Yashwantrao Chavan

Yashwantrao Chavan
5th Deputy Prime Minister of India
In office 28 July 1979 – 14 January 1980
Prime Minister	Charan Singh
Preceded by	Charan Singh Jagjivan Ram
Succeeded by	Chaudhary Devi Lal
Minister of Home Affairs
In office 28 July 1979 – 14 January 1980
Prime Minister	Charan Singh
Preceded by	Hirubhai M. Patel
Succeeded by	Zail Singh
In office 14 November 1966 – 27 June 1970
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Preceded by	Gulzarilal Nanda
Succeeded by	Indira Gandhi
Minister of External Affairs
In office 10 October 1974 – 24 March 1977
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Preceded by	Sardar Swaran Singh
Succeeded by	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of Finance
In office 27 June 1970 – 10 October 1974
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Preceded by	Indira Gandhi
Succeeded by	Chidambaram Subramaniam
Minister of Defence
In office 14 November 1962 – 13 November 1966
Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) Lal Bahadur Shastri Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) Indira Gandhi
Preceded by	Jawaharlal Nehru
Succeeded by	Sardar Swaran Singh
1st Chief Minister of Maharashtra
In office 1 May 1960 – 14 November 1962
Preceded by	Office Established
Succeeded by	Marotrao Kannamwar
3rd Chief Minister of Bombay State
In office 1 November 1956 – 30 April 1960
Preceded by	Morarji Desai
Succeeded by	Office Abolished
Personal details
Born	Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan (1913-03-12)12 March 1913 Deorashtre, Sangli State, British India
Died	25 November 1984(1984-11-25) (aged 71) New Delhi, India
Resting place	Yashwantrao Chavan Samadhi, Karad
Political party	Indian 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 mater	University of Mumbai, ILS Law College

Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan (Marathi pronunciation: [jəʃʋənt̪ɾaːʋ t͡səʋʱaːɳ]; 12 March 1913 – 25 November 1984) was an Indian freedom fighter and politician. 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]