Editing Shankarrao Chavan

{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name		 = Shankarrao Chavan
| image			= Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India.jpg
| image_size		= 240px
| alt			= 
| caption		= Chavan on a 2007 stamp of India
| nominee		= 
| birth_date		= {{Birth date|df=yes|1920|07|14}}
| birth_place       = [[Paithan]], [[Hyderabad State]], [[British India]]
| death_date		= {{Death date and age|df=yes|2004|02|26|1920|07|14}}
| death_place		= [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| office2 		= [[Minister of Finance (India)|Union Minister of Finance]]
| term_start2 		= 25 June 1988
| term_end2 		= 2 December 1989
| primeminister2        = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| predecessor2 		= [[N. D. Tiwari]]
| successor2 		= [[Madhu Dandavate]]
| office		= [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Union Minister of Home Affairs]]
| term_start 		= 21 June 1991
| term_end 		= 16 May 1996
| primeminister        = [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| predecessor 		= [[Chandra Shekhar]]
| successor	        = [[Murali Manohar Joshi]]
| term_start1 		= 31 December 1984
| term_end1 		= 12 March 1986
| primeminister1        = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| predecessor1		= [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| successor1 	        = [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| office3 = [[Minister of Defence (India)|Union Minister of Defence]]
| term_start3 = 2 August 1984
| term_end3 = 30 Dec 1984
| predecessor3 = [[Ramaswamy Venkataraman]]
| successor3 = [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| office4 = [[Minister of Education (India)|Union Minister of Education]]
| term_start4 = 8 August 1981
| term_end4 = 19 July 1984
| predecessor4 = [[N. D. Tiwari]]
| successor4 = [[Prakash Chandra Sethi]]
| office5 = [[Minister of Education (India)|Union Minister of Education]]
| term_start5 = 17 Oct 1980
| term_end5 = 8 August 1981
| predecessor5= [[B. Shankaranand]]
| successor5 = [[Sheila Kaul]]
| office6 = [[Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission]]
| term_start6 = 8 August 1981
| term_end6 = 18 July 1984
| predecessor6 = [[N. D. Tiwari]]
| successor6 = [[Prakash Chandra Sethi]]
| order7              = 4th
| office7	= Chief Minister of Maharashtra
| term_start7	= 12 March 1986
| term_end7    = 26 June 1988
| predecessor7= [[Shivajirao Nilangekar Patil]]
| successor7		= [[Sharad Pawar]]
| term_start8		= 21 February 1975
| term_end8    = 16 May 1977
| predecessor8	= [[Vasantrao Naik]]
| successor8	= [[Vasantdada Patil]]
| office9	= [[The Bharat Scouts and Guides|President of the Bharat Scouts and Guides]]
| term_start9		= 1983
| term_end9	= 1998
| predecessor9	= [[Jagjivan Ram]]
| successor9	= [[Rameshwar Thakur]]
| party_election	= 
| nationality		=
| party			=[[File:Indian National Congress hand logo.svg|20px]] [[Indian National Congress]]
| otherparty		= 
| spouse		= 
| relations		= [[Ashok Chavan]] (son)
| signature		= 
| website		= 
| footnotes		= 
}}

'''Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan''' (14 July 1920 – 26 February 2004){{Citation needed|date=August 2021}} was an Indian politician who served as the [[chief minister of Maharashtra]] twice from 1975 until 1977 and from 13 March 1986 until 26 June 1988.

==Early life and family==
Chavan was born at [[Paithan]] Village, [[Aurangabad district, Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite web |title=8th Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile - CHAVAN, SHRI S. B. |url=https://lssapi.nic.in/MemberProfile/biodata_1_12/2703.htm |publisher=[[Lok Sabha]]}}</ref>

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]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Darda |first1=Rajendra |title=शंकरराव चव्हाण : राज्याच्या जलसंस्कृतीचे जनक |url=https://www.lokmat.com/editorial/shankarrao-chavan-father-states-water-culture-a309/ |access-date=14 July 2020 |work=Lokmat |date=14 July 2020 |language=mr-IN}}</ref>

He was elected to Bombay State Assembly from Dharmabad in 1957<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Bombay_1957.pdf List Of Political Parties]. (PDF). Retrieved on 21 May 2014.</ref> and to Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha from Dharmabad during the 1962 election<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Maharastra_1962.pdf Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative. Assembly of Maharashtra]. Election Commission of India. p. 11</ref> and from Bhokar during 1967, 1972 and 1978<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S13/partycomp172.htm State Elections 2004 – Partywise Comparison for 172-Bhokar Constituency of Maharashtra]. Eci.nic.in. Retrieved on 21 May 2014.</ref> elections.

His son [[Ashok Chavan]] served  as [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|chief minister of Maharashtra]]. His daughter-in-law and Ashok Chavan's wife, [[Ameeta Ashokrao Chavan]] represented Bhokar in Maharashtra Vidhan sabha.

==Political career==

===Membership in legislative and parliament bodies===
* Bombay State Legislative Council, 1956
* [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]], 1960–80
* [[Lok Sabha]], 1980–84 and 1985–86
* [[Maharashtra Legislative Council]], 8 July 1986 – 21 October 1988
* [[Rajya Sabha]] from Maharshtra 28 October 1988 – 2 April 1990, April 1990 – April 1996 and April 1996 – April 2002<ref name="Rajya Sabha">{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx |title=List of Rajya Sabha members Since 1952 }}</ref>
* Committee on Rules, Rajya Sabha, 1992–96

===Leadership in Rajya Sabha===
* Congress(I) Party in Rajya Sabha 2 July 1991 – 15 May 1996
* Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha from 2 July 1991 to 15 May 1996 elected to the Rajya Sabha in October 1988, re-elected in April 1990 and again in April 1996

===Chief Minister ===
Shankarrao served as chief Minister of Maharashtra on two occasions.

*21 February 1975 – 16 May 1977: This coincided with [[The Emergency (India)|
The Emergency]] declared by prime Minister, [[Indira Gandhi]]. [[Sanjay Gandhi]], the son of the prime minister became the power behind the throne and Chavan had to meet Sanjay first to get an appointment with the prime minister<ref>{{cite book|last1=Godbole|first1=Madhav|title=Unfinished innings : recollections and reflections of a civil servant|date=1996|publisher=Orient Longman|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788125008835|pages=105–106|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ItQF4g08KbwC&q=%22sanjay+gandhi%22+chavan&pg=PR9}}</ref>  
*12 March 1986 – 26 June 1988

===Union Cabinet Minister, Government of India ===
* Culture and Social Welfare & Education (HRD), 17 October 1980 – 8 August 1981
* Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, 8 August 1981 to 18 July 1984
* Defence, 2 August 1984 to December 30, 1984
* Home, 31 December 1984 – 12 March 1986
* Finance 25 June 1988 – 2 December 1989
* Home, 21 June 1991 to 16 May 1996

==Positions==

===Chancellor===
* [[Tilak Maharashtra University]], Pune ([[Deemed University]])

===President===

*[[The Bharat Scouts and Guides]], New Delhi (April 1983 to November 1998)
* Maratha Mitra Mandal, New Delhi

===Chairman===
* [[Indian Institute of Public Administration]] (IIPA), New Delhi(1981-2004)
* Shri Sharda Bhavan Education Society, Nanded
* Committee on Human Resource Development, Parliament of India
* Ethics Committee, Rajya Sabha

===Member===
* Business Advisory Committee, Rajya Sabha
* General Purposes Committee, Rajya Sabha
* Executive Committee of the Indian Parliamentary Group
* Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Railways
* Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Congress(I) Party in Parliament
* All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.)
* Central Cooperative Union, [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]

== In Memory==
* [[Dr. Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College]] & Hospital, [[Nanded]]
* MMM's Shankarrao Chavan Law College, Pune
* NWCMC's Dr.Shankarrao Chavan Auditorium, Near SGGS Stadium 
* SBES's Shankarrao Chavan Memorial, VIP Road
* Shankarrao Chavan Chowk, Kamtha-Nanded
* Shankarrao Chavan Chowk, Chimegaon Nanded
* Dr.Shankarrao Chavan Garden & Library, CIDCO, नांदेड
Shankarrao Chavan Vidyalaya and Jr College, Khaparkheda dist. Nagpur

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://timesnow.tv/Newsdtls.aspx?NewsID=22813 TimesNow TV]
* [http://www.bsgindia.org/ BSG India]
* {{cite web|url= http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2703.htm|title= Members bioprofile on Lok Sabha website|website= loksabha.nic.in|publisher= [[National Informatics Centre]], New Delhi|access-date= 4 May 2013|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://archive.today/20130410012219/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2703.htm|archive-date= 10 April 2013|df= dmy-all}}

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