Shri Yashwant Rao Balwant Rao Chavan was born on 12 March 1913 in the village of Devarashtra in Satara District of Maharasthra. Shri Y.B. Chavan actively participated in the freedom movement and widely acknowledged as the architect of modern Maharashtra. He was Union Minister and held important portfolios. For a brief period he also held the offices of Deputy Prime Minister.
A freedom fighter that cherished the values of democracy, socialism and secularism, passed away on 25 November 1984.
[courtesy: India Post]
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