Shantilal Patel

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Shantilal Patel

| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|04|08|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ranjit Nagar, Panchmahal, Gujarat

| children =Jayesh Shantilal patel

Mehul shantilal Patel

| party = Indian National Congress

| spouse = {{marriage|Sumitraben|1968|2011|reason=died}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|05|25|1938|04|08|df=y}}

| death_place = Vadodara, Gujarat

}}

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

Shantilal Purshottamdas Patel (8 April 1938 – 25 May 2011) was an Indian politician from Gujarat. He served as deputy minister in the Ministry of Commerce in Chandra Shekhar cabinet.{{Cite web|date=21 November 1990|title=No. 55/1/1/90-Cab|url=https://cabsec.nic.in/writereaddata/changeinportfolio/english/1_Upload_1574.pdf|website=Cabinet Secretariat (Government of India)}} He was member of Lok Sabha from Godhra in Gujarat, India.{{Cite web|date=May 25, 2011|first=Himanshu |last=Kaushik |title=Former Godhra Member of Parliament Shantilal Patel, a three time Congress MP from Godhra died at a hospital in Vadodara after a short illness|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/former-godhra-member-of-parliament-shantilal-patel-a-three-time-congress-mp-from-godhra-died-at-a-hospital-in-vadodara-after-a-short-illness-/articleshow/8564857.cms|access-date=2022-01-03|website=The Times of India|language=en}}

He was elected to 8th, 9th, 11th and 12th Lok Sabha from Godhra.{{cite web|title= Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile- |url= http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3107.htm |accessdate=12 December 2017}} Patel died on 25 May 2011, in Vadodara, Gujarat, at the age of 73.{{Cite news |date=2011-05-25 |title=Former Godhra Member of Parliament Shantilal Patel, a three time Congress MP from Godhra died at a hospital in Vadodara after a short illness. -- |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/former-godhra-member-of-parliament-shantilal-patel-a-three-time-congress-mp-from-godhra-died-at-a-hospital-in-vadodara-after-a-short-illness-/articleshow/8564857.cms |access-date=2024-03-09 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}