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. 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.
Hridaynath Mangeshkar is an Indian music director. He is the only son of musician Deenanath Mangeshkar and younger brother of Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. He is popularly known as Balasaheb in the music and film industry.
Sharad Govindrao 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 Manmahon Singh. He was the first and current president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP),which he founded in 1999,after separating from the Indian National Congress. He leads 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.
Manohar Gajanan Joshi is 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 is one of the prominent leaders of the Shiv Sena,and also the only Indian 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 the southwestern part of Maharashtra,India. The district is a 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.
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.
Kolhapur district is a district in the Maharashtra state of India. The city of Kolhapur is its district headquarter. It is situated near Panchaganga river.
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.
Pramod Venkatesh Mahajan was an Indian politician from Maharashtra. A second-generation leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),he belonged to a group of relatively young "technocratic" leaders. At the time of his death,he was in a power struggle for the leadership of the BJP,given the imminent retirement of its aging top brass.
Chopda is a city and municipal council in the Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra,India.
Shwaas is a Marathi film,released in 2004. It was India's official entry to the 2004 Oscars and was ranked 6th in the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film category. Its storyline is based on a real-life incident in Pune. A low-budget of Indian rupee 65 lakhs (6 million),Shwaas won the National Award for best film in 2004,nearly 50 years since a Marathi film last earned this title. Directed by debutant Sandeep Sawant,it was shot in 33 days at Sindhudurg,Konkan,Pune and at KEM Hospital in Pune. Shwaas was acknowledged as a "significant turn for Marathi cinema" which had been going through a low patch. After its success,it was released in Hindi,Bengali and Tamil languages.
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.
Ninad Gangadhar Bedekar was a historian,writer and orator from Pune,Maharashtra,India,writing and speaking in Marathi. He was specialized in research of the rule of warrior-king Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and was known for his scientific and scholarly approach to the subject of Maratha history.
Jnana Prabodhini Prashala,is a high school located in Sadashiv Peth,Pune,India. It was started by educationist Dr. V. V. Pendse,in 1962.
Ravindra Vishwanath Gaikwad is an Indian politician associated with Shiv Sena,and was a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India from 2014 to 2019 as a member of that party. He did not contest Lok Sabha elections in 2019. In 2014,he had contested from Osmanabad constituency of Maharashtra,and defeated sitting MP Padamsinha Bajirao Patil who contested from Nationalist Congress Party by 235,325 votes by obtaining 607,699 votes against 373,374. Before 2014,he was a two time MLA from omerga constituency. He has also been the Chairman of Killari Sugar Factory. He is a director on the agriculture board committee in the Central Government of India. His son Kiran Ravindra Gaikwad lost the Zilla parishad Osmanabad election from kunhali constituency. The loss to prakash Ashte was widely discussed in media.
Anil Parab is an Indian politician affiliated with the Shiv Sena party. A local of Mumbai,Maharashtra,Parab served as the Transport &Parliamentary Affairs Minister of Maharashtra from 2019 until 2022. Mr. Parab faces severe charges of corruption and has been raided at 14 places by Enforcement Directorate. He has been exposed to huge corruption by collecting haftas from many people,extorting money and taking money for transfers,a 100 crore scam. Parab is known as a collector and agent to collect money by extortion as per the complaint filed and cases registered against him by several government agencies.However,No such case has been proven yet in the Courts.It is believed that he has been viciously attacked by Central Agencies.
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.
Nipun Avinash Dharmadhikari is a Marathi writer,actor,and director. He is known for the revival of Sangeet Natak(Musicals) and long five act plays.
