Varsha Gaikwad

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{{Short description| Indian politician}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|image =
|office = [[Ministry of School Education (Maharashtra)|Minister of School Education Department]]<br /> of [[Government of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]]
|term_start = 30 December 2019
|term_end =
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Uddhav Thackeray]]
| governor = [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
| minister = * [[Ministry of School Education (Maharashtra)|School Education]]
|predecessor = [[Ashish Shelar]]
|successor =
|office1 = Member of [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
|term_start1 = 2004
|term_end1 =
|predecessor1 = [[Eknath Gaikwad]]
|successor1 =
|constituency1 = [[Dharavi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dharavi]]
|office2 = [[Cabinet Minister]] for Women and Child Development, Maharashtra
|primeminister2 =
|term_start2 = 2010
|term_end2 = 2014
|office3 = [[State Minister]]
for Medical Education, Higher and Technical Education, Tourism, Special Assistance, Maharashtra
|prime minister2 =
|term_start3 =11 November 2009
|term_end3 =26 September 2010
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|2|3|df=y}}
|birth_place =
|occupation = [[Politician]]
|children =
|party = [[Indian National Congress]]
|education = M.Sc (Maths), B.Ed
|alma_mater =
|profession = [[Professor]]
|father = [[Eknath Gaikwad]]
|mother = Lalita Gaikwad
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'''Varsha Eknath Gaikwad''' is an Indian politician from the [[Indian National Congress]] party, who is the current [[Cabinet Minister]] of [[Government of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]].
She is a four term Member of the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] ([[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|MLA]]) representing the [[Dharavi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dharavi Assembly Constituency]] in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/dharavi.html | title=Dharavi Maharashtra Assembly Constituency Elections | access-date=15 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newsreporter.in/gaikwad-varsha-eknath-of-inc-wins-the-dharavi-constituency-maharastra-maharastra-assembly-election-2014-548751 | title=Gaikwad Varsha Eknath of INC WINS the Dharavi constituency Maharastra Assembly Election 2014 | work=newsreporter.in | access-date=15 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/varsha-gaikwad-tipped-to-be-mumbai-congress-womens-wing-chief/17086157 | title=Varsha Gaikwad tipped to be Mumbai Congress women's wing chief | work=mid-day.com | access-date=15 April 2016}}</ref>

== Positions held ==
* 2004 – 2009: Member of [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] (1st term)
* 2009 – 2014: Member of [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] (2nd term)
*2009-2010: [[State Minister]] for Medical Education, Higher and Technical Education, Tourism, Special Assistance
* 2010 – 2014: [[Cabinet Minister]] for Women and Child Development, [[Government of Maharashtra]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/dharavi-project-bhoomi-poojan-will-be-done-before-next-election/ | title=Minister for Women and Child Development | work=indianexpress.com | access-date=15 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/city-briefs-state-to-pay-for-treatment-of-worli-molestation-victim/ | title=minister for women and child welfare Varsha Gaikwad said Sunday. The minister said the owner of the pizza outlet must be prosecuted for employing a minor and letting him drive a motorcycle without a driving licence. | work=indianexpress.com | access-date=15 April 2016}}</ref>
* 2014 – 2019: Member of [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] (3rd term)
* 2019 – current: Member of [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] (4th)<ref>https://www.deshonnati.com/article/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A1/226_14370430</ref>

==Personal life==
Varsha Gaikwad's father is [[Eknath Gaikwad]], who was a three term [[Member of parliament]]. She belongs to an [[Marathi Buddhists|Ambedkarite Buddhist]] family.<ref>https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/23-ministers-belong-to-the-maratha-community-in-thackeray-government-126408482.html</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/they-bjp-sold-dreams-to-people-those-dreams-are-not-coming-true/ | title=39-year-old Varsha Gaikwad, the Congress candidate here | work=indianexpress.com | access-date=15 April 2016}}</ref><ref>https://aajtak.intoday.in/gallery/three-women-mla-in-maharashtra-oath-as-uddhav-cabinet-tedu-1-43696.html</ref><ref>https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/maha-cabinet-expansion-first-cabinet-expansion-of-maha-government-led-by-cm-uddhav-thackeray-126407251.html</ref> She was lecturer in Siddharth College of Arts and Science, Mumbai.

==References==
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[https://www.khabardailyupdate.com/2021/04/varsha-gaikwad-biography-in-hindi.html varsha gaikwad biography in hindi]

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Bhopal Dakshin-Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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|name = Bhopal Dakshin-Pashchim
|type =
|parl_name = [[State Legislative Assembly (India)|Vidhan Sabha]]
|district = [[Bhopal district|Bhopal]]
|state = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
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|lok_sabha_constituency = [[Bhopal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhopal]]
|year =
|seats = 1
|elects_howmany = 1
|party = [[Indian National Congress]]
|mla = [[P. C. Sharma]]
|reserved = None
|last_election =
|ex_mla = [[Umashankar Gupta]]
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'''Bhopal Dakshin-Pashchim''' is one of the 230 constituencies of [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]. It is an assembly segment of [[Bhopal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhopal]] [[Lok Sabha]] constituency. Prior to 2008, it was known as Bhopal South.

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable" width=70%
|-
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2"|Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Member
! style="background-color:#666666; color: white"|Political Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|1974^
|[[Babulal Gaur]]
|[[Bharatiya Jan Sangh]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|[[1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|[[Babulal Gaur]]
|[[Bharatiya Jan Sangh]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|[[1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|Satyanarayana Agarwal
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|[[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|Hasnat Siddiqui
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|1986^
|Hasnat Siddiqui
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|[[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|Shailendra Pradhan
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|[[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]
|Shailendra Pradhan
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|[[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]]
|[[P. C. Sharma]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|[[2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2003]]
|[[Umashankar Gupta]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|[[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2008]]
|[[Umashankar Gupta]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|[[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2013]]
|[[Umashankar Gupta]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|[[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
|[[P. C. Sharma]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|}
^by poll

==References==
* http://myneta.info/2008mp/candidate.php?candidate_id=63
* http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=956&cid=152

{{Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh}}
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Bhopal district]]

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Varsha Gaikwad

Bhopal Dakshin-Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)