Bal Keshav Thackeray,also known as Balasaheb Thackeray,was an Indian politician who founded the Shiv Sena,a right-wing pro-Marathi and Hindu nationalist party active mainly in the state of Maharashtra.
Shiv Sena is a right-wing Marathi regionalist and Hindu ultranationalist political party in India founded in 1966 by Bal Thackeray. Currently led by Eknath Shinde,this party is the ruling party of the Indian state of Maharashtra since 2019. Shiv Sena's election symbol is the Bow and Arrow. It uses the saffron colour in its flag and a image of a roaring tiger.
Sharadchandra Pawar is an Indian politician. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for four terms and has also served in the Union Council Of Ministers as the Minister of Defence in the Cabinet of P.V Narsimha Rao and Minister of Agriculture in the Cabinet of Manmohan Singh. He is the first and former president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP),which he founded in 1999,after separating from the Indian National Congress. His NCP was split by his own nephew,Ajit Pawar. He leads his faction of the NCP delegation in the Rajya Sabha,the upper chamber of the Indian parliament. He is the chairperson of Maha Vikas Aghadi,a regional Maharashtra-based political alliance.
The Nationalist Congress Party is one of the state parties in India. It refers to the Ajit Pawar faction after the 2023 split in the party when the Supreme Court of India granted the original party name and symbol to the Nationalist Congress Party. It was one of the major political parties in Maharashtra and was a recognised state party in Nagaland and Kerala. In July 2023,majority of the elected MLAs and MLCs of the party led by Ajit Pawar joined the National Democratic Alliance government,however,all MPs except two remained loyal to Sharad Pawar. This caused a direct split between the Ajit Pawar-led faction and the founder and president Sharad Pawar who formed the Nationalist Congress Party after EC recognised the Ajit Pawar faction as the original party.
Manohar Gajanan Joshi was an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra,who served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1995 to 1999,and Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2002 to 2004. He was one of the prominent leaders of the Shiv Sena,and also one of the Indians to be elected to all of the four legislatures.
Arun Gulab Gawli also known as Arun Gulab Ahir,is an Indian politician,underworld don and retired gangster. Gawli and his brother Kishor (Pappa) entered the Mumbai underworld in the 1970s,when they joined the "Byculla Company",a criminal gang led by Rama Naik and Babu Reshim,operating in the central Mumbai areas of Byculla,Parel and Saat Rasta. In 1988,after Rama Naik was killed in a police encounter,Gawli took over the gang and began operating it from his residence,Dagdi Chawl. Under his control,the gang controlled most criminal activities in the central Mumbai areas. Throughout the late eighties and nineties,Gawli's gang was involved in a power struggle with Dawood Ibrahim's D-Company gang. Gawli is also the founder of the Akhil Bharatiya Sena political party based in Maharashtra.
Ratnagiri is a port city on the Arabian Sea coast in Ratnagiri District in southwestern Maharashtra,India. The district is part of Konkan division of Maharashtra. The city is known for the Hapus or Alphonso mangoes. Ratnagiri is the birthplace of Indian independence activist Lokmanya Tilak. Thibaw,the last king of Burma,alongside his consort Supayalat and two infant daughters were exiled to a two-storied brick mansion in Ratnagiri. The building is now known as Thibaw Palace. This place has many villages like Karla,Rajiwada,Mirkarwada,etc.
Narayan Tatu Rane is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He currently serves as Minister of Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises in the Second Modi ministry. He has previously held Cabinet Ministry positions for Industry,Port,Employment and Self-employment;Revenue;and Industry in the Government of Maharashtra.
The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena is a Regionalist far-right Indian political party based in the state of Maharashtra and operates on the ideology of Hindutva and Marathi Manus. It was founded on 9 March 2006 in Mumbai by Raj Thackeray after he left the Shiv Sena party due to differences with his cousin Uddhav Thackeray,who later became the 19th Chief Minister Of Maharashtra and to his sidelining by the Shiv Sena in major decisions like distribution of election tickets.
Jnana Prabodhini is a social organization in India. Founded in 1962,its activities have expanded into multiple aspects of social work. The main activity of the organization is to provide education. It aims at refining the physical,mental,intellectual,and spiritual qualities of people in general and of the youth in particular,believing that this development will encourage positive social leadership qualities. Its activities are centered in the fields of education,research,rural development,health,and youth organisation.
Chopda or Chopra is a city and municipal council in the Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra,India.
Shripad A. Dabholkar was an Indian intellectual and activist. He was the founder of a non-structured methodology of grassroot networking for nature-friendly neighbourhood development called Prayog Pariwar. His contributions were recognized by many awards including the 1985 Jamnalal Bajaj Award.
Gajanan Dharmshi Babar was an Indian politician.
Sureshkumar Bhikamchand Jain,,is an Indian politician from Jalgaon,Maharashtra. He changed his party affiliation a number of times in his political career and has been elected to the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha for a record nine times.He is a convicted criminal in the Jalgaon housing scam.
Jnana Prabodhini Prashala,is a high school located in Sadashiv Peth,Pune,India. It was started by educationist Dr. V. V. Pendse,in 1962.
Neelam Gorhe is an Indian politician and deputy leader of Shiv Sena from Maharashtra. She is 13th and currently Deputy Chairperson of Maharashtra Legislative Council and a member of Maharashtra Legislative Council. She had been elected to Legislative Council for four consecutive terms in 2002,2008,2014 and 2020. She is now currently acting Chairman of Maharashtra Legislative Council on 7 July 2022.
Anil Parab is an Indian politician. He is affiliated with the Shiv Sena party. Parab served as the Transport &Parliamentary Affairs Minister of Maharashtra from 2019 until 2022.
Suresh Narayan Dhanorkar, also called Balubhau Dhanorkar or Balu Dhanorkar,was an Indian politician who was the elected member of the Lok Sabha from Chandrapur constituency. He was a member of the Indian National Congress political party. He was the only candidate for the INC to be elected as MP from Maharashtra.
Suresh Gore was a Shiv Sena politician from Pune district,Maharashtra. He was a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represented the Khed Alandi Assembly Constituency.
Vinayak Nimhan was Shiv Sena politician from Pune,Maharashtra. He was member of the 12th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing the Shivajinagar Assembly Constituency. He had been elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for three consecutive terms. For his first two terms,he was elected as a member of the Shivsena. For his third term,he was elected on the Indian National Congress ticket. In Nimhan was defeated in the 2014 assembly elections. He has since then returned to the Shivsena.
