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Sharad Pawar
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- Born 12 December 1940
- Age 84
- Birth Place Baramati, Bombay Province, British India, (present-day, Maharashtra India)
- Profession Politician, Cricket Administrator
- Political Party Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)(2024-present)
- In Office 9th President Of The International Cricket Council (ICC) 2010-2012, 28th Union Minister Of Agriculture 23 May 2004 - 26 May 2014, 9th Union Minister Of Consumer Affairs, Food And Public Distribution 22 May 2004 - 19 January 2011, 9th Leader Of The Opposition In Lok Sabha 19 March 1998 - 26 April 1999, 15th Union Minister Of Defence 1991-1993, Member Of Parliament, Lok Sabha 2009-2014, 6th Chief Minister Of Maharashtra 6 March 1993 - 14 March 1995, Member Of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 1967-1991, Memeber Of Maharashtra Legislative Council 1993-1996
- Residence 45, Bhulabhai Desai Marg, Mumbai
Sharad Pawar BIOGRAPHY
Last Updated : 10 Feb 2025
The founder and president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Pawar began his career as a member of the Indian National Congress and has held several key positions in the government. Pawar became the member of Maharashtra’s Legislative Assembly for the first time in 1967. He served as the min...
Sharad Pawar PERSONAL LIFE
| Spouse | Pratibha Pawar (1967), |
| Children | Supriya Sule (daughter) |
POSITIONS HELD BY Sharad Pawar
| Position | Tenure |
|---|---|
| Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | N/A |
| Chief Minister of Maharashtra | 18 July 1978 - 17 February 1980 |
| Member of Rajya Sabha | 2014 - Present |
| Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution | 2004 - 2011 |
| Minister of Agriculture | 23 May 2004 - 26 May 2014 |
SHARAD PAWAR NEWS
Maharashtra polls: Sharad Pawar's bags checked in Baramati
November 17, 2024 12:21 pm
The issue of poll officials checking politicians' luggage entered electoral discourse after Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray recently filmed his bags being inspected and shared the video of it.
Maharashtra Assembly polls: Sharad Pawar says BJP coining ‘love jihad’, ‘batenge toh katenge’ as they fear defeat
November 16, 2024 3:48 pm
NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar said on Saturday that the BJP was trying to spoil the good relations between the Hindu and Muslim communities.
‘Every inch a Pawar kin’: In Baramati, a new scion rises as Yugendra battles it out with Ajit
November 15, 2024 8:57 am
In his campaign, NCP(SP) debutant heaps praises on his granduncle in a bid to make it a Pawar versus Ajit contest, even as he refrains from attacking his uncle
Supreme Court tells Ajit Pawar camp to stop using Sharad photos
November 14, 2024 2:37 am
“With Mr (Sharad) Pawar, you have an ideological difference and you are fighting against him. Then you should try to stand up on your own legs,” Justice Surya Kant, presiding over a two-judge bench, told Senior Advocate Balbir Singh, who appeared for Ajit Pawar.
Maharashtra Assembly polls: Modi targets Congress over Article 370, steers clear of Sharad Pawar in his speech
November 13, 2024 6:07 am
He repeated the earlier challenge to the Shiv Sena (UBT) to try and make Rahul Gandhi praise Balasaheb Thackeray and give a speech in favour of Veer Savarkar.
Sharad Pawar admits Mahayuti schemes ‘may have some effect’, but says people want change
November 10, 2024 8:53 am
‘Absolute misuse of agencies…when my daughter attacks government, her husband gets an Income Tax notice; my brother’s daughters (Ajit Pawar’s sisters) have faced raids.'
Mud flies in Maharashtra polls, reference to Sharad Pawar's face
November 07, 2024 11:02 pm
It is to be noted that Sharad Pawar underwent a surgery on his mouth after being diagnosed with oral cancer in 2004.
In Sharad Pawar’s playbook, political pause is unthinkable
November 07, 2024 12:27 pm
In the last year, Sharad Pawar has taken it upon himself to rebuild the organisation to reaffirm its political identity in Maharashtra.
Khot ridicules Sharad Pawar’s face, Ajit Pawar objects
November 07, 2024 3:27 am
Khot was addressing an election rally for BJP candidate Gopichand Padalkar in Jat when he allegedly made the statement. “Pawar saheb says he wants to change the face Maharashtra. What face? You want to make the face of Maharashtra like yours?” he allegedly said.
Uddhav Sena leader Sanjay Raut says won’t allow Sharad Pawar to retire: ‘low-level politics by BJP leaders has hurt him’
November 06, 2024 12:49 pm
Sharad Pawar hinted at retirement from politics while speaking in the Baramati Assembly constituency, a family bastion.
