the National Dairy Development Board. Literary career Patel wrote two books: Rites of Passage: A Civil Servant Remembers and The First Flush of Freedom: Recollections and Reflections. He also translated some books of K. M. Munshi from Gujarati to English. He was a senior ranking functionary of the Sumati Morarjee Shipping Company after his retirement from the Indian civil service. References External links 1904 births 1993 deaths People from Gujarat Indian civil servants Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire Indian Civil Service (British India) officers People from Anand district India MPs 1977–1979 Swatantra Party politicians India MPs 1984–1989 Lok Sabha members from Gujarat Janata Party politicians Bharatiya Lok Dal politicians Defence Secretaries of India Indian Home Secretaries Finance Ministers of India Ministers for Corporate Affairs