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| name = Sheshrao Wankhede<br />
| native_name = शेषराव वानखेडे<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1914|09|24}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kohali, Maharashtra|Kohali]], [[Kalmeshwar]], [[Nagpur]], [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1988|01|30|1914|09|24}}<br />
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]<br />
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| occupation = Lawyer, Politician<br />
| title = [[List of Board of Control for Cricket in India presidents|President]] of [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/who-was-sk-wankhede/articleshow/3382772.cms | title=Who was SK Wankhede? | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | date=20 August 2008 | accessdate=5 April 2021}}</ref><br />
| term = 1980-1982<br />
| predecessor = [[M. Chinnaswamy]]<br />
| successor = [[N. K. P. Salve]]<br />
| office5 = [[List of Deputy Speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|1st Deputy speaker of the Bombay Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start5 = 1 April 1952<br />
| term_end5 = 31 October 1956<br />
| predecessor5 = [[S. R. Kanthi]]<br />
| successor5 = [[Deendayal Gupta]]<br />
| constituency5 = [[Sawargoan, Nagpur|Sawargoan]]<br />
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'''Seshrao Krishnarao Wankhede''' (24 September 1914 in [[Nagpur]] – 30 January 1988 in [[Mumbai]]) was a [[cricket]] administrator and politician.<br />
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Wankhede had his early college education in Nagpur and entered the bar in [[England]]. On his return, he started practice in Nagpur. In the 1940s, he entered politics and was jailed for taking part in the Indian freedom struggle.<br />
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He was elected to the [[Madhya Pradesh State]] assembly in 1952 and served as the deputy speaker of Bilingual [[Bombay State]] from 23 November 1956 to 5 April 1957. He was elected from [[Kalmeshwar]] in 1957 elections to the Bombay State <ref>http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Bombay_1957.pdf page=11</ref> and in 1962<ref>http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Maharastra_1962.pdf page=10</ref> and 1967 to the Maharashtra Assembly.<ref>http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Maharashtra%201967.pdf page=9</ref> He was the Speaker of the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] between 22 March 1972 till 20 April 1977.<ref>http://www.legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/Maharashtra.pdf</ref> Wankhede was also the mayor of Nagpur for three years. In 1967, he was a member of the Indian delegation that took part in the 22nd session of the [[United Nations]] [[UN General Assembly|General Assembly]] in [[New York City]].<br />
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Wankhede was the [[List of Board of Control for Cricket in India presidents|President]] of the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] from 1980-81 to 1982-83, and the Vice president from 1972-73 to 1979-80. He led the [[Bombay Cricket Association]] from 1963-64 till his death. He also chaired various other sporting bodies. He was an agriculturist and businessman by profession.<br />
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The Bombay Cricket Association (BCA) had persistent disputes with the [[Cricket Club of India]] over ticketing revenues from [[Brabourne Stadium]], which is owned by CCI. After a particularly bitter dispute in the early 1970s, the BCA decided to build a stadium of its own in Mumbai. Built under his leadership, it is now named after him as [[Wankhede Stadium]], and is a prominent international cricketing venue.<br />
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==References==<br />
* Obituary in [[Indian Cricket (annual)|Indian Cricket 1988]]<br />
* Obituary in ACSSI almanack 1988<br />
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