<p>Senior Congressman and former Maharashtra chief minister Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar passed way on Wednesday. He was 92.</p>.<p>Nilangekar was the 10th chief minister of Maharashtra, who served from June 3, 1985, to March 6, 1986.</p>.<p>He was also the revenue minister in the Vilasrao Deshmukh government that came to power in 1999.</p>.<p>Patil was being treated in a private hospital in Pune after he had tested <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">Covid-19</a> positive earlier last month. Last week, he tested negative.</p>.<p>His last rites will be conducted in Nilanga in Latur district.</p>.<p>A veteran from the Marathwada region, he was also associated with the freedom struggle.</p>
<p>Senior Congressman and former Maharashtra chief minister Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar passed way on Wednesday. He was 92.</p>.<p>Nilangekar was the 10th chief minister of Maharashtra, who served from June 3, 1985, to March 6, 1986.</p>.<p>He was also the revenue minister in the Vilasrao Deshmukh government that came to power in 1999.</p>.<p>Patil was being treated in a private hospital in Pune after he had tested <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">Covid-19</a> positive earlier last month. Last week, he tested negative.</p>.<p>His last rites will be conducted in Nilanga in Latur district.</p>.<p>A veteran from the Marathwada region, he was also associated with the freedom struggle.</p>
