Wikipedia readers turned to D. Y. Patil at 20x the usual rate

What this article is

Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil was an Indian politician, who served as the Governor of Bihar, West Bengal and Tripura. He was a leader of the Indian National Congress from Maharashtra state. He received the Padma Shri award in 1991 for social work. On 24 December 2018, he joined the Nationalist Congress Party.

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