BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

CHAVAN, SHRI S.B.

B.A., LL.B.; I.N.C. (Maharashtra); s. of Shri Bhaurao Chavan and Shrimati Laxmibai Chavan; b. at Taluka and post Paithan, District Aurangabad, Maharashtra, July 14, 1920; ed. Graduation at (i) Madras University and (ii) Law

from Osmania University; m. Shrimati Kusumtai Chavan, June, 1943; 1 s. and 5 d.

Advocate; organised Students' Movement and gave up practice during 'Quit Court" Movement in former Hyderabad State; Chancellor, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth(Deemed University) Pune, Maharashtra; President, (i) Bharat Scouts and Guides, New Delhi, (ii) Maratha Mitra Mandal, New Delhi and (iii) Marathawada Mitra Mandal Pune; Chairman, (i) Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, (ii) Shri Sharda Bhavan Education Society, Nanded, (iii) Committee on Human Resource Development and (iv) Ethics Committee, Rajya Sabha; Member, (i) Business Advisory Committee, Rajya Sabha, (ii) General Purposes Committee, Rajya Sabha, (iii) Executive Committe of the Indian Parliamentary Group, (iv) Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Railways, (v) Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Congress(I) Party in Parliament and (vi) All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.); was President, Nanded Town Municipality; was Vice-President, Nanded Cooperative Central Bank; was Director, Hyderabad State Cooperative Bank; was Executive Member, Central Cooperative Union, Hyderabad; was Member, (i) Bombay State Legislative Council, 1956, (ii) Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, 1957-80, (iii) Lok Sabha, 1980-84 and 1985-86, (iv) Maharashtra Legislative Council, 8 July, 1986 - 21 October, 1988 and (v) Committee on Rules, Rajya Sabha, 1992-96; Deputy Leader, Congress Legislature Party in Maharashtra, 1967; was Deputy Minister for Revenue, Government of former Bombay State; was Cabinet Minister, Irrigation, Power and Generation of Electricity, Government of Maharashtra; Chief Minister of Maharashtra, 1975-77 and March 13, 1986 - June 24, 1988; Cabinet Minister, Government of India, (i) Education, Culture and Social Welfare, October 19, 1980 - August 7, 1981, (ii) Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, August 8,1981 to July 18, 1984, (iii) External Affairs, July 19, 1984 August 1, 1984, (iv) Defence, August 2, 1984 December 30, 1984, (v) Home, December 31, 1984 - March 12, 1986, (vi) Finance June 25, 1988-December 2, 1989 and (vii) Home, June 21, 1991 to May, 1996; Leader, Congress(I) Party in Rajya Sabha July 2, 1991 May 15, 1996; Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha from July 2, 1991 to May 15, 1996; elected to the Rajya Sabha in October, 1988, re-elected in April, 1990 and again in April, 1996.

Travels abroad : U.K., U.S.S.R., France, Malaysia, Algeria, Morocco, Belgium, F.R.G., Cyprus, Portugal, Greece, U.S.A., West Indies, China, Switzerland, West Germany, Romania, Bulgaria, Canada, Finland and Italy.

Special interest : Farming and irrigation.

Favourite pastime and recreation : Classical music and reading.

Permanent address : Dhanegaon, Nanded District, Maharashtra.(02462 - 34081 and Fax. 37732).