Manohar Joshi

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Manohar Gajanan Joshi (2 December 1937 – 23 February 2024) was an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra, who served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1995 to 1999, and Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2002 to 2004. He was one of the prominent leaders of the Shiv Sena, and also one of the Indians to be elected to all of the four legislatures. He was posthumously awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian honour, by the Government of India in 2025.[1]

Early life

Joshi was born on 2 December 1937 in the Marathi-speaking Brahmin family of Gajanan Krishna Joshi and Saraswati Gajanan in Nandavi of Raigad district in Maharashtra.[2][3][4] He received his Masters of Arts and LLB degrees from Mumbai University.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He married Anagha Joshi on 14 May 1964, with whom he had a son, Unmesh, and two daughters, Asmita and Namrata.[3][5] His granddaughter, Sharvari Wagh, made her debut as an actress with the 2021 film Bunty Aur Babli 2.[6]

Formation of Kohinoor

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Political career

Early years

Joshi began his career by being elected as a municipal councillor in Bombay Municipal Corporation in 1968 from the Shiv Sena.[8]

In 1972 Joshi was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Council,[8] where he served three terms until 1989.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He became the Mayor of Mumbai during 1976 to 1977.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He was elected to the Legislative Assembly from a Shiv Sena ticket in 1990.[9]

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Joshi with former BCCI vice-president Dnyaneshwar Agashe.

Chief Minister

Joshi became the first non-Congress Chief Minister of Maharashtra when the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coalition came to power in 1995.[10] Technically, Sharad Pawar led the first non-Congress government in Maharashtra in 1978Script error: No such module "Unsubst". as a member of Socialist Indian National Congress.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Controversy and resignation

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As Chief Minister, he had permitted the release of a plot of land in Pune, reserved for a school, to a builder with ties to his son-in-law, Girish Vyas.[13] A housing complex, named Sundew, was built on that land by Vyas in 1998. Sustained legal efforts by Vijay Kumbhar, an RTI activist from Pune,[14] led to Joshi's resignation in January 1999. In March 2009, Bombay High Court passed a verdict calling the housing complex illegal.[15] The Supreme Court of India upheld the verdict in 2011 and fined Joshi Rs 15,000.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Following its order, the building is now being used for a school.[16]

Lok Sabha and Speaker

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Joshi was promoted to the Lok Sabha when he won in Central Mumbai in the 1999 General Elections.[17] He was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2002 to 2004 during the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) administration.[17]

Joshi was elected for a six-year term to the Rajya Sabha on 20 March 2006[18] after being defeated in the previous Lok Sabha election in the Central Mumbai constituency.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

National Legislator Conference

In September 2022, Manohar Joshi was appointed a key patron of NLC Bharat.[19]

Death

Manohar Joshi died in Mumbai on 23 February 2024, at the age of 86.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He had suffered a cardiac arrest a day earlier and been placed in Hinduja hospital's intensive care unitScript error: No such module "Unsubst"., dying the next day of age-related health complications.[20]

See also

References

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