Sushilkumar Sambhaji Shinde (born 4 September 1941) is an Indian politician from the state of

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. He was the Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Power in the

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government, and the Leader of the House in

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until 26 May 2014. He previously served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 18 January 2003 to October 2004.

Early life and education

Shinde was born on 4 September 1941 at

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in a

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caste to Sambhaji Rao Shinde and Sakhu Bai. Shinde completed his education with an honours degree in arts from Dayanand College, Solapur and LLB from

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and New Law College, University of Bombay, Maharashtra.

Early career

Sushilkumar Shinde started his career as a bailiff in the Sessions court of Solapur where he worked from 1957 – 1965. He then joined the Maharashtra Police as a constable. Subsequently, he served in the Maharashtra

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for six years, as a sub-inspector of police, under Amukuraj Patil, his

mentor.

Political career

In the year 1971, Shinde became a member of the

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. He won the Maharashtra state assembly elections in 1974, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1992, 24 May 2003 to August 2004–(General) by-election, September 2004 to 2 October 2004–(General). Shinde was elected to

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from Maharashtra during July 1992 to March 1998. In 1999, he acted as campaign manager of the Congress chairperson

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in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh. In 2002, Shinde lost the election for the post of Vice-President of India contesting against the

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candidate

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. He served as the chief minister of

from 2003 to 2004. He was appointed the

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on 30 October 2004 replacing Surjit Singh Barnala, who became the Governor of Tamil Nadu. He left the office on 29 January 2006. Shinde was elected unopposed to the

for the second time from Maharashtra on 20 March 2006. Shinde became the leader of

after his predecessor

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was elected President of India. Shinde served as Power minister of India from 2006 to 2012. Later, he was appointed Home Minister of India in 2012. His tenure as a Home Minister saw two major decisions of hanging the terrorists Afzal Guru and Ajmal Kasab. During the 2012 northern India power grid failure, Shinde deflected criticism by observing that India was not alone in suffering major power outages, as the United States and Brazil had both experienced similar blackouts within the previous few years. Officials in Uttar Pradesh, where the problem was believed to have begun, said the grid could not keep up with the huge demand for power in the hot summer.

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power corporation chief

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stated that the grid collapse was due to the states drawing more than their allotted power to meet the summer demand. In

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, Shinde was the

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nominee. He was defeated by BJP Candidate Mr. Sharad Bansode. Sushilkumar Shinde contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from

. Shinde was the

nominee. He was defeated by BJP Candidate Mr. Siddheshwar Maharaj by a margin of 156,261 votes. According to him,

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s were the last Lok Sabha elections contested by him.

Personal life

Shinde married Ujwala Shinde on 1 May 1970. The couple has three daughters. One of his daughters

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is MLA of

, Maharashtra India.

Awards & honours

* 15 January 1977: Selected in Ten Noteworthy Youth of the country by Indian Jaycees. * 1978: Second choice as most popular Minister in the survey by 'Manohar' a weekly. * 1981: Honoured with Basav Bhushan Award as "Ideal Youth" by Congress Party. * 9 March 1996: "National Citizen Award" as a Best Member of Parliament at the hands of

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. * 2003: Bhai Bagal Award 2003, Third place at

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– Reader's Choice The Best Chief Minister. * 2005: Guruvarya Shankarrao Kanitkar Award at the hands of senior journalist Arun Tikekar. * 22 September 2005 to 21 September 2007 & 21 November 2007 to 24 December 2009: Tilak Maharashtra Vidhyapeeth Chancellor. * 23 January 2007: First D Lit. awarded by D Y Patil University. (Subject – Literature) * 9 September 2007: Second D Lit. degree awarded by Srikrishna Devrai University, Andhra Pradesh. (Subject – Literature) * 18 February 2009: Third D Lit. awarded by Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Bhopal. (Subject – Science) * 9 May 2009: "Navshakti Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar" awarded by Navshakti Times. * 19 July 2009: Government Award of "Ideal Teacher" in memory of Education Officer Hon. B.C. Dhegale.

Positions held

Source: * 1974 – 1992: Member,

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* 1974 – 1975: Minister of State for Sports and Cultural Affairs,

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* 1975 – 1977: Minister of State for Finance, Family Welfare, Sports and Cultural Affairs, Government of Maharashtra * 1978: Cabinet Minister for Labour and Tourism, Government of Maharashtra * 1983 – 1985: Cabinet Minister for Finance, Planning, Sports and Cultural Affairs, Government of Maharashtra * 1985: Cabinet Minister for Finance, Planning, Environment, Government of Maharashtra * 1986: Cabinet Minister for Finance, Planning, Industry, Law and Judiciary, Social Welfare, Government of Maharashtra * 1988 – 1990: Cabinet Minister for Finance, Cultural Affairs, Sports and Planning, Government of Maharashtra * 1990: Cabinet Minister for Urban Development, Government of Maharashtra * 1991: Cabinet Minister for Urban Development, Law and Judiciary, Government of Maharashtra * 1992: Elected to

* 1998 – 1999: Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha * 1999 – 2003: Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha * 2003 – 2004: Member,

* 2004: Chief Minister, Maharashtra * 2004 – 2006:

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of Andhra Pradesh * 2006: Member, Rajya Sabha and Union Cabinet Minister of Power * 2009: Re-elected to

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* 31 May – 31 July: Union Cabinet Minister, Power * Aug 2012: Union Cabinet Minister, Home Affairs * 30 Aug 2012: Leader of the House, Lok Sabha

Theatre & films

The Marathi film, Dusari Goshta (2014) & one

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, "Andherese Ujale Ki Aour" are based on his life from childhood to becoming a popular politician. He has also acted in 8 Marathi dramas, 1) Mumbai chi Manse 2) Karayla Gelo Yek 3) Bebandh Shahi 4) Minuchi Mavshi 5) Vegla Vhaichy Mala 6) Ghara Baher 7) Lagnachi Bedi 8) Prema Tuzha Rang Kasa

References

External links

Profile on Rajya Sabha website
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