Merajuddin Patel

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Merajuddin Patel

| image =

| birth_date =1943

|birth_place = Humnabad

| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|10|7|1944|df=y}}{{cite web|author=Special Correspondent|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/Merajuddin-Patel-passes-away/article15318743.ece |title=Merajuddin Patel passes away|work=The Hindu |date= |accessdate=2018-04-02}}

| death_place = Gulbarga

|office1 = Minister of Animal Husbandry, Government of Karnatakajds-state-president-merajuddin-patel-passes-away https://www.oneindia.com/2008/10/08/jds-state-president-merajuddin-patel-passes-away.html

|term_start1 = 2004

|term_end1 =2006

|predecessor1 =

|successor1=

| constituency1 = Humnabad

|office2 = Minister of Wakf, Government of Karnataka

|term_start2 = 2004

|term_end2 =2006

|predecessor2 =

|successor2=

| constituency2 = Humnabad

|office3 = Minister of Municipal Affairs, Government of KarnatakaScandals dog Karnataka CM J.H. Patel's 45-member Cabinet https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19970707-scandals-dog-karnataka-cm-j.h.-patels-45-member-cabinet-832607-1997-07-07

|term_start3 = 1996

|term_end3 =1997

|predecessor3 = Himself

|successor3=

| constituency3 = Humnabad

|office4 = Minister of Municipal Affairs, Government of KarnatakaMerajuddin Patel passes away https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/Merajuddin-Patel-passes-away/articleshow/22393241.cms

|term_start4 = 1994

|term_end4 =1996

|predecessor4 =

|successor4=Himself

| constituency4 = Humnabad

| office5 = Former Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly

| term_start5 = 13-May-2004

| term_end5 = 7 October 2008

| predecessor5 = Rajashekhar Basavaraj Patil

| successor5 = Rajashekhar Basavaraj Patil

| constituency5 = Humnabad

| term_start6 = 1994

| term_end6 = 1999

| predecessor6 = Rajashekhar Basavaraj Patil

| successor6 = Rajashekhar Basavaraj Patil

| constituency6 = Humnabad

| otherparty = Janata Dal

| party = Janata Dal (Secular)

| spouse =

}}

Merajuddin Patel was a politician from the Indian state of Karnataka. He was a two term member M.L.A from Humnabad assembly constituency (1994 and 2004).{{cite web|author=Published: Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 12:23 [IST] |url=https://www.oneindia.com/2008/10/08/jds-state-president-merajuddin-patel-passes-away.html |title=JD(S) state President Merajuddin Patel passes away |work=Oneindia |date=2008-10-08 |accessdate=2018-04-02}} He served as Minister for Municipal Administration in the J. H. Patel cabinet{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19970707-scandals-dog-karnataka-cm-j.h.-patels-45-member-cabinet-832607-1997-07-07 |title=Cabinet capers |publisher=Indiatoday.in |date=1997-07-07 |accessdate=2018-04-02}} and as Minister for Animal Husbandry and Wakf in the Dharam Singh cabinet.{{cite web|author=Bangalore Mirror Bureau|url=http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others//articleshow/22393241.cms |title=Merajuddin Patel passes away |publisher=Bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com |date=2008-10-07 |accessdate=2018-04-02}} He was the Janata Dal (Secular) state president{{cite news |title=12 commandments |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/article30193403.ece |access-date=19 April 2025 |publisher=Frontline |date=15 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250419173612/https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/article30193403.ece |archive-date=19 April 2025 |language=en}} at the time of his death and leaves behind a wife and seven daughters.