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 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 the his facation 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.
Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan was an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of Maharashtra twice from 1975 until 1977 and from 13 March 1986 until 26 June 1988. He was the finance minister of India from 1988 to 1989 in Rajiv Gandhi ministry. He also served as the home minister of India twice,from 31 December 1984 to 12 March 1986 in the Rajiv Gandhi cabinet,and from 21 June 1991 to 16 May 1996 in the P. V. Narasimha Rao cabinet.
Aurangabad,also known as Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar,or Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Aurangabad district and is the largest city in the Marathwada region. Located on a hilly upland terrain in the Deccan Traps,Aurangabad is the fifth-most populous urban area in Maharashtra after Mumbai,Pune,Nagpur and Nashik with a population of 1,175,116. The city is known as a major production center of cotton textile and artistic silk fabrics. Several prominent educational institutions,including Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University,are located in the city. The city is also a popular tourism hub,with tourist destinations like the Ajanta and Ellora caves lying on its outskirts,both of which have been designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1983. Other tourist attractions include the Aurangabad Caves,Devagiri Fort,Grishneshwar Temple,Jama Mosque,Bibi Ka Maqbara,Himayat Bagh,Panchakki and Salim Ali Lake. Historically,there were 52 Gates in Aurangabad,some of them extant,because of which Aurangabad is nicknamed as the "City of Gates". In 2019,the Aurangabad Industrial City (AURIC) became the first greenfield industrial smart city of India under the country's flagship Smart Cities Mission.
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.
Satara is a city located in the Satara District of Maharashtra state of India,near the confluence of the river Krishna and its tributary,the Venna. The city was established in the 16th century and was the seat of the Chhatrapati of Maratha Empire,Shahu I.
Sushilkumar Sambhaji Shinde is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He was the Minister of Home Affairs,Minister of Power in the Manmohan Singh government,and the Leader of the House in Lok Sabha until 26 May 2014. He previously served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 18 January 2003 to 4 November 2004.
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.
Satara district is a district of Maharashtra state in western India with an area of 10,480 km2 (4,050 sq mi) and a population of 3,003,741 of which 14.17% were urban. Satara is the capital of the district and other major towns include Medha,Wai,Karad,Malkapur,Koregaon,Rahimatpur,Dahiwadi,Koynanagar,Phaltan,Lonand,Mahabaleshwar,Panchgani,Vaduj and Mhaswad. This district comes under Pune Administrative Division along with Pune,Sangli,Solapur and Kolhapur. The district of Pune bounds it to the north,Raigad bounds it to the north-west,Solapur the east,Sangli to the south,and Ratnagiri to the west.
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.
Ramdas Bandu Athawale is an Indian politician,social activist and trade unionist from Maharashtra. He is the president of the Republican Party of India (A),a splinter group of the Republican Party of India and has its roots in the Scheduled Castes Federation led by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar since 1999. Currently,he is the Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,Government of India since 2016 and represents Maharashtra in Rajya Sabha,the upper house of India's Parliament since 2014. Previously,he was Lok Sabha MP from Pandharpur from 1999 to 2009 and from Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha constituency from 1998 to 1999. He was also Cabinet minister of Maharashtra from 1990 to 1995 and a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council from 1990 to 1996.
The 10th Lok Sabha,elected during 1991 Indian general election held during May–June 1991. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India,four sitting members from Rajya Sabha,the Upper House of Indian Parliament,were elected to 10th Lok Sabha after the Indian general election,1991.
Bhagat Singh Koshyari is an Indian politician who served as the 22nd governor of Maharashtra from 2019 to 2023. An RSS veteran,Koshyari served as National Vice-President of BJP and party's 3rd State president for Uttarakhand. He also served as 2nd Chief Minister of Uttarakhand from 2001 to 2002 and thereafter,was the leader of the opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2003. He also served as an MLC in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council and MLA in Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He later served as an MP in Rajya Sabha from 2008 to 2014 from Uttarakhand and then the MP in the 16th Lok Sabha from Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar constituency,earning him the distinction of being elected in both houses of State Legislature and both houses of National Parliament respectively.
Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj Airport is a domestic airport serving the city of Kolhapur,Maharashtra,India. It is situated at Ujlaiwadi,9 km (5.6 mi) southeast from the city. It is operated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
Prithviraj Chavan is an Indian politician who was the 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Chavan is a graduate of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science,Pilani and University of California,Berkeley in mechanical engineering. He spent time working in the field of aircraft instrumentation and designing audio recorders for anti-submarine warfare in the US before returning to India and becoming an entrepreneur in 1974. Referred to in the media as a technocrat with a clean,non-controversial image,a low-profile leader. Chavan served as the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Ministry of Personnel,Public Grievances,and Pensions. Chavan was also General Secretary of the All-India Congress Committee (AICC),in-charge of many states,including Jammu and Kashmir,Karnataka,Haryana,Gujarat,Tripura,and Arunachal Pradesh.
Rajkumar Dhoot is a Member of Parliament representing the State of Maharashtra,India as a member of the Shiv Sena party. He is the ex-president of the Apex Indian Chamber of Commerce &Industry,ASSOCHAM and is also the Promoter &Co-Owner of the diversified Videocon Group of Companies. His father,the late Shri Nandlal Madhavlal Dhoot,was an Indian Industrialist and the founder of Videocon Group.
Piyush Vedprakash Goyal is an Indian politician and chartered accountant serving as a cabinet minister in the Government of India,having portfolios such as Minister of Textiles,Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of Consumer Affairs,Food and Public Distribution. He was elevated to the Cabinet Minister position on 3 September 2017. Currently a Member of Parliament for Rajya Sabha from the state of Maharashtra,he is also the current Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha.
Although a parliamentary democracy,Indian politics has increasingly become dynastic,possibly due to the absence of a party organization,independent civil society associations that mobilize support for the party,and centralized financing of elections. Family members have also led the Congress party for most of the period since 1978 when Indira Gandhi floated the then Congress(I) faction of the party. It also is fairly common in many political parties in Maharashtra. The dynastic phenomenon is seen from national level down to district level and even village level.The three-tier structure of Panchayati Raj established in the 1960s also helped to create and consolidate the dynastic phenomenon in rural areas. Apart from government,political families also control cooperative institutions,mainly cooperative sugar factories,district cooperative banks in the state,and since the 1980s private for profit colleges. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party also features several senior leaders who are dynasts. In Maharashtra,the NCP has particularly high level of dynasticism.
Dr Subhash Ramrao Bhamre is an Indian politician and reelected in 17th Lok Sabha. He was a member of the 16th Lok Sabha. He represents the Dhule constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party.
Dr. Vikas Mahatme is Padmashri Awarded Indian ophthalmologist,social entrepreneur,visionary and a former member of the Parliament in Rajya Sabha. Born in Amravati,he comes from Nagpur in the state of Maharashtra. He is well known across Maharashtra for his charitable and social works. He founded a charitable trust –S. Mahatme Eye Welfare Charitable Trust that runs Mahatme Eye Bank eye hospital in Nagpur as well as branches in Mumbai,Amravati,Gadchiroli and Pune. He received the Padma Shri for his charitable community work as an ophthalmologist. In June 2016,Mahatme was the Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate for the Rajya Sabha biennial elections,which he won unopposed. His candidature was strongly backed by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. He belongs to the Dhangar community. He has expressed support for implementing Scheduled Tribe reservation for Dhangar community in Maharashtra and is its first community member to get elected to parliament. He is currently a member of the Indian Nursing Council.
Jitendra Satish Awhad is an Indian politician from Maharashtra currently He is Deputy Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Serving with Ajay Choudhari and currently a Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for 3 terms representing Mumbra-Kalwa in Thane. he has previously served as the Acting Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and He has previously served as Cabinet Minister of Medical Education and Horticulture in 2014 and Housing and Minority Affairs from 2019 to 2022. He belongs to the Nationalist Congress Party.
