Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna is an Indian politician who served as Minister of External Affairs of India from 2009 to October 2012. He was the 10th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1999 to 2004 and the 19th Governor of Maharashtra from 2004 to 2008. SM Krishna had served as the Speaker of the Karnataka Vidhan Sabha from December 1989 to January 1993. He was also a member of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha at various times from 1971 to 2014. In 2023,Krishna was awarded the Padma Vibhushan,the second highest civilian award of India.
Ichalkaranji ([it͡səlkəɾəɳd͡ʒiː]) is a City in Kolhapur District,Maharashtra. It is situated at the bank of the Panchganga River. Its textile industry has led to the nickname 'Manchester City of Maharashtra'.
Manikrao Hodlya Gavit was an Indian politician from Nandurbar district of Maharashtra,India. A member of the Indian National Congress (INC),he represented the Nandurbar constituency from 1980 to 2014,winning the Indian general elections consecutive nine times,marking a record.
Nivedita Sambha Mane is a politician associated with NCP and Shiv Sena. She was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. She represented the Hatkanangale constituency of Maharashtra for two terms 1999 and 2004,as a member of the Nationalist Congress Party. In 2009 polls,she lost to Raju Shetty in Hatkanangle.
Sudhakarrao Rajusing Naik was an Indian politician from Indian National Congress party who served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 25 June 1991 until 22 February 1993 following the communal riots. He had given the new shape to the Panchayat Raj,started the continuous election process in Panchayat Raj systems all over the state,as desired by the former Prime Minister Rajeev Gandhi,decentralisation of power and faster decision making process being motive of bringing back the Panchayat Raj in full-fledged functioning. He is called as the hero of Jalkranti,who started the irrigation revolution in the State of Maharashtra.
Ichalkaranji was a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency of Maharashtra. It was merged into Hatkanangle constituency after delimitation in 2008
Hatkanangle Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency was dissolved as a part of the implementation of delimitation in 1976. This constituency again came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted on 12 July 2002. Vidhan Sabha segments from Sangli and Kolhapur districts have formed this new constituency.
Marotrao Sainuji Kowase is an Indian politician and a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Gadchiroli-Chimur constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party.
Shirol Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India.
Shivajinagar Assembly constituency is one of the twenty one constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly located in Pune district,and one of eight in Pune City.
Kothrud Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in Western India. It is one of the twenty one constituencies of located in the Pune district and one of eight in Pune City.
Pune Cantonment Assembly constituency is one of the twenty one constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha located in Pune district. and one of eight in Pune City.
Dr Ratnappa Bharamappa Kumbhar,also called Deshbhakt Ratnappa Kumbhar,was an Indian independence activist from Ichalkaranji,who actively participated in the Indian independence movement. He was one of the persons to sign the Final Draft of the Constitution of India along with B. R. Ambedkar. He received Padma Shri award in 1985. He was Member of the Parliament,Member of Legislative Council and also worked as a Minister of Food and Civil Supplies in Maharashtra Government.
Shirala Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.
Hatkanangale Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state,western India. This constituency is located in Kolhapur district,and is part of Hatkanangle Lok Sabha constituency.
Ichalkaranji Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state,western India. This constituency is located in Kolhapur district.
Jagdish Tukaram Mulik is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Mulik was a first term member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 2014 from the Vadgaon Sheri constituency assembly constituency in Pune. Sunil Tingre of the Nationalist Congress Party defeated Jagdish Mulik from Vadgaon Sheri constituency in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election by a margin of nearly 5,000 votes.
Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane is an Indian politician. He is elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Hatkanangale,Maharashtra in the 2019 Indian general election as member of the Shiv Sena.
Raju Jaywantrao Awale is a leader of Indian National Congress and a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elected from Hatkanangale Assembly constituency in Ichalkaranji,Kolhapur city.
Prakash Kallappa Awade is a leading Independent and a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elected from Ichalkaranji Assembly constituency in Kolhapur city.
