Sharad Govindrao Pawar is an Indian politician. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for four ministries. He has 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 is 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.
Chhagan Bhujbal is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. 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.
Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan was an Indian politician who served twice as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1975 until 1977 and from 13 March 1986 until 26 June 1988. He was Finance Minister of India from 1988 to 1989 and served as Home Minister of India in the P. V. Narasimha Rao cabinet from 21 June 1991 to 16 May 1996. He served as Home Minister of India in the Rajiv Gandhi cabinet 31 December 1984 to 12 March 1986.
Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh was an Indian politician who served as the 14th Chief Minister of Maharashtra,first term from 18 October 1999 to 16 January 2003 and second term,from 1 November 2004 to 5 December 2008. He also served in the Union cabinet as the Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences.
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.
Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan was an Indian freedom fighter and politician. He served as the last Chief Minister of Bombay State and the first of Maharashtra after latter was created by the division of Bombay state. His last significant ministerial post was as the Deputy Prime Minister of India in the short lived Charan Singh government in 1979.
Prithviraj Chavan is an Indian politician who was the 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra,a state in Western India. 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.
Govindrao Wamanrao Adik was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Nationalist Congress Party and served as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha. He began his political career as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and He is brothers of Adv. Ramrao Adik 3rd Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Laxman Bapu Mane is a Marathi writer and a social activist from Maharashtra,India. Mane came to sudden fame after publishing his autobiography Upara,in 1980. Upara was considered as a milestone in Marathi Dalit literature and received Sahitya Akademi Award in 1981 and Padma Shri in 2009. He is a former member of Maharashtra's legislative council.
Ashokrao Shankarrao Chavan is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is a son of ex.Maharashtra Chief Minister Mr.Shankarraoji Chavan. He is one of the most influential leaders of Indian National Congress in Maharashtra. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra state from 8 December 2008 to 9 November 2010. Also,he has served as Minister for Cultural Affairs,Industries,Mines and Protocol in the Vilasrao Deshmukh government and he is also the former PWD Minister of Maharashtra.
Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh is an Indian politician and a member of Indian National Congress. He is the son of veteran congress leader Vilasrao Deshmukh. He is a three term Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Latur city constituency. He is the National Secretary of the All India Congress Committee. In 2014,he was appointed Minister of State for Tourism,Food &Drugs Administration,Excise,and New Renewable Energy.
The Adarsh Housing Society is a 31-story building constructed on prime real estate in Colaba,Mumbai,for the welfare of war widows and personnel of India's Ministry of Defence. Over a period of several years,politicians,bureaucrats and military officers allegedly conspired to bend several rules concerning land ownership,zoning,floor space index and membership getting themselves flats allotted in this cooperative society at below-market rates.
Vijay Bhausaheb Thorat is an Indian politician who served as the revenue minister in Maharashtra state. He also served as the Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. Thorat is a senior member of the Congress Party. He is an MLA from Sangamner constituency.
Bhikajirao Jijaba Khatal-Patil,popularly known as Dada or Khatal Saheb was an Indian politician. He was a senior Maharashtra leader and a veteran Congressman. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra for over 20 years,also holding various Cabinet ministries in the Maharashtra Government. He represented the Sangamner constituency of Maharashtra and was a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party. In 1985 he retired from politics. He was elected to the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha from Sangamner during 1962,1967,1972 and 1980 elections.
Parashuram Krishnaji Sawant was an Indian politician. He served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 25 November 1963 to 4 December 1963,in an interim capacity for nine days following the death of his predecessor,Marotrao Kannamwar. Until Devendra Fadnavis' second government in 2019,this was shortest ministry tenure in Maharashtra.
Dajisaheb Ramrao Chavan was an Indian politician and served as a Member of parliament,Lok Sabha for 16 years. A member of the Indian National Congress,he was the former Union Deputy Minister for Defence and Law. His wife,Premala,represented his Lok Sabha seat after his death. Their son Prithviraj was Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 2010 to 2014.
Prithviraj Chavan was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on November 11,2010. The following is his cabinet. The government consisted of Chavan's Congress party and the Nationalist Congress Party.
Ashok Chavan was sworn in as Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the first time in 2008,after his predecessor,Vilasrao Deshmukh resigned the office in the aftermath of 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. The first Chavan ministry governed until the 2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election,which resulted in a victory for Chavan-led Congress-NCP alliance and Chavan forming his second ministry.
Yashwantrao Chavan formed his second ministry as Chief Minister of Maharashtra on 8 March 1962,after leading his Indian National Congress to a majority in 1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election. He demitted office in November 1962,having been appointed Minister of Defence by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. He was succeeded by his buildings and communication minister,Marotrao Kannamwar.
