Vaijanath Sangappa Patil[6] (29 July 1938 – 2 November 2019) was an Indian politician[2][7] and social worker[1] who was the Minister of state for Minister of Urban Development (excluding Bangalore) of Karnataka from 1994 to 1999.
[8] Patil was born on 29 July 1938 in agricultural family at Hakyala village of Aurad taluk Bidar district.
He completed his BA from BVB degree college Bidar, and LLB from SSL law college in Gulbarga.
For his service to society Gulbarga University conferred an honorary doctorate[9] upon him during its 31st Annual Convocation.
He served as Minister for Horticulture in the Ramakrishna Hegde government in 1984 and as Urban Development Minister in the Deve Gowda government in 1994.