Babasaheb Bhosale

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Babasaheb Bhosale
Chief Minister of Maharashtra
In office
21 January 1982 – 1 February 1983
Governor
Preceded by
Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
21 January 1982 – 1 February 1983
Governor
  • Om Prakash Mehra
  • Idris Hasan Latif
Deputy
Chairman
R. S. Gavai
Preceded bySundarrao Solanke
Succeeded byShivajirao Patil Nilangekar
Ministerial portfolios
1980–1982
1982Urban Development
1982–1983
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
1980–1985
Preceded byLiyaqat Hussain Ibarat Hussain
Succeeded byKaka Thorat
ConstituencyNehrunagar Assembly
Personal details
Born(1921-01-15)15 January 1921
Satara, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died6 October 2007(2007-10-06) (aged 86)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Children5
Alma materShahaji Law College, Kolhapur[1]

Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosale (15 January 1921 – 6 October 2007) was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as

Chief Minister of Maharashtra from January 1982 until February 1983.[2]

Early life

Bhosale was born on 15 January 1921 in the Kaledhon

Bar-at-law examination at Lincoln's Inn, London in 1951 following which he practised in Satara as an advocate for a decade.[4] Bhosale was imprisoned during 1941–42 for his participation in the freedom struggle.[4]
After relocating to Mumbai with his 5 children, Bhosale would go on to work at the high court and hold several notable political offices in the years to come.

Electoral politics

In 1978, Bhosale contested and lost the Assembly election for the

Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha from there and went on to become a minister and later chief minister during his first term as a Member of the Legislative Assembly.[6] In the A R Antulay Ministry, Bhosale headed the law and judiciary portfolios before succeeding A.R Antulay as Chief Minister of Maharashtra.[6]

Tenure as Chief Minister of Maharashtra

Bhosale was chosen as chief minister by

Vithoba Temple in Pandharpur, Bhosale's intervention led to the abolition of the system of 'Badwe' (priests) that had been a source of harassment to the devotees there.[4][7]
Bhosale was also well regarded for his wit and sense of humour.

Bhosale's term as Chief Minister was however also marked by dissension within the Congress Party and allegations of corruption in the distribution of liquor distilling licences and allocation of flats in Bombay.[8] Bhosale's rule ended on 1 February 1983 following Vasantdada Patil's election to the chief ministership by legislators of the Congress Party.[9]

Bhosale's cabinet had several people who went on to hold important offices later including Pratibha Patil who went on to become the President of India[4] and Vilasrao Deshmukh who became the Chief Minister of Maharashtra.[10]

Family

Bhosale was the son-in-law of Tulsidas Jadhav, a freedom fighter and Rajya Sabha member who sided with Indira Gandhi when she split the Indian National Congress in 1969.[11] His brother Shivajirao Bhosale was a vice-chancellor of Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.[12] Bhosale's elder daughter Mrs. Shanta Yadav retired as professor, Son Ashok is an entrepreneur, daughter Saroj Bhosale is successful business woman, Dilip is judicial memberof Lokpal since March 2019.[13] & His youngest son Dr. Rajan is one of India's foremost authorities & pioneers in the field of sexual medicine & sex education.

Death

Bhosale died at the Bombay Hospital in Mumbai on 6 October 2007 at the age of 86.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Alumni- Shahaji Law College Kolhapur". Shahaji Law College Kolhapur. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Babasaheb Bhosale dead". The Hindu. India. 7 October 2007. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2007.
  3. ^ "Shahaji Law College, Kolhapur – Alumni". Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Maharashtra ex-CM Babasaheb Bhosale no more". rediff.com. Press Trust of India. 6 October 2007. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  5. ^ STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1978 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MAHARASHTRA (PDF). New Delhi: ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. p. 313. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Ex-CM Babasaheb Bhosale dead". Mumbai Mirror. 7 October 2007. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  7. ^ a b Gupta, Smita. "The chair persons". The Hindu. No. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  8. ^ "Maharashtra: Bhosale's last stand". India Today. 15 February 1983. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  9. ^ "Indian State Gets New Chief Minister". New York Times. 2 February 1983. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  10. ^ "Vilasrao Deshmukh: Ministerial positions from 1982 to 1990". Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  11. ISBN 9781850651802
    . Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  12. ^ "Shivajirao Bhosale passes away". DNA. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  13. ^ "Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale (CJ)". www.allahabadhighcourt.in. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

External links

Preceded by
Abdul Rehman Antulay
Chief Minister of Maharashtra

21 January 1982 – 1 February 1983 		Succeeded by
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