maharashtra Pharmacy College, Nilanga, www.mcpnilanga.com was established in 1984. Maharashtra Poly. ( D.Pharmacy) Institute Nilanga Govt. Aided started in 1981. Maharashtra College of Engineering in 1983.
His interests include reading, classical music, volleyball and table tennis.
He is known as one of clean personality of Maharashtra Politics. He was born in Nilanaga , a town in Maharashtra.

External links

• Maharashtra Collage of Engineering Nilanga