Yashwantrao Chavan

Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan (12 March 1913 - 25 November 1984) was the first Chief Minister of Maharashtra after the division of Bombay State, and subsequently Deputy Prime Minister of India. He was Chief Minister of Maharashtra from May 1, 1960 to November 19, 1962.

Yashwantrao Chavan was born in the village of Devrashtre in Karad Taluka of Satara District of Maharashtra State of India. He was from poor Maratha family.

Apart from being the first Chief Minister of Maharashtra, he occupied the high positions of Defence Minister, Home Minister, Finance Minister, Foreign Minister, and Deputy Prime Minister of India. Yashwantrao Chavan was commonly known as Chavan saheb. While he later championed the view associated with the term Sanyukta Maharashtra, under the influence of Jawaharlal Nehru he almost accepted a bilingual state of Maharashtra^{[citation needed]}.

Like Devraj Urs in neighbouring Karnataka, he left the Congress Party after Indira Gandhi's defeat following the Emergency in 1977, and joined the latter's Congress (Urs).

Yashwantrao with his wife

Yashwantrao Chavan

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Preceded by: Sardar Swaran Singh	Minister for External Affairs of India 1974–1977	Succeeded by: Atal Behari Vajpayee
Preceded by: New Position	Chief Minister of Maharashtra 1960–1962	Succeeded by: Marotrao Kannamwar

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