Manohar Joshi | |
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| 12th Chief Minister of Maharashtra | |
| In office 14 March 1995 – 31 January 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Sharad Pawar |
| Succeeded by | Narayan Rane |
| 13th Speaker of the Lok Sabha | |
| In office 10 May 2002 – 2 August 2004 | |
| President | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee (also been a Leader of the House) |
| Deputy Speaker | P. M. Sayeed |
| Preceded by | G. M. C. Balayogi |
| Succeeded by | Somnath Chatterjee |
| Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises | |
| In office 19 October 1999 – 9 May 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Chandra Shekhar |
| Succeeded by | Anant Geete |
| Leader of Shiv Sena | |
| Assumed office 19 June 1966 | |
| President | Bal Thackeray (1966-2012) Uddhav Thackeray (2012-2022) Eknath Shinde (2022 onwards) |
| Leader of the House Legislative Assembly Maharashtra | |
| In office 14 March 1995 – 31 January 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Sharad Pawar |
| Succeeded by | Narayan Rane |
| Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 22 March 1990 – 12 December 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Mrinal Gore |
| Succeeded by | Gopinath Munde |
| Mayor of Mumbai | |
| In office 1976–1977 | |
| Preceded by | Mehta |
| Succeeded by | Murli Deora |
| Member of Parliament, Loksabha | |
| In office 1999–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Ramdas Athawale |
| Succeeded by | Eknath Gaikwad |
| Constituency | Mumbai North Central |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 2006–2012 | |
| Preceded by | Ram Jethmalani |
| Succeeded by | Anil Desai |
| Constituency | Maharashtra |
| Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1990–1999 | |
| Preceded by | Sharayu Thakur |
| Succeeded by | Vishakha Raut |
| Constituency | Dadar |
| Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council | |
| In office 1972–1989 | |
| Constituency | Nominated |
| Councillor, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation | |
| In office 1968–1972 | |
| Constituency | Dadar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 December 1937 Raigad, Bombay Presidency, British India |
| Political party | Shiv Sena |
| Spouse | Anagha Joshi |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Sharvari Wagh (granddaughter) |
Manohar Gajanan Joshi (born 2 December 1937) is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra, who served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1995 to 1999, and Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2002 to 2004. He is one of the prominent leaders of the Shiv Sena, and also one of the Indians to be elected to all of the four legislatures.
Joshi was born on 2 December 1937 in the Marathi-speaking Brahmin family of Gajanan Krishna Joshi and Saraswati Gajanan in Nandavi of Raigad district in Maharashtra.[1][2][3] He received his Masters of Arts and LLB degrees from Mumbai University. He married Anagha Joshi on 14 May 1964, with whom he has a son, Unmesh, and two daughters, Asmita and Namrata.[2][4] His granddaughter, Sharvari Wagh, made her debut as an actress with the 2021 film Bunty Aur Babli 2.[5]
After MA in law he joined Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) as an officer, but later started the Kohinoor technical/vocational training institute with the idea of an institute for semi–skilled youths to offer training as electrician, plumber, TV/radio/scooter repairman, photography. Eventually, he started multiple branches of Kohinoor in Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Nashik, etc., and later he made an entry in construction and another capital-oriented business.
Manohar Joshi also founded the Kohinoor Business School & Kohinoor-IMI School of Hospitality Management in Khandala, Maharashtra. Later on he took Chancellorship of Dnyaneshwar Vidyapeeth.
He began his career by being elected to the Legislative Council from the Shiv Sena. He served three terms from 1972 till 1989. He became the Mayor of Mumbai during 1976 to 1977. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly from a Shiv Sena ticket in 1990.[6]
He became the first non-Congress Chief Minister of Maharashtra when the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coalition came to power in 1995.[7] Technically, Sharad Pawar led the first non-Congress government in Maharashtra in 1978 as a member of Indian National Congress (Socialist).
Joshi and Bal Thackeray were explicitly named for inciting the Shivsainiks to violence against Muslims during the 1992–1993 riots in an inquiry ordered by the government of India, the Srikrishna Commission Report. However, Joshi, then a part of the BJP-Sena government called the report "anti-Hindu, pro-Muslim and biased" and refused to adopt the commission's recommendations.[8][9]
As Chief Minister, he had permitted the release of a plot of land in Pune, reserved for a school, to a builder with ties to his son-in-law, Girish Vyas.[10] A housing complex, named Sundew, was built on that land by Vyas in 1998. Sustained legal efforts by Vijay Kumbhar, an RTI activist from Pune,[11] led to Joshi's resignation in January 1999. In March 2009, Bombay High Court passed a verdict calling the housing complex illegal.[12] The Supreme Court of India upheld the verdict in 2011 and fined Joshi Rs 15,000. Following its order, the building is now being used for a school.[13]
He was promoted to the Lok Sabha when he won from Central Mumbai in the 1999 General Elections. He was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2002 to 2004 during the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) administration.
He was elected for a six-year term to the Rajya Sabha on 20 March 2006[14] after being defeated in the previous Lok Sabha election from the Central Mumbai constituency.
