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Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosale (15 January 1921 – 6 October 2007) was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as
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from January 1982 until February 1983.


Early life

Bhosale was born on 15 January 1921 in the Kaledhon Satara district of Maharashtra. An alumnus of the Shahaji Law College in Kolhapur, he passed the Bar-at-law examination at
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, London in 1951 following which he practised in Satara as an advocate for a decade. Bhosale was imprisoned during 1941–42 for his participation in the freedom struggle. After relocating to Mumbai with his 5 children, Bhosale would go on to work at the high court and hold several notable political offices in the years to come.


Electoral politics

In 1978, Bhosale contested and lost the Assembly election for the Nehrunagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in
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,
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as a candidate of the Congress Party. In 1980, he was elected to the
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from there and went on to become a minister and later chief minister during his first term as a
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. In the A.R. Antulay Ministry, Bhosale headed the law and judiciary portfolios before succeeding A.R. Antulay as Chief Minister of Maharashtra.


Tenure as Chief Minister of Maharashtra

Bhosale was chosen as chief minister by
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in a move that snubbed senior
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leaders and surprised many including Bhosale himself. Although he was Chief Minister for only 377 days, Bhosale's tenure is remembered for several bold decisions that he took. Among these were a scheme for free education for girls until matriculation, the creation of the
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and the inauguration of the
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bench of the
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. Bhosale initiated several welfare measures for freedom fighters including a pension scheme for them and cracked down on a strike by
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, dissolving the policemen's union that had the support of several senior Congress leaders. At the Vithoba Temple in Pandharpur, Bhosale's intervention led to the abolition of the system of 'Badwe' (priests) that had been a source of harassment to the devotees there. Bhosale was also well regarded for his wit and sense of humour. Bhosale's term as Chief Minister was however also marked by dissension within the Congress Party and allegations of corruption in the distribution of liquor distilling licences and allocation of flats in Bombay. Bhosale's rule ended on 1 February 1983 following
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's election to the chief ministership by legislators of the Congress Party. Bhosale's cabinet had several people who went on to hold important offices later including
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who went on to become the
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and
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who became the Chief Minister of Maharashtra.


Family

Bhosale was the son-in-law of
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, a freedom fighter and
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member who sided with Indira Gandhi when she split the
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in 1969. His brother Shivajirao Bhosale was a vice-chancellor of Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University. Bhosale's elder daughter, Mrs. Shanta Yadav retired as professor, his son Ashok is an entrepreneur, his daughter Saroj Bhosale is a business woman, his son Dilip was a judicial member of the
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. His youngest son Dr. Rajan is one of India's foremost authorities and pioneers in the field of sexual medicine and sex education.


Death

Bhosale died at the
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in Mumbai on 6 October 2007 at the age of 86.


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