Sunil Chhatrapal Kedar (born 7 April 1961) is a Cabinet Minister in the Maharashtra government and an Indian politician of

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who was born in

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. Sunil Kedar is son of late former Maharashtra minister and pioneer of co-operative movement in Nagpur district, Chhatrapal Kedar (Also known as Babasaheb Kedar).

Personal life

Sunil Kedar was born on 7 April 1961 in Nagpur. He is the son of former Minister Chhatrapal Kedar. He graduated in

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and has obtained his

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. He is married to Anuja Vijaykar (daughter of Kundatai Vijaykar and granddaughter of Barrister

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). The couple has two daughters named Purnima and Pallavi. He is a businessman and farmer by profession.

Political career

Sunil Kedar's political journey started when he was elected in 1992 as a Nagpur Zilha Parishad Member. In 1995 in the 9th

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he was elected independently from Saoner Assembly Constituency. In 1995 Kedar was a Minister of State for the ministries of Ministry of Power and

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. And in 1996 he also became Minister of State for the ministry of Ports. Again In 2004 in the 11th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly he was elected independently from Saoner assembly constituency. In 2009 in the 12th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly he was elected from Saoner assembly constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate. And again in 2014 in 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly he was elected from Saoner assembly constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate. In 2019 in the 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly he was elected from Saoner assembly constituency as an Indian national congress candidate and became cabinet minister of Maharashtra State.

References

Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019 Maharashtra MLAs 1995–1999 Maharashtra MLAs 2004–2009 Maharashtra MLAs 2009–2014 Independent politicians in India People from Nagpur district Marathi politicians Living people 1961 births Indian National Congress politicians from Maharashtra {{Maharashtra-INC-politician-stub