Nana Chudasama

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{{More citations needed|date=December 2018}}{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Nana Mansinh Chudasama
| native_name = <small>નાના ચુડાસમા {{small|(gu)}}<br>नाना चुडासमा {{small|(mr)}}</small>
| office1 = [[Sheriff of Mumbai]]
| predecessor1 = Jahangir K. S. Nicholson
| succeeded1 = Saad Alim Bagban
| image = Nana Chudasama at Shaina NC's trial show of 'Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai'.jpg
| caption = Nana at trial show of '[[Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai]]'.
| spouse = Munira Nana Chudasama
| children = 3 (including [[Shaina NC|Shaina Chudasama]])
| birth_date = 17 June 1933
| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|12|23|1933|7|17}}
| birth_place = [[Rajkot]], [[Bombay State]], [[British India]] {{small|(now in [[Gujarat]], [[India]])}})
| termstart1 = 1989
| termend1 = 1990
}}
'''Nana Mansinh Chudasama''' (17 June 1933 – 23 December 2018) was an eminent jurist and [[mayor of Mumbai|mayor]] and [[sheriff of Mumbai|Sheriff]] of [[Mumbai]].

== Early life and family ==
He was from a noted family [[Rajput]] of the Dholera, Dist. Ahmedabad, Gujarat.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Khullar|first=Darshan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3QmqCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA106|title=Pakistan Our Difficult Neighbour and India's Islamic Dimensions|date=2014-09-30|publisher=Vij Books India Pvt Ltd|isbn=978-93-82652-82-3|location=|pages=|language=en|quote=Former Sheriff of Mumbai, Nana Chudasama, a Hindu Gujarati Rajput married Muraina Jasdanvala.}}</ref> His father, Mansinh Chudasama, was police commissioner. Nana was second of three brothers, his elder brother the late Mota Chudasama being a noted businessman, and his younger brother Chhota being associated with Air India for many years. Nana after graduation started his career in the early 1950s as an executive in a US petroleum company in Mumbai; he also managed an apartment at Prithviraj Chambers, on Narayan Dabholkar Road in the elite Nepean Sea Road area, next door to where he lived at the time.

== Career ==
In his later career, Nana became the founder of the NGO [[Giants International]] which has over 500 branches in India and branches across the world including the [[United States]], [[United Kingdom]], [[South Africa]], [[Mauritius]] and [[Ukraine]]. Giants undertakes projects which affect society, such as family welfare, disaster management, education, environment and so on.

Chudasama was also the president of "[[I Love Mumbai]]" which he founded when he was Sheriff of Mumbai. The organization focuses on the greening, beautification and cleaning of Mumbai. He was also the President of [[Forum Against Drugs and AIDS]] which he founded, chairperson of the [[National Kidney Foundation]], Founder President of Common Man's Forum, an organization to safeguard the interests of the common man; Convener, Relief and Rehabilitation Committee, Government of Maharashtra, which assists bomb blast victims. He was also the national president of Jaycees, which had earlier awarded him the Young Man of India Award; former president of [[Indo-American Society]]. He was also a member of the Task Force of the [[Government of Maharashtra]] to prepare action plan for transforming Mumbai into a better city.
He was also conferred the prestigious Padma Shri award for his social work.

== Death ==
He died on 23 December 2018 at the age of 85 after a brief illness. [[Shaina NC|Shaina Nana Chudasama]] BJP's spokesperson is his daughter. Nana Chudasama and Munira Chudasama also have one son, Akshay Nana Chudasama, and another daughter, Brinda Nana Chudasama.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/latest/906742/nana-chudasama-former-mumbai-mayor-who-put-up-banners-on-marine-drive-for-decades-dies-at-86|title=Nana Chudasama, former Mumbai sheriff who put up banners on Marine Drive for decades, dies at 86|last=Staff|date=23 December 2018|website=[[Scroll.in]]|language=en-US|access-date=23 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/veteran-social-activist-nana-709523.html|title=Veteran social activist Nana Chudasama no more|last=Bose|first=Mrityunjay|date=23 December 2018|website=[[Deccan Herald]]|publisher=The Printers, Mysore|language=en|access-date=23 December 2018}}</ref> His children were saddened by his death.

== References ==
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==External links==
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