Harish Chandra Patel

Harishchandra L Patel (1928–1996) was a leader of Bharatiya Janata party from Gujarat, India.

His father was Lavjibhai Narandas Patel, a freedom fighter and The President of Congress Party in the year 1930; his mother was Benkorben.

He took admission with Sheth CN Vidyalaya Ahmedabad to pursue his studies and then with MP Pandya High School, Jetalpur, Dist.

He was detained along with 60,000 members of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh after assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.

[3] His son Vijay Patel defeated Rajesh Khanna in a by-election for Gandhinagar Loksabha in 1996.