Ajit Pawar
| Ajit Anantrao Pawar | |
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| Former Deputy Chief Minister (Maharashtra) | |
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In office 16 October 2012 – 25 September 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Chagan Bhujbal |
| Constituency | Baramati |
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In office 10 November 2010 – 25 September 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Chhagan Bhujbal |
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22 July 1959 Deolali Pravara, Taluka - Rahuri, District - Ahmednagar |
| Political party | NCP |
| Spouse(s) | Mrs. Sunetra Pawar |
| Children | Parth Pawar (Elder son) Jay Pawar (Younger son) |
| Residence | Sahyog, Baramati, Pune |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Website | http://www.ajitpawar.org/ |
| As of 12 November, 2010 | |
Ajit Anantrao Pawar (born 22 July 1959 ) is an Indian politician who served as the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra. He is the nephew of Sharad Pawar, the chief of Nationalist Congress Party.
Ajit Anantrao Pawar, popularly known as "Dada" was born on 22 July 1959 at his grandfather's place in Deolali Pravara, Ahmednagar district. He completed his schooling in Deolali, Pravara. He hails from the village of Katevadi in Baramati Taluka, Pune district. He is the Nephew of the Nationalist Congress Party President, Sharad Pawar.
Ajit Pawar is the son of Sharad Pawar's elder brother Anantrao Pawar. Anantrao had initially worked for renowned film maker, V.Shantaram's "Rajkamal Studios" in Mumbai. Ajit Pawar’s grandfather Govindrao Pawar was employed with Baramati Co-operative trading and his grandmother looked after the family farm. Pawar is educated to Secondary school level (equivalent to Junior High USA) or GCSE (UK)) and holds the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) from the Maharashtra Government .
While Ajit Pawar was pursuing his education at Deolali Pravara, his Uncle, Sharad Pawar had become a rising political figure in the ruling Congress party. Therefore he ( Ajit Pawar) moved to Mumbai for his further education. After he completed his Education, he started his social work in Baramati via his Co-operative societies. His philanthropic side came to be recognized by the people and prominent leaders as well. Pawar made his foray into politics in 1982 when he was elected to a sugar cooperative body. He was elected chairman of the Pune District Co-operative Bank (PDC) in 1991 and remained in the post for 16 years. During this period he was also elected as Member of parliament, Lok Sabha from the Baramati constituency. He later vacated his Lok Sabha seat in favour of his uncle, Sharad Pawar, who had then become defence minister in P. V. Narasimha Rao's government. Thereafter, he was elected as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Baramati. Pawar was re-elected from the same constituency in 1995, 1999, 2004, 2009, and 2014. He went on to become minister of state for Agriculture and Power (June 1991 - November 1992) in [[Sudhakarrao Naik]]'s government. Later he became minister of state for Soil Conservation, Power and Planning (November 1992 - February 1993) when Sharad Pawar returned to the state as chief minister. When the [[Indian National Congress]]-NCP coalition came into power in 1999, Pawar was promoted to cabinet minister, firstly in the Irrigation Department (October 1999 - December 2003) in [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]]'s government. He was given additional charge of the Rural Development Department (December 2003 - October 2004) in [[Sushilkumar Shinde]]'s government. When Congress-NCP combination returned to power in 2004 he retained the Water Resources Ministry in Deshmukh's government and later in Ashok Chavan's government. He also became the Guardian minister for Pune district in 2004 and held the post until the COngress - NCP coalition lost power in 2014.
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