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Personal Life: Second and Third Election From Patan (2002-2012)

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Second and third election from Patan (2002–2012)[edit]

Patel contested her second and third assembly elections in 2002 and 2007 from Patan assembly
constituency and was elected. She continued as a cabinet minister for education in her second term
and was assigned to Roads & Building and Revenue in her third term. [11]
A few of the high impact projects that took place during her time are: connecting Patan with the
Narmada canal for the welfare of farmers; creating 174 check dams in the region; building one of the
largest water filtration plants to provide citizens of Patan with pure drinking water; the construction of
a new medical and engineering college in the region; and the creation of more than 700 km worth of
road networks and underground drainage systems. [citation needed]

2012 – fourth term from Ghatlodiya[edit]


Patel contested and won from Ghatlodiya constituency in the 2012 elections.[11] She won the election
with a margin of more than 175,000 votes, the highest in the election. [12] She continued as the cabinet
minister of Road and Building, Revenue, Urban Development, and Urban Housing, Disaster
Management and Capital Projects.[11]
2014 – 2016 Chief Minister of Gujarat [edit]
On 22 May 2014, Patel took oath as the 15th Chief Minister of Gujarat succeeding Narendra Modi,
after the latter was elected as Prime Minister of India following the victory of BJP in the 2014 Indian
general election.[11] Patel was the first female Chief Minister of Gujarat.[13] She expressed her desire to
resign on 1 August 2016 as she was turning 75 years old in November 2016. She submitted her
resignation to the Governor O. P. Kohli on 4 August 2016 which was accepted. She continued to
hold the office until her successor Vijay Rupani took over on 7 August 2016. [14][15]

Governor (2018–)[edit]
In January 2018, she became the Governor of Madhya Pradesh replacing Om Prakash Kohli, who
was an additional charge governor.[16] Later in August 2018, she took additional charge as
the Governor of Chhattisgarh due to sudden demise of then governor Balram Das Tandon. On 20
July 2019, she became Governor of Uttar Pradesh on end of term of Ram Naik.[17]

Personal life[edit]
On 29 May 1962, Anandiben and Mafatlal Patel married; Mafatlal was 28 years old. After living
in Mehsana district for four years, the couple moved to Ahmedabad. Mafatlal was a professor of
Psychology at the Saraspur Art and Commerce College, and Anandiben taught mathematics and
science, and later became principal, at Mohiniba Kanya Vidyalaya on Ashram Road, Ahmedabad.
They did not legally separate, but they began living apart in 1985. [18] Patel voluntarily retired from
teaching after 31 years. The couple have two children, Sanjay and Anar. Sanjay is married to Hina
and they have one son, Dharm. Anar is married to Jayesh, and they have one daughter Sanskruti. [19]

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