Chimanbhai Patel was a former Chief Minister of Gujarat. He was born on 3 June 1929 in Chikodra village of Sankheda Tehsil in Vadodara district.
He was elected the first president of student union of The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in Vadodara in 1950. He has done Masters in Economics from that university.
On 17 July 1973, he toppled the Ghanshyambhai C. Oza government and became the Chief minister.
He served in that office till 9 February 1974. Chimanbhai Patel was forced out of office in the 1974 by the Navnirman movement on charges of corruption.
After being expelled from the party, he helped in the formation of Janata Morcha government in the leadership of Babubhai J Patel.
He came back to power on 4 March 1990 as the head of a Janata Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition government.
On breaking of the coalition on 25 October 1990, he managed to retain his post with the help of 34 legislatures of Congress.
Later he joined the congress and continued till his death on 17 February 1994.
