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Nanded नांदेड ਨੰਦੇੜ نانديذ
—  city  —
Hazur Sahib (Sachkhand Gurudwara), Nanded
Nanded Location of Nanded in Maharashtra and India
Coordinates	19°05′N 77°16′E / 19.09°N 77.27°E / 19.09; 77.27Coordinates: 19°05′N 77°16′E / 19.09°N 77.27°E / 19.09; 77.27
Country	India
Region	Aurangabad Division
State	Maharashtra
District(s)	Nanded
Mayor
Population • Density	550,564[1] (2011[update]) • 547 /km2 (1,417 /sq mi)
Official languages	Marathi, Hindi, Urdu and Panjabi
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area	1,006.81 square kilometres (388.73 sq mi)
Codes • Pincode • 43160x • Telephone • +02462 • Vehicle • MH 26

Nanded (Marathi: नांदेड; Punjabi: ਨੰਦੇੜ; Urdu: ﻧﺎﻨﺪﻳﮍ ) is the second largest city in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, India. It is also headquarters of Nanded district in the Marathwada Division of the state. It is an important holy place for the Sikh faith and is famous for the Hazur Sahib Gurudwara. It is the district headquarters once very famous as district of Sanskrit poets. Nanded is a town of great antiquity and famous for Muslim Sufi shrines. This district of great antiquity is important for the Hindu faith and is known for the Renukadevi temple at Mahur (a taluka place).

History[link]

Nanded is one of the historical places in Marathwada region of Maharashtra State. It is situated on north bank of Godavari river. Nanded is a town of great antiquity. It is famous for Sikh Gurudwaras and Sufi shrines. It is said that during the Puranic days, many great personalities travelled through Nanded district. Nandas ruled over Nanded through generations.

Nanded also formed part of the Mauryan Empire during the reign of emperor Ashoka the great (272 to 231 BCE). The mention of Nanded is found in the Lilacharitra, a treatise written about 700 years ago by Mhaimbhatta. It gives the description of the idol of Narasimha in the town. Nanded was formerly known as Nanditat (Marathi: नंदितट) which is confirmed by the copper plate found at Vasim. Nanded District and the adjoining areas were ruled over by the Andhrabhrtyas or Satvahanas during the First Century A.D. During the fourth century A.D. Kandhar was the capital of the King Sogadev and at Nanded was ruled by the king Nanddeva of the Chalukya Dynasty. That the Rashtrakutas were ruling at Kandhar is established by the inscription at Krishnadev alias Khandardev found at Khandar. Kandhar (or Kandahar city) is also famous for Sufi shrines and Muslim philosophers. An inscription at Arahapur shows that some dynasty of the Rashtrakutas was also ruling over Degloor. Hottal, a place in Nanded District was the capital of the Chalukyas, Kakatiyas followed by the Yadavas of Devgiri were the last the Hindu dynasties to have ruled of this part. During the very first invasion by the Muslims this territory subjugated to them and after a few years it became a part of the fief of Malik Kafur, the general of Alauddin Khilji.

With the advent of the Bahamanis, the southern country or the Deccan was divided into four parts or the subhas and Nanded was included in the Subha of Telangana. The famous Vazir or the Prime Minister of the Bahamanis Mahmud Gavan divided the Kingdom into subhas with Nanded forming part of Mahur Balaghat. Resided at Nanded and Kandhar for many days and the Vazirabad part of Nanded town was established by him.

Nanded was the capital of the district of Telangana. When Aurangzeb was appointed the Subhedar of the Deccan. Bidar was the Headquarters of the Subha and named as Ahmadabad. The Subha of Bidar was divided into six sarkars and 76 mahals and Nanded was one of the Sarkars of that subha. In 1708, the year following the death of Aurangzeb, Guru Gobind Singh the tenth spiritual leader of the Sikhs came over to Nanded, his permanent abode. He proclaimed himself the last living Guru and established the Guru Granth Sahib as the eternal Guru of the Sikhs. This elevates the reverence of Granth to that of a living Guru. A monument has been constructed at place where he breathed his last. Maharaja Ranjit Singh's endowment saw the construction of a beautiful Gurudwara at Nanded around 1835 AD. The Gurudwara features an imposing golden dome with intricate carvings and a breathtakingly beautiful artwork. It is known as Takhat Sachkhand Sri Hazur Abchalnagar Sahib.

Nanded became the part of the Hyderabad State in 1725 when the Nizam permanently opted for the Deccan and continued to be part of Nizam's dominions until 1948. With India getting freedom in 1947 and the consequent Police Action ^[2]against the Hyderabad State and invasion by the Indian Armed Forces, the district forming part of the Marathwada region of the Hyderabad state became part of the bilingual Bombay State. Consequently upon the creation of Maharashtra in 1956, the district continues to form part of the state of Maharashtra.

Geography[link]

• Area of Nanded is 1006.81 km² ^[3]
• Longitude 77.7 to 78.15. East ^[3]
• Latitude is 18.15 to 19.55. North ^[3]
• Borders : The state of Andhra Pradesh lies to the east and Karnataka state to the south.

Nanded is the second largest city in Marathawada after Aurangabad. Latur and Parbhani districts are to the west of Nanded district; Yavatmal district lies in the north. The state of Andhra Pradesh lies to the east and Karnataka state to the south. Nanded district is amongst the large districts in the state having 15 Talukas. The river Godavari flows through the city. Temples and ghats on the banks of Godavari have made Nanded one of the holiest places for Hindus.

Demographics[link]

As of the^[update] 2011 census, Nanded had a population of 550,564.^[1] The municipality had a sex ratio of 924 females per 1,000 males and 12.4% of the population were under six years old.^[1] Effective literacy was 87.40%; male literacy was 92.68% and female literacy was 81.74%.^[1]

Municipal corporation[link]

Nanded-Waghala City Municipal Corporation (NWCMC) was established on 26 March 1997. The Corporation is constituted under the provisions of Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949 and is also governed by the provisions of 74th Constitutional Amendments Act 1992(CAA).

In addition with the Waghala Municipal Council, Vasarni Village, Kautha Village, Asarjan Village, Fatehjangpur Village, Asadwan Village, and CIDCO and HUDCO colonies areas were merged with the NWCMC. The total area under the NWCMC jurisdiction is 51.76 km², (5,176.66 Ha).

Nanded City is divided in two parts: Old Nanded (20.62 km²) north of the Godavari river (on the left bank) and New Nanded (31.14 km²) comprising Waghala and six other newly merged villages and CIDCO area, south of the Godavari river. Recently Taroda (Budruk & Khurd) has been included in Nanded Municipal Corporation.

Indian National Congress is the ruling party in the Nanded Municipal Corporation & Ajay Bisen is the Mayor of the city. www.nwmcnanded.org www.nwcmc.gov.in

Transport[link]

Nanded is connected with rest of India by air, roads and railways.

Air[link]

Nanded Airport is well connected to Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Goa, Jaipur and Nagpur. The city has daily flight service to Mumbai, Aurangabad, Nagpur, Trivandrum & Delhi. Nearest international airport is Hyderabad(284 kilometre). Nanded has the distinction of having Marathwada region's first airport. As a part of JNNURM mission and Guru Ta Gaddi programe held in October 2008, it has been renovated and named as 'Shri Guru Gobind Singh ji Airport' and was re-inaugurated on 4 October 2008.

The Go Air is driving its flights to Mumbai/ Delhi & Nanded. Recently Kingfisher Co. has suspended some of its flights from Nanded to Mumbai and Delhi. Spicejet has started flights to Aurangabad, Mumbai, Delhi & Trivandrum.

The airport has been upgraded at a cost of Rs. 940 million and the facilities available include a huge terminal building to handle 300 passengers and a runway to handle big aircraft like Boeing 737s and Airbus 319-320. It also now has three parking bays for large aircraft, six check-in counters, plush passenger terminals, fuelling stations and all other passenger and flight operations facilities, including night operations.

Nanded has received massive investment in infrastructure development.

Rail[link]

The direct trains are available to Nanded from Mumbai, Hyderabad, Delhi, Amritsar, Pune, Bangalore, Nagpur, Visakhapatnam, Kolkata, Tirupati, Patna, Sambalpur, Rameswaram, Thiruvananthapuram . Soon Nanded will be a railways junction as a new rail line from Nanded-Yawatmal-Wardha connecting further to Nagpur has been announced and the work has started from February, 2009.

Nanded (NED) is the Divisional Headquarters of Nanded Division of South Central Railway (SCR) zone of the Indian Railways. The entire Nanded Division was a part of Hyderabad Division. In 2003, Nanded Division was carved from Hyderabad Division for administrative reasons.

The jurisdiction of Nanded Railway Division is as follows: Mudkhed-Manmad (excl) Parbhani-Parli Vaijnath (excl) Purna-Akola-Khandwa (excl) Mudkhed-Pimpalkutti (excl)

Road[link]

Nanded is situated at 651 kilometre away in south-east from Mumbai by road . It is on National Highway No.222 connecting Mumbai to Nirmal (NH7) in A.P. and about six-hour drive from Aurangabad, Hyderabad and 11-hour drive from Pune. Several passenger bus services operate from Nanded providing easy overnight connectivity with almost every major city in Maharashtra. These buses are reasonably priced and fairly punctual. The comfort level differs greatly from operator to operator.

National Highway 222 (NH222) passes through Nanded. NH 222 connects the city of Kalyan near Mumbai in Maharashtra to Nirmal near Adilabad in Andhra Pradesh. This is one of the longest highway in Maharashtra.

Route: Mumbai- Kalyan - Ale Phata - Ahmednagar - Majalgaon- Parbhani - Nanded - Bhokar - Bhainsa - Nirmal

Industry and economy[link]

Off late, Nanded has emerged as a favorite choice for industries and businesses in the country. This may be due to its geographical location, being on the border of two states, i.e., Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Another reason could be that, Aurangabad, which was known to be one of the fasest growing cities of India is now saturated. Also, Nanded is well connected with almost all major cities in India either by Road, Rail or Air. Presently industries such as Textile, Sugar, Drug and Chemicals run in Nanded.

Recently, there was a trade fair organized by the District Authorities which got a good response. Many renowned Corporates have started working on establishing their units in Nanded. Nanded is a hub of Agriculture and allied industry also, mainly Cotton, Banana and Food Processing among others.

Nanded is one of the biggest agricultural trading markets in India and second in Maharashtra after Navi Mumbai.

Nanded city's industrial estate has number of solvent plants in which DOC is produced and some of these solvent plants exports it to some foreign companies. These solvent plants also play a vital role in economy of Nanded.

Tata Chemical in support with the Pune based ethenol maker Praj Industries have set up a state of the art ethynol plant at the Krushnoor Five Star MIDC near Nanded. Parsvnath SEZ (PSL), a subsidiary of Parsvnath Developers, is developing a pharmaceutical special economic zone (SEZ) at Nanded by way of a special purpose vehicle in a joint venture (JV) with Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) over 370 acres (1.5 km²) in the Krushnoor Industrial Area of Nanded. This SEZ is aimed at providing world class infrastructure to revive the interest amongst many players from the pharmaceutical sector and will serve as a big boon for the Nanded's economic growth. Also the MIDC has big plant like Jai Corp, Flamingo pharma, Mauritioun co. Welspun is going to make 1200 crores investment here, Videocon to open 1000 capacity BPO, Tata Steel and many more are also interested in the city. Its evident that Nanded soon going to be regional hub for industries.

Due to this now all other ancillary sectors such as Insurance, Banking and mainly construction are flourishing. All major Banks and Financial Institutions have their presence here and many residential townships are coming all around the city.

Culture[link]

Nanded has a cosmopolitan culture as five major communities (Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Sikh and Jain) have resident in the city, it reflects the real culture of the India where people live together with great happiness though they are from different culture, state, language, community, etc. The great example of this is a recent function held at Nanded on the occasion of “Guru Ta Gaddi”. Where everybody was involved and working together even they are from different religions to make it a great success and it has been proven also.

Nanded has a great cultural heritage. It is the place of birth of the Saint poets like Vishnupant Sesa and Raguhunath Sesa and Vaman Pandit besides being a Centre for learning Sanskrit.

Nanded has been home to several well known Marathi Cultural figures. Mr. W. R. Kant, a well known Marathi Poet calls Nanded his home. The late Mr. Narhar Ambadas Kurundkar is another well recognized literary figure.

Nanded has been a venue of several literary and artistic meets such as Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, Marathi Natya Samellan. Late Mr. Tryambak Vasekar from Nanded is also a recognized figure in the area of paintings.

Though mall culture is not a new concept in India, it is still taking place in Nanded. BIG Cinemas has renovated the Jyoti Chitramandir as Jyoti BIG Cinemas, a two screen multiplex theatre in the city. Also Nanded has got a shopping mall called Treasure Bazaar. The mall hosts PVR Cinemas, one of India's leading multiplex chain with four screen multiplex and a three star business hotel.

Nanded is heading towards becoming a Modern Indian City.

Demography[link]

Due to its location and history, Nanded is more diverse than its appears. About 70% population is Hindu, 12% Muslim. Another 17% is Punjabi/Hindi speaking Sikhs. And rest 1% are from other parts of India. Also there is substantial amount of Kannada and Telugu speakers.

Nanded is home to various communities migrated from all over India. Most of the businesses are run by Marwari (Rajasthani) community and Arya Vaishya Komti (Migrants from South). In addition it has Gujrati (Hindu and Bohra-Muslim), Sindhi, Punjabi, Tamil and South Indian Christian minorities. As a result of this microcosm, Nandedites tend to speak a peculiar version of Dakhani Urdu influenced version of Hindi on street in addition to its main language Marathi.

Media[link]

Nanded has three decent daily newspapers among them Marathi daily “Prajawani” and "Godatir samachar" is the most circulated daily in Nanded and adjacent cities such as Hingoli and Parbhani.

Marathi newspapers such as Prajawani (www.eprajawani.com), Sakal, Loksatta, Lokmat, Kesari, Deshonnati, Maharashtra Times have their establishments in the city. Urdu Newspaper Waraqu-e-Taza Urdu News Paper,is the very old and Very Best Urdu News Paper in Nanded District,Mr.Mohammad Taqi Editor in Cheif & 'Mr.Naim Khan is Nanded City District Reporter & Photo Graphar {daliywaraqu-e-taza.blogspot.com} Hindi daily Bhaskar, English dailies such as The Times of India, Indian Express, Lokmat Times, and Sakaal Times (formerly the Maharashtra Herald) have editions based in Pune, with additional local supplements.

Nanded has most circulated & "B" grade newspaper certified by Maharashtra State Government Marathi Swarajya weekly in Marathi Language. Nanded has ten Urdu daily newspapers. The Nanded Times is the most circulated Urdu daily of the city.

Education[link]

Nanded is one of the renowned educational center in Maharashtra. As per the ancient transcripts, Nanded was known as the center for learning Sanskrit. The Students from the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh district of Nizamabad and Adilabad come to Nanded for Education.

Nanded City has several educational institutes offering education in areas like Engineering, Polytechnic, Medical, Pharmacy, Agriculture, Biotechnology, Arts, Commerce etc.:

Engineering, IT and Management

• Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering & Technology, Nanded
  
• Mahatma Gandhi Mission's College of Engineering, Nanded
  
• Mahatma Gandhi Mission's College of Computer Science & IT, MGM Campus, Nanded
  
• Matoshri Pratishan's Group of Institutions (Integrated Campus), Jijau Nagar, Nanded
  
• S.B.E.C.'s Institute of Technology and Management, Nanded
  
• Government Polytechnic College, Nanded
  
• Gramin Polytechnic College, Nanded
  
• Rajiv Gandhi College Of Computer Science & Management, Nanded
  
• Vivekanand Institute of Technology & Management (VITM), Nanded
  
• P.G.S.M. College of Technology, Nanded. (Wi-Fi Campus)
  
• Nandigram Institute of management Studies, Nanded
  

Medical and Pharmacy

• Government Medical College and Research Institute
  
• Government Ayurvedic College & Hospital, Nanded
  
• Dr. Hansraj Vaidya Homeopathic College, Nanded
  
• S.B.E.C.'S Pharmacy College, Nanded
  
• Sahyog Sewabhavi Sanstha's Indira College of Pharmacy, Nanded

Law and Management

• N.C. Law College, Nanded
  
• S.P. Law College, Nanded
  
• S.N. Law College, Nanded
  
• Shivaji Law College, Nanded

Arts, Science and Commerce

• N.E.S.'s Science College, Nanded
  
• N.E.S.'s Peoples College, Nanded
  
• S.B.E.C.'s Yeshwant Mahavidyalaya, Nanded
  
• Pratibha Niketan College, Nanded
  
• N.S.B College, Nanded
  
• Vasantrao Naik Mahavidyalaya, Nanded
  
• Indira Gandhi Mahavidyalaya, Nanded
  
• Rajarshi Shahu High School & College, Nanded
• Baswashwer College (Proposed )

Fine Arts, Education, Agriculture and Others

• Mahatma Gandhi Mission's College of Fine Arts
  
• Kalamaharshi Tryambak Vasekar Chitrakala Mahavidyalaya, Nanded
  
• Government College of Education, Nanded
  
• Government Adhyapak Mahavidyalaya, Nanded
  
• Agricultural College, Nanded
  
• Sana Urdu High School and Junior College, Chaitanya Nagar, Nanded
  
• Kusumtai Chavan D.Ed College, Nanded
  
• Government ITI, Nanded
  
• Mahatma Gandhi Mission's College of Library & Information Science, Nanded
  
• Mahatma Gandhi Mission's College Of Journalism, Nanded
  

Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering & Technology is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education, Government of India. The institute is entirely autonomous - academic, financial and administrative and is one of the five such institutes in Maharashtra.^[4][5]

The Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded (SRTMU) was established at Nanded by bi-furcating the Marathwada University, Aurangabad on 17 September 1994, the day on which in 1948 Hyderabad State was liberated from rule of the Nizam. Jurisdiction of this university consist of four districts Nanded, Parbhani, Hingoli and Latur.

University campus consist of following schools:

• School of Chemical Sciences
  
• School of Commerce and Management Sciences
  
• School of Computational Sciences
  
• School of Earth Sciences
  
• School of Educational Sciences
  
• School of Fine and Performing Arts
  
• School of Languages & Literature
  
• School of Life Sciences
  
• School of Mathematical Sciences
  
• School of Media Studies
  
• School of Pharmacy
  
• School of Physical Sciences
  
• School of Social Sciences
  

Weather[link]

Hot Weather in April and May. Heavy rains in August and September, whereas frost in December–January. It experiences all three extreme weathers.

The city is surrounded by hills and river Godavari, Aasna and Purna from all directions.

Climate Classification: Nanded has a semiarid climate under the Koppen climate classification.

Temperature: Annual temperatures in Nanded range from 9 to 44 °C, with the most comfortable time to visit in the winter - October to February. The highest maximum temperature ever recorded was 48 °C in May 2009. The lowest recorded temperature was 2 °C (36 °F) on in the year 1911. In the cold season, the district is sometimes affected by cold waves in association with the eastward passage of western disturbances across north India, when the minimum temperature may drop down to about 2 °C to 4 °C (35.6 °F to 39.2 °F).^[6]

Rainfall: Most of the rainfall occurs in the monsoon season from June to September. Average annual rainfall is 725 mm.

List of historical Gurudwaras[link]

As The Tenth (last bodily Sikh Guru) Guru Gobind Singh Jee stayed about three months in Nanded at the banks of the holy Godavari river, the city has several Gurudwaras where some historical events took place. All the bulildings of the Gurudwaras are very beautiful and are constructed in accordance with the Sikh Architecture:

• Nagina Ghat(Boating)
• Banda Ghat
• Shikar Ghat
• Nanak Pur Saheb(Guru Nanak Dev Jee stayed here while moving towards Bidar, Shri Lanka)
• Mal Tekdi Saheb
• Sangat Saheb
• Heera Ghat
• Mata Saheb (Shri Guru Gobind Singh Jee's wife stayed here)
• Kaleshwar(Boating)

Apart from these historical Gurudaras there are several Gurudwras which are recently created privately due to increasing importance of the main Sachkhand Gurudwara Nanded. They don't have any history related to them:

• Langar Saheb
• Nanak Sar
• Ratan Garh

Geographical location[link]

	Parbhani, Aurangabad	Hingoli, Akola	Yavatmal, Nagpur
	Purna, Pune, Mumbai		Mudkhed, Bhokar
		Nanded    East
	Latur, Solapur	Degloor, Bidar	Dharmabad, Hyderabad

References[link]

External links[link]

• Nanded City HelpLine # 880 660 0055 (For HelpLine of Nanded.)
• Nandedians blog (For all the latest updates, news and happenings of Nanded.)
• P.G.S.M. B.C.A.College,Shivaji Nagar,Nanded.Wi-Fi College.
• Prajawani Daily or Dainik Prajawani, Nanded's favorite marathi Newspaper online.
• {http://www.nandeddic.in Nanded D.I.C. Official website.
• Information about Marathwada including Nanded City. Visit www.clickinfocity.com
• Nanded district site
• Nanded city site
• Sri Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir
• Nanded district Gazeteer
• A Private informational Website
• SGGS College of Engineering Website
• MGM College of Engineering Website Principal Dr.Mrs.Geeta Lathkar
• SRTM University Website
• Information on Nanded Gurudwara and upcoming celebrations
• Nanded Information Portal
• Information on Nanded City Business and shop in city
• Information to aircharter and air ambulance services to Nanded
• Nanded airport official website

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Barrister Asaduddin Owaisi
President of AIMIM
Incumbent
Assumed office 2008
Preceded by	Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi
Member of Lok Sabha MP
Incumbent
Assumed office 2004
Preceded by	Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi
Constituency	Hyderabad
Personal details
Born	(1969-05-13) 13 May 1969 (age 43) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Political party	All India Majlis-e Ittihad al-Muslimin
Spouse(s)	Farheen Owaisi
Children	4 daughters[1]
Residence	Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Alma mater	B.A. (Osmania University) LL.B (London) Barrister-at-Law (Lincoln's Inn)[2]
Profession	Barrister
Religion	Islam
As of September 16, 2006

Asaduddin Owaisi (born (1969-05-13)May 13, 1969 Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India) is a Barrister, Indian politician and President of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Since 2008. He is a Member of Parliament (MP) representing Hyderabad constituency in Lok Sabha Lower House of the Indian Parliament Since 2004.

Barrister Asaduddin Owaisi, is also known as “Naqeeb-e-Millat”

Early life[link]

Asaduddin Owaisi was Born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, to Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi, an Indian politician and Member of Parliament from Hyderabad, for six consecutive terms until stepping down in 2004 in favour of his elder son. His education was from Hyderabad Public School and subsequently did his Intermediate (A' Levels) from St. Mary's Junior College, Hyderabad. He graduated with B.A. from Nizam College, Osmania University, then LL.B (London), and Barrister-at-Law (Lincolns Inn), England.^[3]

Political career[link]

Son of late Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi, a dynamic leader in his heyday, Asaduddin Owaisi evinced interest in politics right from his student days. He is the president of All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimmen (AIMIM) and took up the party responsibilities after the death of his father in 2008, playing key role in the politics of Andhra Pradesh, through running All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen as strong as his father and maintaining strong hold in Hyderabad. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen has had a successful run in and around Hyderabad under his leadership and strengthened it through attracting more youth into the party fold.

Asaduddin Owaisi has represented Hyderabad, constituency in Lok Sabha, Lower House of the Indian Parliament since 2004 where his father Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi, who also served as the Member of Parliament for Hyderabad constituency for six consecutive terms, stepped down in his son's favour to continue the dynastic political role. Asaduddin Owaisi made his political début into the Lok Sabha from the Hyderabad constituency by defeating his nearest rival G.Subash Chanderji of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with a margin of 100,145 votes. It was the seventh straight victory of the All India Majlis-e Ittihad al-Muslimin in the Hyderabad seat.

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen’s Asaduddin Owaisi secured a place among the Top 10 MP’s asking trenchant questions in in the 14th Lok Sabha relating to Indian democracy, Indian secularism, Muslim’s freedom and corrupt state machinery besides many other pertinent matters.

He was also a member of the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly for ten years prior to becoming a Member of Parliament. Elected to the AP state assembly from the Charminar constituency of Hyderabad, in 1995 and 1999, he was also the floor leader of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen in the Andhra Pradesh state assembly.

Position Held[link]

• 1994-2003 Member, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly (two terms)
• 2004 Elected to 14th Lok Sabha
• 7 Aug. 2004- 6 Aug. 2006 Member, Committee on Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
• 5 Aug. 2004- Apr. 2006 Member, Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment
• 5 Aug. 2006 - 4 Aug. 2007 & 5 Aug. 2007 Member, Standing Committee on Defence
• 2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
• 31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Defence
• 7 Oct. 2009 Member, Committee on Ethics
• Member and Trustee, Dar-Us-Salam Trust and Education Board, since 1999
• Member, Muslim Personal Law, since 2001 ^[4]
• Won in 2009 Parliament Election with 42.14% of votes gain for AIMIM party in HYDERABAD constituency
• Won in 2004 Parliament Election with 38.41% of votes gain for AIMIM party in HYDERABAD constituency
• Won in 1999 Assembly Election with 66.15% of votes gain for AIMIM party in CHARMINAR constituency
• Won in 1994 Assembly Election with 48.99% of votes gain for AIMIM party in CHARMINAR constituency

Attempted Assassination of his Brother[link]

His brother, MLA Akbaruddin was allegedly shot at by youngest nephew of Mohammed Pehalwan and his associates in Hyderabad on 30 April 2011. While he was visiting the constituency of Chandrayangutta for which he is a MLA since 1999. ^[5]

Personal life[link]

Asaduddin Owaisi is married and has 4 daughters.^[6]

Other Information[link]

Reading books on history and religion, Playing cricket, spending time with kids^[7]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Book on Selected Parliamentary Speeches of Asaduddin Owaisi

Ashok Shankarrao Chavan
Chavan in 2010
Chief Minister of Maharashtra
In office 8 December 2008 – 9 November 2010
Preceded by	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Succeeded by	Prithviraj Chavan
Constituency	Bhokar
Minister of Industries, Mines, Protocol,Cultural Affairs
In office 1 November 2004 – 20 February 2009
Constituency	Bhokar
Minister of Revenue
In office 19 October 1999 – 20 October 2004
Succeeded by	Patangrao Kadam
Constituency	Mudkhed
Personal details
Born	(1958-10-28) 28 October 1958 (age 53) Mumbai (formerly Bombay)
Citizenship	Indian
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Ameeta Ashok Chavan
Children	2 daughters
Residence	Mumbai
Occupation	Politician, Businessman
Religion	Hindu

Ashok Shankarrao Chavan (Marathi: अशोक चव्हाण) (born (1958-10-28) 28 October 1958 (age 53))^[1] was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Chavan was sworn in on 8 December 2008, after his political party, the Indian National Congress and Vilasrao Deshmukh selected him to be Vilasrao Deshmukh's successor on 5 December 2008. He earlier served as Minister for Cultural Affairs, Industries, Mines and Protocol in Vilasrao Deshmukh government. Chavan is son of former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shankarrao Chavan and they are the first father–son duo in the state's history to become chief ministers.^[2][3] Chavan was asked to resign as Chief Minister during a meeting with Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, after it emerged that three of his relatives were house-owners of a government housing society in upmarket Colaba.^[4]

Political career[link]

He graduated in Science and has obtained his Master's in Business Management.^[5] He started his political career as General Secretary, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee. In 1987–88, he was elected as Member of Parliament from Nanded Lok Sabha constituency. In 1992, he was elected as M.L.C to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and later joined as Minister of State for Public works, Urban Development and Home in March 1993. In 2003, Vilasrao Deshmukh appointed Chavan as Minister for Transport, Ports, Cultural Affairs and Protocol. In November 2004, Chavan became Minister for Industries, Mining, Cultural Affairs & Protocol. He was the General Secretary of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee from 1995 to 1999.^[2] He is the President of Sai Sevabhavi Trust Nanded, a charitable voluntary organisation.

Sharad Pawar, the regional satrap, had been lukewarm towards Chavan, after his first choice of union power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde was ignored well before the race began. Congress had clearly plumped for a Maratha to lead the party in the state, and had ignored the NCP view that it go for a non-Maratha to set right the social combination.

As a result, NCP chose a non-Maratha, Chhagan Bhujbal to man the deputy CM's post and gave the home ministry to Jayant Patil. The latter being a Maratha balanced the NCP's own bid to remain the community's first choice.

On 20 February 2009, Narayan Rane was inducted into the cabinet and was made the Minister of Industry.

After winning assembly elections in 2009, Congress President Sonia Gandhi named Ashok Chavan as next Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

Controversy, Scams and Allegations[link]

Adarsh Housing Society Scam[link]

On March 14, 2011 Defence Minister A. K. Antony told Parliament that Ashok Chavan is one of the 13 people named by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Adarsh Housing Society Scam.^[6]

Chavan was accused of nepotism when he gave two flats in the Adarsh Housing society in Colaba to some of his close relatives, the society was originally meant for war widows. Chavan was summoned to Delhi where he offered to resign before party chief Sonia Gandhi. He was asked to tender his resignation to Governor K Sankaranarayanan, pending an inquiry into the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam in Mumbai. His successor as chief minister of Maharashtra is Prithviraj Chavan.

Ashok Chavan was alleged of betraying the Congress (I) party in Nanded legislative election by asking Gaffar Khan, a well known Muslim Politician of the city,

He is also accused of ordering police inhuman beating of Mr. Pokarna, Member of Legislative Assembly, Nanded

See also[link]

• List of politicians in India charged with corruption

References[link]

External links[link]

• Biodata
• Adarsh scam: Maharashtra CM Chavan quits ( CNN-IBN )