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Ministry Of Cultural Affairs (Maharashtra)
The Ministry of Cultural Affairs is a ministry in the Government of Maharashtra. Ministry is responsible for promoting regional culture. The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level minister. Sudhir Mungantiwar is current Minister of Cultural Affairs. Cabinet Minister is assisted by the Minister of State. Vacant, TBD since 29 June 2022. Head office List of Cabinet Ministers List of Ministers of State List of Principal Secretary Cultural centers Ministry has various cultural centers across Maharashtra. Urdu Culture Center in Nanded is named after Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar. References External links * Government ministries of Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
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Government Of Maharashtra
The Government of Maharashtra is the state governing authority for the state of Maharashtra, India. It is a democratically elected government with 288 MLAs elected to the Vidhan Sabha for a five-year term. Maharashtra has a Maharashtra Legislature which consists of two Houses, the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) and the Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council). As is the case in a parliamentary system, the government is formed by the party, alliance or group of assembly members who command the majority in the Lower House. The Lower House majority leader becomes the Chief Minister and selects the cabinet members from both Houses. In case an unelected person becomes the Chief Minister, they must be elected to either House within the following six months. Head Leaders Council of Ministers On 30 June 2022 Eknath Shinde was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on 30 June 2022, on resignation of his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray. Shinde leads a government consisting of h ...
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First Vasantdada Patil Ministry
Vasantdada Patil became the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the first time on 17 April 1977, replacing Shankarrao Chavan Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan (14 July 1920 – 26 February 2004) was an Indian politician who served twice as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1975 until 1977 and from 13 March 1986 until 26 June 1988. He was Finance Minister of India from 1988 .... The government continued until the 1978 legislative elections, after which Patil continued with his second ministry. List of ministers The ministry consisted of the following: References {{Maharashtra state government ministries Indian National Congress P P Cabinets established in 1977 Cabinets disestablished in 1978 ...
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Dadasaheb Rupwate
Damodar Tatyaba Rupwate (28 February 1925 – 23 July 1999), commonly known as Dadasaheb Rupwate was an Indian politician, Ambedkarite social activist and newspaper editor from Maharashtra. Initially he was a member of the Scheduled Caste Federation and the Republican Party of India, and later the Indian National Congress. Dadasaheb Rupwate was a colleague and follower of B. R. Ambedkar, human rights leader. He was a founder-member of the Republican Party of India (1957). He was a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council for the period 1968 to 1978. He served as twice Cabinet Minister State of Maharashtra for the period 1972 to 1975 and 1977 to 1978; and He had Departments: Social Welfare, Housing, Cultural, Fisheries, Slum Development. He was the general secretary of All India Congress Committee. He is a committee members of ''Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar: Writing and Speeches'', a 22-volume series. He was an editor of weekly "Prabuddha Bharat" and Marathi Encyclopedia, Vai (19 ...
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Shankarrao Chavan 2007 Stamp Of India
Shankarrao may refer to * Shankarrao Bajirao Patil, Indian politician. * Shankarrao Chavan, Indian politician. * Shankarrao Deo, Indian politician. * Shankarrao Gadakh, Indian politician. * Shankarrao Godambe , Indian cricketer. * Shankarrao Mohite-Patil, Indian politician. * Shankarrao Salvi, Indian kabaddi player * Shivajirao Shankarrao Deshmukh, Indian politician. * Shankarrao Butte Patil Vidyalaya , Junnar, school in Maharasthra * Dr. Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College , caption = , former_names = Govt. Medical College , motto = Service for Humanity , established = 1988 , type = Education and Research Institution , endowment = Government Funded , president = , dean = Dr. Mha ..., in Nanded. {{given name Hindu given names Indian masculine given names ...
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First Shankarrao Chavan Ministry
Shankarrao Chavan was appointed as Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the first time on 21 February 1975, replacing Vasantrao Naik. His first ministry lasted till 16 April 1977, and was succeeded by Vasantdada Patil's ministry. Government formation After Congress securing a supermajority in 1972 legislative elections, the incumbent chief minister Vasantrao Naik had continued in his office. After 11 years as head of government, Naik resigned in 1975. Chavan, MLA from Bhokar was minister of irrigation and power in Naik's cabinet, and was selected to succeed Naik. Chavan resigned in April 1977, after Congress lost several Lok Sabha seats in 1977 Indian general election, and was replaced by his irrigation minister, Vasantdada Patil. After briefly serving as Indian minister of home affairs, Chavan would be appointed chief minister for the second time in March 1986. His son, Ashok Chavan served in the same office between 2008 and 2010. List of ministers Chavan's ministry contain ...
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Third Vasantrao Naik Ministry
Following 1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, incumbent chief minister Vasantrao Naik was re-appointed, and he formed his third government on 14 March 1972. This was to be Naik's last government which served until 20 February 1975. Government formation In the 1972 legislative elections, Indian National Congress secured 222 of the state's 278 assembly seats, leading to the incumbent chief minister being re-appointed. On 16 March 1972, a 21-member ministry was sworn in, consisting of 12 cabinet ministers, 8 ministers of state, and 1 deputy minister. Various ministers were later included in the ministry, and its membership had increased to 30 by November 1974. List of ministers The initial ministry consisted of the following 12 cabinet ministers. * Vasantrao Naik, Chief Minister * Vasantrao Patil * Shankarrao Chavan * M. D. Chaudhari * N. M. Tidke * Rafique Zakaria * Y. J. Mohite * H. G. Vartak * A. R. Antulay * Pratibha Patil * A. N. Namjoshi * M. B. Popat Ministers ...
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Pratibha Patil
Prathibha DeviSingh Patil (born 19 December 1934) is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the 12th president of India spanning from 2007 to 2012. She is the first woman to become the president of India. A member of the Indian National Congress, she previously served as the Governor of Rajasthan from 2004 to 2007, and was a member of Lok Sabha from 1991 to 1996. Early life Patil was born in a Marathi family on 19 December 1934 in the British Raj Indian village of Nadgaon of Jalgaon of Maharashtra, India. She is the daughter of Narayan Rao Patil. She was educated initially at R. R. Vidyalaya town and subsequently was awarded a master's degree in Political Science and Economics by Mooljee Jetha College, Jalgaon (then under Poona University), and then a Bachelor of Law degree by Government Law College, Bombay, affiliated to the University of Bombay (now University of Mumbai). Patil then began to practice law at the Jalgaon District Court, while also taking interest in so ...
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Sharad Pawar
Sharad Govindrao Pawar (Marathi pronunciation: əɾəd̪ pəʋaːɾ born 12 December 1940) is an Indian politician. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on four occasions. He has held the posts of Minister of Defence and Minister of Agriculture in the Government of India. He is president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress. He leads the NCP delegation in the Rajya Sabha, the upper chamber of the Indian parliament. He is the chairperson of Maha Vikas Aghadi. Pawar comes from Baramati of Maharashtra. He is the patriarch of one of Maharashtra's most influential political families and a prominent face in Maharashtra politics. Other politicians from the family include his daughter Supriya Sule, Ajit Pawar his nephew, Rohit Rajendra Pawar a nephew's son and other members of his extended family. Outside of politics, Pawar served as the Chairman of the Board of Control for Cricket in In ...
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Shankarrao Chavan
Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan (14 July 1920 – 26 February 2004) was an Indian politician who served twice as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1975 until 1977 and from 13 March 1986 until 26 June 1988. He was Finance Minister of India from 1988 to 1989 and served as Home Minister of India in the P. V. Narasimha Rao cabinet from 21 June 1991 to 16 May 1996. He served as Home Minister of India in the Rajiv Gandhi cabinet 31 December 1984 to 12 March 1986. Early life and family Chavan completed his Bachelor of Arts from Madras University and LL.B. from Osmania University. 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. 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 served as chief minister of Maharasht ...
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Balasaheb Desai
Balasaheb Desai (born as Daulatrao Shripatrao Desai on 10 March 1910 in Village Vihe, Tal Patan, Satara district) was a leading politician and social worker from Maharashtra, India and held important positions in the Maharashtra State Government as home minister, education minister, and cultural minister during the initial formation of the Maharashtra state. He was instrumental in establishing Shivaji University in Kolhapur in 1962. Career Initially Desai started his law practice in Patan, Karad, Satara district. In 1940 he campaigned for election to the District Local Board and was elected president. In 1952 he was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Patan and was re-elected in 1957. In the same year he became a state cabinet minister. He was the main minister in the bilingual state government of Bombay state as well as Maharashtra's government. He played a leading role in the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement and dealt firmly with any outbreaks of ...
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Marotrao Kannamwar
Marotrao Shambshio Kannamwar was an Indian politician who served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 20 November 1962 to 24 November 1963. He represented Saoli Vidhan Sabha constituency in Bombay State in 1957 and of the Maharashtra State from 1960 to 1962. He was re-elected from Saoli in 1962 elections to the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha The Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha or the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai. Presently, 288 memb .... He died while in office on 24 November 1963. Legacy * Kannamwar Nagar in Vikhroli ( East), Mumbai was named after him. * KDK College of Engineering, Nagpur is named in his honour. * Congress-Bhavan in Chandrapur renamed after Ex- CM of Maharashtra. * Also, on NH-6 beyond Kondhali (50+ km from Nagpur) a detour from the NH 6, a village ''Kannamwargram'' is named after the great leader. *Governm ...
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