Topic: Shivraj Patil
Quotes
There is an element of surprise, and we have to recognize this reality
India mulls investigative agency to check terror May 21, 2008
The central government will give all possible assistance and help to the state to meet any exigency on the terror front
India: We will fight terror at all costs May 15, 2008
The government will boldly thwart the ulterior motives of militants
India: We will fight terror at all costs May 15, 2008
The combined headquarters, which has been set up to coordinate counterinsurgency operations, is also meeting at regular intervals to review the situation and deployment of security forces
Manipur rebels kill Hindi speakers Apr 18, 2008
The killings are suspected to have been perpetrated by armed cadres of a banned Meitei underground outfit, evidently to terrorize the non-local residents in the remote areas in the valley
Manipur rebels kill Hindi speakers Apr 18, 2008
Shivraj Vishwanath Patil (born October 12, 1935) is an Indian politician and a member of the Rajya Sabha. Previously he had been the Speaker of the 11th Lok Sabha and served the Manmohan Singh cabinet as the Union Minister of Home Affairs. He has also served the Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi cabinets as the defence minister during the 80's. He resigned from the post of Home-Minister on November 30, 2008 following wide-spread critism raised after terrorist attacks on Mumbai. He resigned taking the moral responsibility for the attacks.
Patil was born in 1935 in the village of Chakur in the Latur district (Marathwada region) of Maharashtra. He attended Osmania University, Hyderabad, earning a graduation degree in Science and studied Law at Bombay University. During 1967-69, he was involved in local government (Latur Municipality).
Patil belongs to the Lingayat community. He married Smt. Vijaya Patil in June 1963.
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