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Sone Lal Patel, Age, Death, Caste, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

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Death Date: 17/10/2009
Age: 59 Years
Death Cause: Car Accident

Sone Lal Patel

Bio/Wiki
NicknameDoctor Sahab
ProfessionPolitician
Physical Stats & More
Eye ColourBlack
Hair ColourBlack
Politics
Political Party• Apna Dal (Kamerawadi)
Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) Party Logo
• Bahujan Samaj Party
Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) logo
Political Journey• Founded Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) on 4 November 1995 and became its National President
• Contested the Lok Sabha elections in 2009 from Phulpur constituency on a ticket from Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) party
Personal Life
Date of Birth2 July 1950 (Sunday)
BirthplaceBagulihai village, Kannauj district, Uttar Pradesh
Date of Death17 October 2009
Place of Death Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Age (at the time of death)59 Years
Death Cause Car Accident
Zodiac signCancer
NationalityIndian
HometownKanpur
College/University• Pandit Prithi Nath College, Kanpur
• Kanpur University, Kanpur
Educational Qualification(s)• LLB (1976)
• MSc from Pandit Prithi Nath College, Kanpur
• PhD in Physics from Kanpur University, Kanpur
ReligionBuddhism
CasteKurmi (OBC)
Relationships & More
Marital Status (at the time of death)Married
Family
Wife/SpouseKrishna Patel (Politician; widow)
Krishna Patel
ChildrenSon- None
Daughter(s)- 4

Pallavi Patel (Politician)
Pallavi Patel
Anupriya Patel (Politician)
• Aman Patel
Aman Patel (left) and Anupriya Patel
ParentsFather- Govind Prasad
Other RelativesSon-in-law(s)- 2
Ashish Singh Patel (Politician; Anupriya Patel's husband)
Ashish Patel
• Pankaj Niranjan Singh (Politician; Pallavi Patel's husband)
Pallavi Patel's husband, Pankaj Niranjan Singh
Money Factor
Assets/Properties (as of 2009)Movable Assets
Cash: Rs. 1,50,000
Deposits in Banks: Rs. 23,693
Bonds, Debentures and Shares in companies: Rs. 28,575
NSS, Postal Savings: Rs. 19,00,000
LIC or other insurance Policies: Rs. 1,45,000
Jewelry: Rs. 1,75,000
Other Assets: Rs. 2,25,000

Immovable Assets
Agricultural Land: Rs. 21,00,000

Sone Lal Patel

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sone Lal Patel

  • Sone Lal Patel started his political journey in the 1970-80s by participating alongside Chaudhary Charan Singh in protests and rallies against social inequality and caste exploitation in the country. He was once beaten by police during one of these protest.
  • He fought for the representation of Kurmis in the politics in Uttar Pradesh. He roamed across the state to unite the people belonging to the Kurmi caste and motivated them to participate in politics. He had a significant influence over the Kurmi vote bank in the state.

    An old photograph of Sone Lal Patel

    An old photograph of Sone Lal Patel

  • He later met the politician and social reformer Kanshi Ram, who was also against social injustice and caste discrimination. In 1985, Patel helped Kanshi Ram establish the Bahujan Samaj Party.
  • In 1992, he led the Kanpur unit of BSP.
  • Later, Patel left the Bahujan Samaj Party due to discontent with the party’s resolutions and objectives. Another reason behind his separation from the party was Kanshi Ram’s profound support for Mayawati because of which he started ignoring other leaders.
  • In 1995, a school, established in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, was named after him as Dr. Soney Lal Patel Senior Secondary School.
  • On 4 November 1995, he along with Chaudhary Balihari Patel, formed a political party named ‘Apna Dal’ in Uttar Pradesh.
  • On 23 August 1999, while Patel was delivering a speech at P D Tandon Park, Allahabad among hundreds of people, the police started beating them and hundreds of worker of Apna Dal were injured. Patel was beaten badly by the police and sent to the jail along with two dozen workers of Apna Dal.

    Sone Lal Patel after getting injured

    Sone Lal Patel after getting injured

  • He never won any election in his political career.
  • On 18 October 2009, Patel was killed in a tragic car accident. Following his death, his wife, Krishna Patel, was made the National President of the Apna Dal.
  • Later, his daughter, Anupriya Patel, demanded a CBI inquiry into the incident. She claimed that her father’s death was not an accident but a murder.
  • In 2021, a government hospital and medical college, established in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, was named after him as Dr Sone Lal Patel Autonomous State Medical College.