Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan (14 July 1920 – 26 February 2004) was an Indian politician who served as the

chief minister of Maharashtra The chief minister of Maharashtra (IAST: Mahārāṣṭrāce Mukhyamaṃtrī) is the head of the executive branch of the government of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Following elections to the Legislative Assembly, the governor invites ...

twice from 1975 until 1977 and from 13 March 1986 until 26 June 1988.

Early life and family

Chavan was born at Paithan Village,

Aurangabad district, Maharashtra Aurangabad district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, �u̯ɾəŋɡaːbaːd̪, officially known as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, is one of the 36 Districts of Maharashtra, districts of the state of Maharashtra in western India. ...

. Chavan completed his Bachelor of Arts from

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and LL.B. from

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. He started his career as an advocate. He initiated the Student's Movement and gave up practice of law during the 'Quit Court' Movement in the former

Hyderabad State Hyderabad State () was a princely state in the Deccan region of south-central India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and the ...

. He was elected to Bombay State Assembly from Dharmabad in 1957 and to Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha from Dharmabad during the 1962 election and from Bhokar during 1967, 1972 and 1978 elections. His son

Ashok Chavan Ashok Shankarrao Chavan (born 28 October 1958) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is the son of the late former Maharashtra Chief Minister Shankarrao Chavan. He was one of the most influential leaders of Indian National Congress in Ma ...

served as

. His daughter-in-law and Ashok Chavan's wife, Ameeta Ashokrao Chavan represented Bhokar in Maharashtra Vidhan sabha.

Political career

Membership in legislative and parliament bodies

* Bombay State Legislative Council, 1956 * Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, 1960–80 *

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, 1980–84 and 1985–86 * Maharashtra Legislative Council, 8 July 1986 – 21 October 1988 *

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from Maharshtra 28 October 1988 – 2 April 1990, April 1990 – April 1996 and April 1996 – April 2002 * Committee on Rules, Rajya Sabha, 1992–96

Leadership in Rajya Sabha

* Congress(I) Party in Rajya Sabha 2 July 1991 – 15 May 1996 * Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha from 2 July 1991 to 15 May 1996 elected to the Rajya Sabha in October 1988, re-elected in April 1990 and again in April 1996

Chief Minister

Shankarrao served as chief Minister of Maharashtra on two occasions. *21 February 1975 – 16 May 1977: This coincided with The Emergency declared by prime Minister,

Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and stateswoman who served as the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 un ...

. Sanjay Gandhi, the son of the prime minister became the power behind the throne and Chavan had to meet Sanjay first to get an appointment with the prime minister *12 March 1986 – 26 June 1988

Union Cabinet Minister, Government of India

* Culture and Social Welfare & Education (HRD), 17 October 1980 – 8 August 1981 * Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, 8 August 1981 to 18 July 1984 * Defence, 2 August 1984 to December 30, 1984 * Home, 31 December 1984 – 12 March 1986 * Finance 25 June 1988 – 2 December 1989 * Home, 21 June 1991 to 16 May 1996

Positions

Chancellor

* Tilak Maharashtra University, Pune ( Deemed University)

President

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, New Delhi (April 1983 to November 1998) * Maratha Mitra Mandal, New Delhi

Chairman

* Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi(1981-2004) * Shri Sharda Bhavan Education Society, Nanded * Committee on Human Resource Development, Parliament of India * Ethics Committee, Rajya Sabha

Member

* Business Advisory Committee, Rajya Sabha * General Purposes Committee, Rajya Sabha * Executive Committee of the Indian Parliamentary Group * Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Railways * Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Congress(I) Party in Parliament * All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.) * Central Cooperative Union,

Hyderabad Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...

In Memory

* Dr. Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College & Hospital,

Nanded Nanded is a city in Maharashtra state, India. It is the List of cities in Maharashtra, tenth largest city in the state and the List of cities in India by population, seventy-ninth most populated city in India. It is the second largest city in ...

* MMM's Shankarrao Chavan Law College, Pune * NWCMC's Dr.Shankarrao Chavan Auditorium, Near SGGS Stadium * SBES's Shankarrao Chavan Memorial, VIP Road * Shankarrao Chavan Chowk, Kamtha-Nanded * Shankarrao Chavan Chowk, Chimegaon Nanded * Dr.Shankarrao Chavan Garden & Library, CIDCO, नांदेड Shankarrao Chavan Vidyalaya and Jr College, Khaparkheda dist. Nagpur

References

External links

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