Shrimant Tukoji Rao IV Pawar (17 November 1963 – 19 June 2015) was an Indian politician belonging to 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). Mr. Pawar was member of the Legislative Assembly of
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh (; ; ) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore, Indore. Other major cities includes Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar. Madhya Pradesh is the List of states and union te ...
.
He was a descendant of the
Pawar
Pawar (also spelled as Pavar and Puar) is an Indian surname found among the Maratha, Mahar or Koli people in Maharashtra.
Notable people bearing the Pawar name or its variants include:
*Ajit Pawar (born 1959), Indian politician; deputy chi ...
dynasty of the
Marathas
The Maratha Empire, also referred to as the Maratha Confederacy, was an early modern India, early modern polity in the Indian subcontinent. It comprised the realms of the Peshwa and four major independent List of Maratha dynasties and states, Ma ...
. His father
Krishnajirao III
Krishnajirao III (12 May 1932 – 21 January 1999) was an Indian royal, belonging to the Puar dynasty of the Marathas, was the third and last reigning Maharaja of Dewas State (senior), reigning from 23 March 1947 to 27 June 1948. The only son ...
was the last ruler of
Dewas (Senior) State which was a '15
Gun Salute
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Histo ...
'
princely state in India. He was the titular
Maharaja
Maharaja (also spelled Maharajah or Maharaj; ; feminine: Maharani) is a royal title in Indian subcontinent, Indian subcontinent of Sanskrit origin. In modern India and Medieval India, medieval northern India, the title was equivalent to a pri ...
of
Dewas (Senior) State until 1971 when in the 26th amendment to the
Constitution of India
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promulgated in 1971, the Government of India abolished all official symbols of
princely India, including titles, privileges, and remuneration (
privy purses).
He was the
Member of Legislative Assembly
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from
Dewas
Dewas is a city in the Malwa region of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The municipality was formerly the seat of two 15-Gun Salute state princely states during the British Raj, Dewas Junior state and Dewas Senior state, ruled by the Pa ...
for six terms from 1990 to 2015. He was inducted in the state cabinet for two terms serving as Minister for Higher Education, Technical Education and later Tourism, Sports and Youth Welfare.
He was elected as the President of the Board of Governors of The
Daly College
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, Indore in 2004, again in 2005, in 2010 and in 2015. His wife
Gayatri Raje Pawar has been representing the assembly seat since his death.
He died in 2015 of brain haemorrhage.
Vikram Singh Rao II Pawar is his son.
See also
*
Maratha Empire
The Maratha Empire, also referred to as the Maratha Confederacy, was an early modern India, early modern polity in the Indian subcontinent. It comprised the realms of the Peshwa and four major independent List of Maratha dynasties and states, Ma ...
*
List of Maratha dynasties and states
This is a list of Maratha dynasties and Maratha princely states in the Indian subcontinent.
Maratha States
The Maratha Salute state and Head of State by precedence
* Baroda, title Maharaja Gaikwad, Hereditary salute of 21-guns
* Gwalior, tit ...
*
List of Indian princely states
Before the partition of India in 1947, about 584 princely states, also called "native states", existed in India. These were not part of British India, the parts of the Indian subcontinent which were under direct British administration, but ...
*
Shahaji II
Shahaji II (formerly ''Vikramsinhrao (Nana Sahib) Pawar'') (4 April 1910 – 9 May 1983) of the Bhonsle dynasty of the Marathas, was the Maharaja of Kolhapur between 1947 and 1949. He was the grandson of Shahu of Kolhapur through his daughte ...
*
Tukojirao III
Tukojirao III Pawar (1 January 1888 – 21 December 1937) was the ruling Maharaja of the Maratha princely state of Dewas from 1900 to 1937. He succeeded to the royal throne of Dewas following the death of his uncle, Raja Krishnajirao II. ...
*
Dewas Senior
Dewas Senior was established by Tukoji Rao I Pawar during the Maratha conquest of Central India. It was a 15 Gun Salute Maratha princely state. On 12 December 1818 it became a British protectorate.
History
The original state was founded in ...
*
Dewas Junior
Dewas Junior was established by Jivaji Rao I Puar in 1728 during the Maratha conquest of Central India. It was a 15-gun salute Maratha princely state.
On 12 December 1818, it became a British protectorate.
History
The original state was fo ...
*
Dhar State
Dhar State was a princely state. It was a salute state in the colonial sway of the Central India Agency. Dhar began as one of the states during Maratha Empire, Maratha dominance in India about 1730. In 1941 it had an area of and a populatio ...
*
Hemendra Singh Rao Pawar
Hemendra Singh Rao Pawar (18 September 1968 - 07 November 2023), was the titular Maharaja of Dhar State. He was a descendant of the Pawar (Pawar, Puar) dynasty that ruled Dhar State.
He was crowned as the Maharaja of Dhar State on 15 January 20 ...
of
Dhar State
Dhar State was a princely state. It was a salute state in the colonial sway of the Central India Agency. Dhar began as one of the states during Maratha Empire, Maratha dominance in India about 1730. In 1941 it had an area of and a populatio ...
References
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1963 births
People from Dewas
2015 deaths
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1990–1992
Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1993–1998
Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1998–2003
Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2003–2008
Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2008–2013
Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2013–2018
Daly College alumni