One would be surprised to imagine an effective Patri Sarkar (also known as Prati Sarkar or a parallel government) being run in 150 villages of the present-day Satara-Sangli region of Maharashtra for nearly four and half years during the Quit India movement, effective from August 1943 to May 1946. Of course, during the British rule at many places, such parallel government experiments worked but the one under the leadership of “Krantisimha” Nana Patil ( 3 August 1900- 6 December 1976) was unique in nature which was supported by the masses. Another important feature of this movement was it provided popular Congress, Socialist and Communist leaders in the post-independence era who not only became the Members of the Indian Parliament and Maharashtra Assembly but also became the Chief Ministers and the Deputy Prime Minister and Union Ministers.
