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Hardik Patel

Hardik Patel
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Native name હાર્દિક પટેલ
Born (1993-07-20) 20 July 1993 (age 24)
Chandan Nagri, Gujarat, India
Citizenship Indian
Alma mater Sahajanand College, Ahmedabad
Known for Patidar reservation agitation

Hardik Patel (born 20 July 1993) is an Indian social and political activist who participated in the Patidar reservation agitation, the agitation for the inclusion of the Patidar caste in the Other Backward Class (OBC) category in order to qualify for reserved quotas in education and government jobs.

Hardik Patel was born on 20 July 1993 in a Gujarati Patidar family to Bharat and Usha Patel. In 2004 his parents moved to Viramgam, a town 11 km away, to give their children a better education. Hardik studied from Class VI to Class VIII at Divya Jyot School in Viramgam, before moving to K B Shah Vinay Mandir, where he studied until Class XII. He was an average student and a cricket enthusiast.

After completing Class XII, Hardik started helping his father, Bharat, to run a small business of fixing submersible pumps in underground water wells. Bharat, a former BJP worker, met current Chief Minister of Gujarat and herself a member of the Patidar caste, Anandiben Patel, when she held the Mandal assembly seat, in which Viramgam falls.

In 2010 Patel joined Sahajanand College, Ahmedabad and earned a Bachelor of Commerce (B. Com.) degree. He completed his B. Com. degree with grace marks. He ran for the post of general secretary of the college students' union and was elected unopposed. While still in college, Patel opened a potable water stand at the Viramgam Bus Stand as an act of social service. In 2013 he graduated from college, after two attempts, with less than 50% marks.

In 2015, Patel's sister, Monica, started a Bachelor of Arts degree in English as an external student.


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