Vishnu Savara

Vishnu Savara
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
March 1990 – October 2019
ConstituencyVikramgad (Oct 2014 to Oct 2019); Bhiwandi Rural (Oct 2009 to Oct 2014); Wada (March 1990 to Oct 2009)
Personal details
Born(1950-06-01)1 June 1950
Wada, Maharashtra, India
Died9 December 2020(2020-12-09) (aged 70)
Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
ResidenceMumbai
OccupationPolitician

Vishnu Savara (1 June 1950 – 9 December 2020) was a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. His parents belonged to a family of farmers residing in the village of Galtare in Wada, a tehsil in Palghar district.[1] Savara, a cabinet minister for tribal development[2] in the government of Maharashtra,[3][4] was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Wada constituency in 1990, 1995, 1999, and 2004.[5] In 2009, after delimitation, he won the Bhiwandi Rural Vidhan Sabha election.[6] In the 2014 assembly election, Savara won the Vikramgad Vidhan Sabha seat.[6]

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  2. ^ "Tribal Development | Golden Maharashtra Development Council". Goldenmaharashtra.in. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Tribal Development Department, Government of Maharashtra, India". Tribal.maharashtra.gov.in. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Indian Express: Rane sworn in along with jumbo team". expressindia.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  5. ^ "SAVARA VISHNU RAMA(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- WADA (ST)(District1) – Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Bhiwandi Rural (Maharashtra) election Results 2014, Current and Previous MLA". Elections.in. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.