Sushilkumar Shinde

Template:Short description Template:Use Indian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox officeholder Sushilkumar Sambhaji Shinde (born 4 September 1941) is an Indian former police officer and statesman from the state of Maharashtra. He was the Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Power in the Manmohan Singh government, and the Leader of the House in Lok Sabha.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He previously served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 18 January 2003 to 4 November 2004. Also served as Governor of Andhra Pradesh prior served as central minister.

Early life and education

Shinde was born in Dhor (Caste) on 4 September 1941 at Solapur to Sambhaji Rao Shinde and Sakhu Bai.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Shinde completed his education with an honours degree in arts from Dayanand College, Solapur and LLB from ILS Law College<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and New Law College, University of Bombay, Maharashtra.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Early career

Sushilkumar Shinde started his career as a bailiff in the Sessions court of Solapur where he worked from 1957 – 1965. He then joined the Maharashtra Police as a constable.<ref>Be more sensitive towards people's needs: Sushilkumar Shinde to police – India – DNA. Dnaindia.com. Retrieved on 17 August 2013.</ref> Subsequently, he served in the Maharashtra CID for six years,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> as a sub-inspector of police, under Amukuraj Patil, his CID mentor.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Political career

In the year 1971, Shinde became a member of the Congress Party. He won the Maharashtra state assembly elections in 1974, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1992, 24 May 2003 to August 2004–(General) by-election, September 2004 to 2 October 2004–(General).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Shinde was elected to Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra during July 1992 to March 1998.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 1999, he acted as campaign manager of the Congress chairperson Sonia Gandhi in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh. In 2002, Shinde lost the election for the post of Vice-President of India contesting against the National Democratic Alliance candidate Bhairon Singh Shekhawat. He served as the chief minister of Maharashtra from 2003 to 2004. He was appointed the Governor of Andhra Pradesh on 30 October 2004 replacing Surjit Singh Barnala, who became the Governor of Tamil Nadu. He left the office on 29 January 2006.

Shinde was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha for the second time from Maharashtra on 20 March 2006.<ref>"Arjun, Bhardwaj, Shinde elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha", Tribuneindia.com, 20 March 2006.</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Shinde became the leader of Lok Sabha after his predecessor Pranab Mukherjee was elected President of India.<ref>Shinde to be new Leader of House in Lok Sabha. Firstpost. Retrieved 12 August 2012.</ref> Shinde served as Power minister of India from 2006 to 2012. Later, he was appointed Home Minister of India in 2012.<ref>Home minister Shinde to visit Pune blast sites today. Firstpost. Retrieved 12 August 2012.</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> His tenure as a Home Minister saw two major decisions of hanging the terrorists Afzal Guru and Ajmal Kasab.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

During the 2012 northern India power grid failure, Shinde deflected criticism by observing that India was not alone in suffering major power outages, as the United States and Brazil had both experienced similar blackouts within the previous few years.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="wp">Template:Cite news</ref> Officials in Uttar Pradesh, where the problem was believed to have begun, said the grid could not keep up with the huge demand for power in the hot summer. Uttar Pradesh power corporation chief Awanish Kumar Awasthi stated that the grid collapse was due to the states drawing more than their allotted power to meet the summer demand.<ref name="wp" />

In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Shinde was the Congress party nominee. He was defeated by BJP Candidate Mr. Sharad Bansode.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Sushilkumar Shinde contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Solapur. Shinde was the Congress party nominee. He was defeated by BJP Candidate Mr. Siddheshwar Maharaj by a margin of 156,261 votes.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

According to him, the 2019 Indian general elections were the last Lok Sabha elections contested by him.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Personal life

Shinde married Ujwala Shinde on 1 May 1970. The couple has three daughters.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> One of his daughters Praniti Shinde is MP of Solapur, Maharashtra India.<ref name="Praniti Shinde in Solapur City Central Election Results 2019: Praniti Shinde of Congress Wins">Template:Cite news</ref>

Awards and honours

• 15 January 1977: Selected in Ten Noteworthy Youth of the country by Indian Jaycees.
• 1978: Second choice as most popular Minister in the survey by 'Manohar' a weekly.
• 1981: Honoured with Basav Bhushan Award as "Ideal Youth" by Congress Party.
• 9 March 1996: "National Citizen Award" as a Best Member of Parliament at the hands of Mother Teresa.
• 2003: Bhai Bagal Award 2003, Third place at India Today – Reader's Choice The Best Chief Minister.
• 2005: Guruvarya Shankarrao Kanitkar Award at the hands of senior journalist Arun Tikekar.
• 22 September 2005 to 21 September 2007 & 21 November 2007 to 24 December 2009: Tilak Maharashtra Vidhyapeeth Chancellor.
• 23 January 2007: First D Lit. awarded by D Y Patil University. (Subject – Literature)
• 9 September 2007: Second D Lit. degree awarded by Srikrishna Devrai University, Andhra Pradesh. (Subject – Literature)
• 18 February 2009: Third D Lit. awarded by Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Bhopal. (Subject – Science)
• 9 May 2009: "Navshakti Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar" awarded by Navshakti Times.
• 19 July 2009: Government Award of "Ideal Teacher" in memory of Education Officer Hon. B.C. Dhegale.

Positions held

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• 1974 – 1992: Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• 1974 – 1975: Minister of State for Sports and Cultural Affairs, Government of Maharashtra
• 1975 – 1977: Minister of State for Finance, Family Welfare, Sports and Cultural Affairs, Government of Maharashtra
• 1978: Cabinet Minister for Labour and Tourism, Government of Maharashtra
• 1983 – 1985: Cabinet Minister for Finance, Planning, Sports and Cultural Affairs, Government of Maharashtra
• 1985: Cabinet Minister for Finance, Planning, Environment, Government of Maharashtra
• 1986: Cabinet Minister for Finance, Planning, Industry, Law and Judiciary, Social Welfare, Government of Maharashtra
• 1988 – 1990: Cabinet Minister for Finance, Cultural Affairs, Sports and Planning, Government of Maharashtra
• 1990: Cabinet Minister for Urban Development, Government of Maharashtra
• 1991: Cabinet Minister for Urban Development, Law and Judiciary, Government of Maharashtra
• 1992: Elected to Rajya Sabha
• 1998 – 1999: Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha
• 1999 – 2003: Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha
• 2003 – 2004: Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• 2004: Chief Minister, Maharashtra
• 2004 – 2006: Governor of Andhra Pradesh
• 2006: Member, Rajya Sabha and Union Cabinet Minister of Power
• 2009: Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha
• 31 May – 31 July: Union Cabinet Minister, Power
• Aug 2012: Union Cabinet Minister, Home Affairs
• 30 Aug 2012: Leader of the House, Lok Sabha

Theatre and films

Template:BLP unreferenced section The Marathi film, Dusari Goshta (2014) and a documentary film Andherese Ujale Ki Aour are based on his life from childhood to becoming a popular politician.

See also

• Mayawati
• Charanjit Singh Channi
• Ram Sundar Das

External links

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