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Akola (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Akola Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Maharashtra state in central India. Assembly segments Presently, after the implementation of the Presidential notification on delimitation in 2008, Akola Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These segments (with their constituency numbers and reservation status) are: Members of Parliament ^ by-poll Election results General Elections 2019 General Elections 2014 General elections 2009 See also * Buldhana Lok Sabha constituency (1951 elections as Buldhana Akola Lok Sabha constituency electing two seats) * Khamgaon Lok Sabha constituency (1962,1967,1971 elections to 3rd,4th,5th Lok Sabha) * Washim Lok Sabha constituency Washim Lok Sabha constituency was a Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency in Maharashtra state in western India from 1977 for 6th Lok Sabha till 2004 elections to 14t Lok Sabha. It was cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanjay Dhotre
Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre (born 26 February 1959) is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra and formerly Minister of State in the Government of India and a member of the 17th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Akola constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party. He was also a member of the 14th Lok Sabha, 15th Lok Sabha and 16th Lok Sabha between 2004 and 2019 from Akola. Education and early career Dhotre holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from the Government College of Engineering, Amravati. He graduated in 1981. Career In May 2019, Dhotre became Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Communications and Electronics and Information Technology. Debate details in Lok Sabha *14-Jul-2014 (I) The Budget (Railways) – 2014-15 (II) Demands for Excess Grants (Railways) – 2011-12 *14-Jul-2014 - Need to expedite the gauge conversion of the Ratlam-Fatehabad-Indore-Mhow-Khandwa-Amalakhurd-Akot-A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akola District
Akola district (Marathi pronunciation: kolaː is a district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The city of Akola is the district headquarters. Akola district forms the central part of Amravati Division, which was the former British Raj Berar Province. Area of the district is 5,428 km². It is bounded on the north and east by Amravati District, to the south by Washim District, and to the west by Buldhana District. Washim was earlier a part of Akola till 1999. Akola district includes seven talukas which are Akola, Akot, Telhara, Balapur, Barshitakli, Murtijapur and Patur. Officer Members of Parliament *Sanjay Dhotre (BJP) - Akola Guardian Minister List of Guardian Minister District Magistrate/Collector list of District Magistrate / Collector History The Battle of Adgaon Bk village is located in Telhara Tehsil, took place on 28 November 1803, between the British under the command of Governor Arthur Wellesley and the forces of Maratha under Bhonsle of Nagpu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Indian General Election
General elections were held in India between 24 February and 9 June 1957, the second elections to the Lok Sabha after independence. They were held five years after the 1951–52 elections in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of India. Elections to many state legislatures were held simultaneously. There were 494 seats elected using first past the post voting system. Out of the 403 constituencies, 91 elected two members, while the remaining 312 elected a single member. The multi-seat constituencies were abolished before the next election. Under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Indian National Congress easily won a second term in power, taking 371 of the 494 seats. They gained an extra seven seats (the size of the Lok Sabha had been increased by five) and their vote share increased from 45.0% to 47.8%. The INC won nearly five times more votes than the Communist Party, the second largest party. In addition, 19.3% of the vote and 42 seats went to independent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laxman Shrawan Bhatkar
Laxman Shrawan Bhatkar (born 1901 in Thugaon Amravati district - 1970) was a politician and social worker from Central Provinces and Berar of British India. He was born in 1901 at Thugaon village of then Amravati district of the Province. He studied at Depressed Classes Mission High School at Bombay. Later he became member of Satyasodhak samaj under the guidance of great Maharshi Vitthal Ramji Shinde. He used to compose playfolk songs and stories for the welfare of untouchables. For them, he started Chokhamela Hostel at Chikhali in Buldana district in 1921. In 1951, he was elected to first Lok Sabha from the 2 seats of Buldana Akola constituency of then Madhya Pradesh State along with Gopalrao Khedkar. In 1957, he was re-elected as a representative of the second Lok Sabha from Buldana Akola constituency of then Bombay State. He represented Khamgaon (Lok Sabha constituency) in 3rd Lok Sabha List of Members of the 3rd Lok Sabha, (2 April 1962 – 3 March 1967) elected Febru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gopalrao Bajirao Khedkar
Dr. Gopalrao Bajirao Deshmukh alias Abasaheb Khedkar (14 January 1901 – 25 May 1969), also known as Abasaheb Khedkar was a social activist and a farmer's leader in India. He was the Minister of Rural Development in the first cabinet ministry of Maharashtra and the first President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee. Biography He was born at Khed in Amravati district of Vidarbha, Maharashtra on 14 January 1901. In 1917, after his matriculation Abasaheb studied Homeopathy from Kolkata. In 1920, when he was studying at Amravati Victoria Technical School he came across Mahatma Gandhi non co-operation movement. He established Shivaji Boarding in 1923 which later became Shivaji Education Society. Political career Abasaheb Khedkar was a protagonist of Samyukta Maharashtra and opposed to formation of separate Vidarbha. He wanted all Marathi speaking areas of India to be united under one state of Maharashtra, in the larger interest of Marathi people. He was one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amit Subhashrao Zanak
Ameet Subhashrao Zanak is a member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the constituency of Risod, India. He belonged to the Indian National Congress (INC). He was all set to embark on the engineering profession until his father's sudden death on 28 October 2014 that forced him to take a plunge into the world of politics at the age of 28. But he performed exceedingly well after winning the by-polls on a Congress ticket from Risod constituency in Washim district. The seat was left vacant after his father Subhash Zanak, former minister state minister for women and child development, died due to a cardiac arrest. Zanak is from the third generation Zanak family dynasty of politicians. He claimed to provide the many facilities in his constitution including construction of substation and many small irrigation projects, providing potable water to villagers, starting a training centre for UPSC and MPSC examinations and also a gymnasium for the youths. On 22 March 2017, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washim District
Washim district (Marathi pronunciation: aːʃim is a district in Maharashtra, India. The headquarters is at Washim. The area of the district is . Demography and Geography The district had a population of 1,020,216 of which 17.49% were urban as of 2001. Washim district is located in the western region of Vidharbha (20.1390° N, 77.1025° E). Akola lies to its north, Amravati lies to its north-east, Hingoli lies to its south, Buldhana lies to its west, Yavatmal lies to its east. River Penganga is the main river of the district. It flows through the Tehsil of Risod. Later it flows through the boundary of Washim and Hingoli districts. River Kas is the main tributary of Penganga. River Kas meets Penganga about 1 km from the village of Shelgaon Rajgure. River Arunavati and its tributaries originates in the Tehsil of Washim and them flows through the tehsils of Mangrul Pir and Manora into the district of Yavatmal. River Katepurna originates in the hilly areas of the district a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harish Marotiappa Pimple
Harish Marotiappa Pimple is a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Murtizapur Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party. References Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019 Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra People from Akola district Marathi politicians 1964 births Maharashtra MLAs 2019–2024 {{Maharashtra-BJP-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randhir Pralhadrao Savarkar
Randhir Pralhadrao Savarkar is a member of the 15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Akola-East Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Savarkar, Randhir Pralhadrao Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019 People from Akola Marathi politicians Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra 1973 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Govardhan Mangilal Sharma
Govardhan Mangilal Sharma (2 January 1949 – 3 November 2023) was an Indian politician who was a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represented the Akola-West Assembly Constituency. He belonged to the Bharatiya Janata Party. Sharma was the senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party in Akola district, and he had been continuously representing the Akola West constituency from 1995. Death Govardhan Sharma died from cancer on 3 November 2023, at the age of 74. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharma, Govardhan Mangilal 1949 births 2023 deaths Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019 People from Akola Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra Maharashtra MLAs 2019–2024 Deaths from cancer in India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiv Sena
Shiv Sena ( IAST: ''Śiva Sēnā'') () was a right-wing to far-right Marathi regionalist and Hindu ultranationalist political party in India founded in 1966 by cartoonist Bal Thackeray. Originally emerging from nativist movements in Bombay (present-day Mumbai), the party agitated for preferential treatment for the Marathi people over migrants from other parts of India. Its election symbol for Maharashtra was the ''Bow and Arrow''. Although the party's primary base always remained in Maharashtra, it tried to expand to a pan-Indian base. In the 1970s, it gradually moved from advocating a pro-Marathi ideology to one supporting a broader Hindu nationalist agenda, and aligned itself with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The party took part in Mumbai ( BMC) municipal elections for its entire existence. In 1989, it entered into an alliance with the BJP for Lok Sabha as well as Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections. The alliance in the latter was temporarily broken in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
