Vitthalbhai Patel

For the political leader, see Vithalbhai Patel.

Vitthalbhai Patel
Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1980–1990
Preceded byLaxminarayan Yadav
Succeeded byLaxminarayan Yadav
ConstituencySurkhi
Personal details
Born(1936-05-21)21 May 1936
Sagar, Central Provinces and Berar, British India
Died7 September 2013(2013-09-07) (aged 77)
Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Children1 son and 2 daughters
ProfessionIndian poet, Social activist, lyricist, and senior congress leader

Vitthalbhai Patel (21 May 1936 – 7 September 2013) was an Indian poet, lyricist, and senior Congress leader known for his contributions in social services and politics as well as for penning several Hindi film songs, including "Na Maangu Sona Chaandi" and "Jhooth Bole Kauva Kaate" from the 1973 movie Bobby.[1]

He was from Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India where he lived most of his life. He wrote in Hindi and Bundeli.

He died on 7 September 2013 after a prolonged illness.[2] He was 75.

Patel was twice elected to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Surkhi constituency. He was a minister in the cabinets of Arjun Singh, Motilal Vora and Shyama Charan Shukla.

Patel wrote the lyrics to 55 Hindi film songs, as well as five collections of poems.

  1. ^ K A Abbas (December 2013). Bobby: The Complete Story. HarperCollins Publishers. p. 2. ISBN 978-93-5029-554-0.
  2. ^ Harbhajan (8 September 2013). "Current Affairs 7th September 2013". AEG India. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.