Kantibhai Patel

He studied for a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Bombay but did not finish the degree as he moved to Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) in 1951 where he found employment as a shop assistant for a year.

[2] Patel and other members of the Indian community formed the Sarasvati Education Trust to provide scholarships to Black students who were expelled from universities in Rhodesia to study overseas.

[2] Patel broke his hip bone and sustained a skull fracture after he fell at his home in Ridgeview in Harare on 25 August 2011.

[4] He was treated at The Avenues Clinic in Harare before being transferred to the Linksfield Hospital in South Africa where he died on 10 September 2011.

On the same day, the ZANU–PF Politburo met and unanimously declared him a National Hero of Zimbabwe, the highest civilian honour in the country.

[5] Patel's remains were cremated at the Pioneer Cemetery as per Hindu burial rights and some of his ashes were transported to India to be thrown in the Ganges River.