[1][2][3][4] He supported, assisted and nurtured a number of institutions, particularly in Mumbai and enriched the city culturally.

[5][failed verification][citation needed] He was born in 1898 in the village of Zarap between Kudal and Sawantwadi.

He studied law in Poona, then migrated to Bombay at the age of 23 in 1921 to join the chambers of barrister Velingkar.

He was a union minister during the time of Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shashtri and Indira Gandhi.

In the Lok Sabha discussions on the report of the States Reorganisation Commission, on 15 November 1955, Patil demanded that the Bombay city be constituted as an autonomous city-state, laying great stress on its cosmopolitan character.