Pratap Narayanrao Sonawane (22 December 1948 - 22 December 2023) was an Indian politician who was a member of the

15th Lok Sabha Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2009 general election in India. It was dissolved on 18 May 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee.Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won 44 more seats than the previous 14t ...

. He represented the

Dhule Dhule is one of the largest cities in Maharashtra, and central region of India. The city located in the Dhule District in the northwestern part of Maharashtra state, India known as West Khandesh. Situated on the banks of Panzara River, Dhule i ...

constituency of

Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...

and was a member of the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

(BJP) political party. Sonawane was civil engineer by education and beginning on 31 August 2009 a member of the Committee on Urban Development from Lok Sabha. Sonawane was elected as member of

Maharashtra Legislative Council The Maharashtra Legislative Council or Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India. Maharashtra Legislature Leaders Party Group Leader & Chief Whip and Whip Location Th ...

from Nashik Division Graduates' constituency for the term 6 December 2004 to 5 December 2010, but had resigned on 26 May 2009 due to election as MP for the 15th Lok Sabha. Pratap Narayanrao Sonawane died on 22 December 2023, his 75th birthday.Pratap Sonwane Passed Away: भाजपच्या माजी खासदाराचं वाढदिवशीच निधन; कुटुंबियांवर शोककळा

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1948 births 2023 deaths India MPs 2009–2014 Marathi politicians Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra People from Dhule district Members of the Maharashtra Legislative Council {{Maharashtra-BJP-politician-stub