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.
Chhagan Bhujbal is an Indian politician from Maharashtra,who is the member of current Government of Maharashtra,headed by Eknath Shinde. Currently he is Member of 14th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra from Yeola Assembly. He also served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 18 October 1999 –23 December 2003. He earlier also served as Minister of Public Works Department and Minister of Home Affairs in Government of Maharashtra.
The Nationalist Congress Party is one of the state parties in India. The party generally supports anti-communalism and Gandhian secularism. It is one of the major political parties in Maharashtra,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 are expected to remain loyal to Sharad Pawar. This caused a direct split between the Ajit Pawar-led NCP Faction and the Founder and President of the party Sharad Pawar.
The 1993 Bombay bombings was a series of 12 terrorist bombings that took place in Bombay,Maharashtra,on 12 March 1993. The single-day attacks resulted in 257 fatalities and 1,400 injuries. The attacks were coordinated by Dawood Ibrahim,leader of the Mumbai-based international organised crime syndicate D-Company. Ibrahim was believed to have ordered and helped organize the bombings through his subordinates Tiger Memon and Yakub Memon.
Kurla is a suburb of East Mumbai,India. It is the headquarters of the Kurla taluka of Mumbai Suburban district. The neighbourhood is named after the eponymous East Indian village that it grew out of. It falls under Zone 5,Ward 'L' of the Bombay Municipal Corporation. Its railway station,spelt as Coorla until 1890,is one of the busiest on the Mumbai suburban railway on the central and harbour railway lines of Mumbai as is the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) for out-station passenger/express trains.
Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje,popularly known by his moniker Chhota Rajan,is an Indian gangster and convicted criminal who served as the boss of a major crime syndicate based in Mumbai.
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.
Eknath Khadse is a politician and leader of the Nationalist Congress Party in Maharashtra state. He was a Member of Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra from Muktainagar constituency for six consecutive terms till 2019. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 1987 until his resignation in October 2020. He Is a Member Of Legislative Council Of Maharashtra
Anil Vasantrao Deshmukh is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He is a senior leader of the Nationalist Congress Party. Deshmukh served as the Minister for Home Affairs in Government of Maharashtra between 2019 and 2021. Deshmukh resigned in 2021 as the Home Minister of Maharashtra due to allegations of extortion and laundering charges and is currently in judicial custody.
Dharavi Assembly constituency is one of the ten constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha located in the Mumbai City district.
Dawood Ibrahim is an Indian mob boss,drug lord,and terrorist from Dongri,Mumbai,who is wanted by the Indian government. He reportedly heads the Indian organised crime syndicate D-Company,which he founded in Mumbai in the 1970s. Ibrahim is wanted on charges including murder,extortion,targeted killing,drug trafficking,and terrorism.
Sunil Dattatray Tatkare is an Indian Politician currently serving as Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha from Raigad. He was formerly served as the Member of Legislative Assembly,Maharashtra from Shrivardhan as Minister of Water Resources,Maharashtra. He formerly also served as the leader of Nationalist Congress Party in Vidhan Sabha. Tatkare has been alleged to have been associated in number of cases due to which the Anti-Corruption Bureau has sought the state government's nord to launch an "open inquiry" against him over allegations of land grab and disproportionate assets. Enforcement Directorate had started probe against him in assets case.
Sion Koliwada Assembly constituency is one of the ten constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha located in the Mumbai City district.
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.
Ramesh Kadam was a leader of the Nationalist Congress Party and a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. In August 2015,he was arrested for alleged fraud and embezzlement of funds from a state-run corporation.
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.
Piramal Capital and Housing Finance Limited is a non-deposit taking housing finance company,headquartered in Mumbai with branches in major cities across India. DHFL was established to enable access to economical housing finance to the lower and middle income groups in semi-urban and rural parts of India. DHFL is the second housing finance company to be established in the country. The company also leases commercial and residential premises. DHFL is among the 50 biggest financial companies in India.
Param Bir Singh is a former Indian police officer of the 1988 Indian Police Service (IPS) batch. He served as the Police Commissioner of Mumbai and the Director General (DG) of the Maharashtra Home Guard. Following the filing of extortion cases against him,he was untraceable,and was declared as absconding by a Mumbai Magistrate Court. Singh was suspended from his present position as The DG of the Home Guard because of his absence by the government of Maharashtra.
Nehrunagar Vidhan Sabha seat was one of the seats in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in India. It was made defunct after constituency map of India was redrawn in 2008. Nehrunagar is a suburb of Mumbai,next to Kurla.
Sameer Wankhede is an Indian officer of the Indian Revenue Service from the 2008 batch. Until 2021,he worked as Zonal Director of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). Prior to joining NCB,Sameer Wankhede worked with the National Investigation Agency and the Air Intelligence Unit.
