Yashwantrao Chavan

Yashwantrao Chavan
5th Deputy Prime Minister of India
In office
28 July 1979 – 14 January 1980
Prime MinisterCharan Singh
Preceded byCharan Singh
Jagjivan Ram
Succeeded byChaudhary Devi Lal
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
28 July 1979 – 14 January 1980
Prime MinisterCharan Singh
Preceded byHirubhai M. Patel
Succeeded byZail Singh
In office
14 November 1966 – 27 June 1970
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Preceded byGulzarilal Nanda
Succeeded byIndira Gandhi
Minister of External Affairs
In office
10 October 1974 – 24 March 1977
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Preceded bySardar Swaran Singh
Succeeded byAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of Finance
In office
27 June 1970 – 10 October 1974
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Preceded byIndira Gandhi
Succeeded byChidambaram Subramaniam
Minister of Defence
In office
14 November 1962 – 13 November 1966
Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru
Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting)
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting)
Indira Gandhi
Preceded byJawaharlal Nehru
Succeeded bySardar Swaran Singh
1st Chief Minister of Maharashtra
In office
1 May 1960 – 14 November 1962
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byMarotrao Kannamwar
3rd Chief Minister of Bombay State
In office
1 November 1956 – 30 April 1960
Preceded byMorarji Desai
Succeeded byOffice Abolished
Personal details
Born
Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan

(1913-03-12)12 March 1913
Deorashtre, Sangli State, British India
Died25 November 1984(1984-11-25) (aged 71)
New Delhi, India
Resting placeYashwantrao Chavan Samadhi, Karad
Political partyIndian National Congress (Before 1977; 1981–1984)
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress-Urs (1977)
Indian National Congress-Socialist (1978–1981)
Spouse
Venutai Chavan
(m. 1942)
Alma materUniversity of Mumbai, ILS Law College
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Chavan with his family.

Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan (Marathi pronunciation: [jəʃʋənt̪ɾaːʋ t͡səʋʱaːɳ]; 12 March 1913 – 25 November 1984) was an Indian freedom fighter and politician who served as 8th Minister of Finance from 1970 to 1971 & 1971 to 1974. He served as the last Chief Minister of Bombay State and the first of Maharashtra after latter was created by the division of Bombay state. His last significant ministerial post was as the Deputy Prime Minister of India in the short lived Charan Singh government in 1979.

He was a strong Congress leader, co-operative leader, social activist and writer. He was popularly known as Leader of Common People. He advocated social democracy in his speeches and articles and was instrumental in establishing co-operatives in Maharashtra for the betterment of the farmers.[1]

  1. ^ "YB Chavan was Centre's troubleshooter: Pranab". Hindustan Times. 24 March 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2021.