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Preceded by
  
Spouse(s)
  
Vatsala Vasantrao Naik

Succeeded by
  
Name
  
Vasantrao Naik

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Role
  
Indian Politician

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Governor
  
Vijayalakshmi PanditP. V. CherianAli Yavar Jung

Born
  
1 July 1913Pusad, Yavatmal district (
1913-07-01
)

Died
  
August 18, 1979, Singapore

Education
  
Vasantrao Naik Government Institute of Arts and Social Sciences

Similar People
  
Sudhakarrao Naik, Yashwantrao Chavan, Vasantdada Patil

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Vasantrao Phulsing Naik (1 July 1913 – 18 August 1979) was an Indian politician who served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1963 until 1975. To this date, he remains as the longest-serving Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Also, he had a credit to return to power after completion of full five years which could not be possible for any other chief minister in Maharashtra.

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Personal life

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V. P. Naik was born in 1913 at the remote Gahuli village near Chapdoh dam, 3 km from Karegaon on Karegaon-Ramnagar-Yawali link road off Yavatmal-Ghatanji State highway MH SH 237, in the Yavatmal district in the southern Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. He is uncle of former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Sudhakarrao Naik and his politician brother Manohar Naik who is a MLA from Pusad.

Career

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His experience in grassroots politics made him a responsible legislator. He was a staunch supporter of Yashwantrao Chavan.

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He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh during 1952-1957, of the then bilingual Bombay State during 1957-1960 and of Maharashtra during 1960 to 1977. In 1952, he was appointed Deputy Minister for Revenue in the Government of Madhya Pradesh. He was made Minister for Cooperation in 1957 and, later, Minister for Agriculture in the Government of Bombay State. From 1960 to 1963, he was Minister for Revenue in the Government of Maharashtra.

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After the death of Marotrao Kannamwar, Naik was elected Chief Minister of Maharashtra, a post which he held for more than eleven years during 1963-1975. He is considered the father of the Green Revolution in Maharashtra. The industrialization of Maharashtra is largely the legacy of his progressive industrial policies.

He was also elected to the 6th Lok Sabha from Washim in 1977.

Death

V. P. Naik died in Singapore on 18 August 1979. Later his nephew Sudhakarrao Naik also became Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Many journalists and experts of political studies attribute the rise of right wing party Shiv Sena in the 1970s to his policy of building up the Shiv Sena as a counterweight to the communist-led labour unions in Mumbai.

Legacy

He was the founder and Managing Committee member of the Janta Shikshan Prasarak Mandal and the Babasaheb Naik College of Engineering, Pusad. The Shri Vasantrao Naik Government Medical College in Yavatmal city of Maharashtra state, was named in his honour. The 2015 Marathi film Mahanayak vasant tu, starring Chinmay Mandlekar, is his biopic.

References

Vasantrao Naik Wikipedia