Later in his life, he served in the Maharashtra State Member of the Legislative Council- MLC for four years during the period from 1983 to 1987.

He traveled worldwide on behalf of Indian Government to study Co-operative Movements and Agriculture in different countries such as the United States, Great Britain, Korea, and Germany.

[2] Gulabrao Patil was born on 16 September 1921 in Benadi, a village on the Maharashtra-Karnataka state border near Kolhapur and Sangli districts.

[3] Patil contested Maharashtra Assembly Election in 1980 from Walva Constituency, Sangli District[4] and lost.

Patil's full size bronze statue was unveiled by Prithviraj Chavan, Then Chief Minister, Maharashtra.