Shivajirao Girdhar Patil (5 March 1925 – 22 July 2017) was an Indian social activist and politician from the state of Maharashtra.

Patil began his career as a radical and a freedom fighter, and was attracted to the Communist movement as a teenager.

[5] He served as a minister in the Maharashtra government for two stints: 1968-72 under Vasantrao Naik and 1976-78 under Shankarrao Chavan and Vasantdada Patil.

As minister, Patil handled the portfolios of irrigation, power, protocol, co-operatives and legislative affairs.

The trust runs a Smita Patil Public School in the village of Dahiwad in Shirpur taluka of Dhule district with a mission to impart quality education to students in rural area.

The marriage, conducted in 1938, lasted for 77 years[citation needed] Vidyatai Patil died in March 2015.

[10] The marriage remained harmonious and rock-solid through all the travails of a life that included imprisonment for 12 years, the glory of ministerial power and status, the tumultuous personal life and death of a film-star daughter, and the need to raise her new-born orphan son.

The third and youngest daughter, Manya Seth, is a former costume designer, and serves as president of The Smita Patil Foundation.

[12] The couple's second daughter, Smita Patil, began her career as a newsreader but quickly moved to films.