Vishnu Savara (1 June 1950 – 9 December 2020) was a leader of the

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. His parents belonged to a family of farmers residing in the village of Galtare in Wada, a

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. Savara, a cabinet minister for tribal development in the

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, was elected to the

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from the Wada constituency in 1990, 1995, 1999, and 2004. In 2009, after

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, he won the Bhiwandi Rural

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election. In the 2014 assembly election, Savara won the Vikramgad Vidhan Sabha seat.

Early life and education

Savara completed his Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1973, and was a senior cashier at Dairy Project Dapchari-Dahanu from 1973 to 1976. In 1976, he was hired by the

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after a competitive examination and worked in

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, Talasari from 1976 to 1980.

Political career

Since university, Savara has been a member of

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. In 1980, he left the State Bank of India to work for the BJP. That year, Savara was the BJP candidate for the Wada

constituency (now Bhiwandi Rural). He was elected as a

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for Wada or Bhiwandi Rural in 1990, 1995, 1999, 2004 and 2009, and in 2014 for Vikramgad.

Death

He died on 9 December 2020 after being admitted to

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, Mumbai, for a few days for

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References

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Early life and education

Political career

Death

See also

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