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'''Shraddha Jadhav''' (born c.1964) is [[Shiv Sena]] Politician from [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]. She served as the [[Mayor of Mumbai|Mayor]] from 1 December 2009 to 8 March 2012 of the city of [[Mumbai]], the capital of the Indian state of [[Maharashtra]], and chief of [[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation]] (BMC), the country's richest municipal body.<ref name = "et"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_shiv-sena-all-set-to-elect-new-mayor_1659987|title=Shiv Sena all set to elect new mayor|last=Desai|first=Geeta|date=9 March 2012|newspaper=[[Daily News and Analysis|DNA India]]|accessdate=9 March 2012|location=Mumbai}}</ref> She is a commerce graduate.<ref name = "DNA"/> She has been elected to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation for six consecutive terms from 1992 to 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/english/news24online-epaper-newsonline/bmc+polls+2017+ex+shiv+sena+mayor+shraddha+jadhav+wins+consecutively+for+6th+time-newsid-64236758|title=Ex-Shiv Sena Mayor Shraddha Jadhav wins consecutively for 6th time}}</ref>
'''Shraddha Jadhav''' (born c.1964) is a [[Shiv Sena]] politician from [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]].
 
She served as the [[Mayor of Mumbai|mayor]] from 1 December 2009 to 8 March 2012 of the city of Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra, and chief of [[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation]] (BMC), the country's richest municipal body.<ref name = "et"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_shiv-sena-all-set-to-elect-new-mayor_1659987|title=Shiv Sena all set to elect new mayor|last=Desai|first=Geeta|date=9 March 2012|newspaper=[[Daily News and Analysis|DNA India]]|accessdate=9 March 2012|location=Mumbai}}</ref> She was elected to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation for six consecutive terms from 1992 to 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/english/news24online-epaper-newsonline/bmc+polls+2017+ex+shiv+sena+mayor+shraddha+jadhav+wins+consecutively+for+6th+time-newsid-64236758|title=Ex-Shiv Sena Mayor Shraddha Jadhav wins consecutively for 6th time}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Shraddha Jadhav (aged 45 on 2 December 2009) originally hails from [[Sangameshwar]] in the [[Konkan]] region of Maharashtra.<ref name="ht"/> She is a commerce graduate.<ref name = "DNA"/> Shraddha is married to Sridhar Jadhav and has two sons, Pawan (aged 25 on 2 December 2009) and Govind Sagar (aged 16 on 2 December 2009).<ref name=ht/> She is a resident of [[Parel]].<ref name=ht/> Her father-in-law Mukund Jadhav, a former independent corporator, was also her political mentor.<ref name=ht/> Her family runs Manohar decorators and a travel agency, which is run by her husband. She is one of the richest corporators in the BMC elected in 2007.<ref name=ht/>
Jadhav originally hails from [[Sangameshwar]] in the [[Konkan]] region of Maharashtra.<ref name="ht"/> She is a commerce graduate.<ref name = "DNA"/>
 
She is married to Sridhar Jadhav and has two sons, Pawan and Govind Sagar.<ref name=ht/> She is a resident of [[Parel]].<ref name=ht/>
 
Her father-in-law, Mukund Jadhav, a former independent corporator, was also her political mentor.<ref name=ht/> Her family runs Manohar decorators and a travel agency, which is run by her husband. She is one of the richest corporators in the BMC elected in 2007.<ref name=ht/>


In political circles, Jadhav is known for "elegant dressing" and "fashion sense", especially her "crisp" cotton [[sari]]s.<ref name=ht/><ref name="water"/>
In political circles, Jadhav is known for "elegant dressing" and "fashion sense", especially her "crisp" cotton [[sari]]s.<ref name=ht/><ref name="water"/>
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In 1992, Jadhav was first elected as corporator from [[Parel]] ward 36 as an independent candidate.<ref name = "DNA">{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_sena-retains-mumbai-bastion-jadhav-is-mayor_1318893|title=Sena retains Mumbai bastion; Jadhav is Mayor|last=Press Trust of India|author-link=Press Trust of India|date=1 Dec 2009|work=[[DNA (newspaper)|DNA]]|accessdate=1 December 2009}}</ref><ref name="water">{{cite news|title=My priority is to save water, says Jadhav |last=Times News Network|date=2 December 2009|work=[[The Times of India]]|location = Mumbai}}</ref> She subsequently won the next two BMC elections from the same ward. In 1997, Jadhav joined the Shiv Sena and in 1998, she was selected in the 11-member council of then Mumbai Mayor [[Nandu Satam]].<ref name="water"/> In 2006, she contested against Kalidas Kolambkar, a close aide of [[Narayan Rane]], in a Maharashtra assembly by-election.<ref name="water"/> In 2007, she was elected as a municipal corporator from ward 169, which includes Parel and [[Antop Hill]]. Jadhav was elected Mumbai mayor on 1 December 2009, defeating [[Priscilla Kadam]] of the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]] by 114 for and 96 against votes in the 228-member BMC. She was the joint nominee of the [[Shiv Sena]]-[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) alliance.<ref name="et">{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Shiv-Sena-retains-Mumbai-mayor-post/articleshow/5290138.cms|title=Shiv Sena retains Mumbai mayor post|last=ET Bureau|date=2 December 2009|work=[[The Economic Times]]|accessdate=2 December 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Shiv Sena's Shraddha Jadhav is new Mumbai mayor|date=1 December 2009|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=1 December 2009|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Shiv-Senas-Shraddha-Jadhav-is-new-Mumbai-mayor/articleshow/5287672.cms}}</ref> She became the fifth female Mayor of Mumbai, taking office after another female mayor, [[Shubha Raul]], also from the Shiv Sena.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesnow.tv/Shraddha-Jadhav-is-the-fifth-woman-Mayor-in-Mumbai/articleshow/4333316.cms|title=Shraddha Jadhav is the fifth woman Mayor in Mumbai|date=1 December 2009|work=[[Times Now]]|accessdate=1 December 2009}}</ref>
In 1992, Jadhav was first elected as corporator from [[Parel]] ward 36 as an independent candidate.<ref name = "DNA">{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_sena-retains-mumbai-bastion-jadhav-is-mayor_1318893|title=Sena retains Mumbai bastion; Jadhav is Mayor|last=Press Trust of India|author-link=Press Trust of India|date=1 Dec 2009|work=[[DNA (newspaper)|DNA]]|accessdate=1 December 2009}}</ref><ref name="water">{{cite news|title=My priority is to save water, says Jadhav |last=Times News Network|date=2 December 2009|work=[[The Times of India]]|location = Mumbai}}</ref> She subsequently won the next two BMC elections from the same ward. In 1997, Jadhav joined the Shiv Sena and in 1998, she was selected in the 11-member council of then Mumbai Mayor [[Nandu Satam]].<ref name="water"/> In 2006, she contested against Kalidas Kolambkar, a close aide of [[Narayan Rane]], in a Maharashtra assembly by-election.<ref name="water"/> In 2007, she was elected as a municipal corporator from ward 169, which includes Parel and [[Antop Hill]]. Jadhav was elected Mumbai mayor on 1 December 2009, defeating [[Priscilla Kadam]] of the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]] by 114 for and 96 against votes in the 228-member BMC. She was the joint nominee of the [[Shiv Sena]]-[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) alliance.<ref name="et">{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Shiv-Sena-retains-Mumbai-mayor-post/articleshow/5290138.cms|title=Shiv Sena retains Mumbai mayor post|last=ET Bureau|date=2 December 2009|work=[[The Economic Times]]|accessdate=2 December 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Shiv Sena's Shraddha Jadhav is new Mumbai mayor|date=1 December 2009|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=1 December 2009|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Shiv-Senas-Shraddha-Jadhav-is-new-Mumbai-mayor/articleshow/5287672.cms}}</ref> She became the fifth female Mayor of Mumbai, taking office after another female mayor, [[Shubha Raul]], also from the Shiv Sena.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesnow.tv/Shraddha-Jadhav-is-the-fifth-woman-Mayor-in-Mumbai/articleshow/4333316.cms|title=Shraddha Jadhav is the fifth woman Mayor in Mumbai|date=1 December 2009|work=[[Times Now]]|accessdate=1 December 2009}}</ref>


Jadhav has headed the gardens and market committees and also the women and child welfare committees of the BMC. She has also been part of the standing and improvement committee.<ref name=ht>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mumbai/from-novice-to-mumbai-s-first-citizen/article1-482142.aspx|title=From novice to Mumbai's first citizen|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=2 December 2009|accessdate=28 September 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020010506/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mumbai/from-novice-to-mumbai-s-first-citizen/article1-482142.aspx|archivedate=20 October 2014}}</ref> She was also one of the 25 finalists for the 2010 [[World Mayor]] prize.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldmayor.com/contest_2010/world-mayor-2010-nominations.html|title=Twenty-five mayors from across the world competed for the 2010 World Mayor Prize|publisher=[[World Mayor]]|date=7 December 2010|accessdate=28 September 2014}}</ref>
Jadhav has headed the gardens and market committees and also the women and child welfare committees of the BMC. She has been part of the standing and improvement committee.<ref name=ht>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mumbai/from-novice-to-mumbai-s-first-citizen/article1-482142.aspx|title=From novice to Mumbai's first citizen|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=2 December 2009|accessdate=28 September 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020010506/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mumbai/from-novice-to-mumbai-s-first-citizen/article1-482142.aspx|archivedate=20 October 2014}}</ref> She was one of the 25 finalists for the 2010 [[World Mayor]] prize.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldmayor.com/contest_2010/world-mayor-2010-nominations.html|title=Twenty-five mayors from across the world competed for the 2010 World Mayor Prize|publisher=[[World Mayor]]|date=7 December 2010|accessdate=28 September 2014}}</ref>


==Positions held==
==Positions held==
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* 1997: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (2nd term)
* 1997: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (2nd term)
* 2002: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (3rd term)
* 2002: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (3rd term)
* 2007: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (4th term) <ref>{{cite news|url=http://mumbaimatters.bombayaddict.com/2007/03/bmc-elections-2007-winners.html|title=Winners List of BMC elections 2007}}</ref>
* 2007: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (4th term)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://mumbaimatters.bombayaddict.com/2007/03/bmc-elections-2007-winners.html|title=Winners List of BMC elections 2007}}</ref>
* 2009-2012: Mayor of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
* 2009-2012: Mayor of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
* 2012: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (5th term) <ref>{{cite news|url=http://go4mumbai.com/cms/2012/02/winners-list-of-bmc-elections-2012|title=Winners List of BMC elections 2012}}</ref>
* 2012: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (5th term)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://go4mumbai.com/cms/2012/02/winners-list-of-bmc-elections-2012|title=Winners List of BMC elections 2012}}</ref>
* 2017: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (6th term) <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jansatta.com/rajya/maharashtra/bmc-chunav-election-result-2017-shiv-sena-ex-mayor-shraddha-jadhav-wins-consecutively-6th-time-bmc-polls/260029/|title= श्रद्धा जाधव ने लगातार छठी बार दर्ज की जीत}}</ref>
* 2017: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (6th term)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jansatta.com/rajya/maharashtra/bmc-chunav-election-result-2017-shiv-sena-ex-mayor-shraddha-jadhav-wins-consecutively-6th-time-bmc-polls/260029/|title= श्रद्धा जाधव ने लगातार छठी बार दर्ज की जीत}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19981202100332/http://www.shivsena.org/ Shivsena Home Page]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19981202100332/http://www.shivsena.org/ Shivsena Jadhav's home page]
* [http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/mumbai-mayor-jadhav.html City Mayors profile]
* [http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/mumbai-mayor-jadhav.html City Mayors profile]


Latest revision as of 20:31, 2 October 2021


Shraddha Jadhav
श्रद्धा जाधव
Mayor of Mumbai
In office
1 December 2009 – 8 March 2012
Preceded byShubha Raul
Succeeded bySunil Prabhu
ConstituencyWard 202, Mumbai
Personal details
Nationality Indian
Political partyShiv Sena
Spouse(s)Sridhar
ChildrenPawan and Govind Sagar
ResidenceParel, Mumbai

Shraddha Jadhav (born c.1964) is a Shiv Sena politician from Mumbai, Maharashtra.

She served as the mayor from 1 December 2009 to 8 March 2012 of the city of Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra, and chief of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the country's richest municipal body.[1][2] She was elected to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation for six consecutive terms from 1992 to 2017.[3]

Personal life[edit]

Jadhav originally hails from Sangameshwar in the Konkan region of Maharashtra.[4] She is a commerce graduate.[5]

She is married to Sridhar Jadhav and has two sons, Pawan and Govind Sagar.[4] She is a resident of Parel.[4]

Her father-in-law, Mukund Jadhav, a former independent corporator, was also her political mentor.[4] Her family runs Manohar decorators and a travel agency, which is run by her husband. She is one of the richest corporators in the BMC elected in 2007.[4]

In political circles, Jadhav is known for "elegant dressing" and "fashion sense", especially her "crisp" cotton saris.[4][6]

Political career[edit]

In 1992, Jadhav was first elected as corporator from Parel ward 36 as an independent candidate.[5][6] She subsequently won the next two BMC elections from the same ward. In 1997, Jadhav joined the Shiv Sena and in 1998, she was selected in the 11-member council of then Mumbai Mayor Nandu Satam.[6] In 2006, she contested against Kalidas Kolambkar, a close aide of Narayan Rane, in a Maharashtra assembly by-election.[6] In 2007, she was elected as a municipal corporator from ward 169, which includes Parel and Antop Hill. Jadhav was elected Mumbai mayor on 1 December 2009, defeating Priscilla Kadam of the Congress Party by 114 for and 96 against votes in the 228-member BMC. She was the joint nominee of the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance.[1][7] She became the fifth female Mayor of Mumbai, taking office after another female mayor, Shubha Raul, also from the Shiv Sena.[8]

Jadhav has headed the gardens and market committees and also the women and child welfare committees of the BMC. She has been part of the standing and improvement committee.[4] She was one of the 25 finalists for the 2010 World Mayor prize.[9]

Positions held[edit]

  • 1992: Elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (1st term)
  • 1997: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (2nd term)
  • 2002: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (3rd term)
  • 2007: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (4th term)[10]
  • 2009-2012: Mayor of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
  • 2012: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (5th term)[11]
  • 2017: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (6th term)[12]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 ET Bureau (2 December 2009). "Shiv Sena retains Mumbai mayor post". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
  2. ↑ Desai, Geeta (9 March 2012). "Shiv Sena all set to elect new mayor". DNA India. Mumbai. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Ex-Shiv Sena Mayor Shraddha Jadhav wins consecutively for 6th time".
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 "From novice to Mumbai's first citizen". Hindustan Times. 2 December 2009. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Press Trust of India (1 December 2009). "Sena retains Mumbai bastion; Jadhav is Mayor". DNA. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Times News Network (2 December 2009). "My priority is to save water, says Jadhav". The Times of India. Mumbai.
  7. ↑ "Shiv Sena's Shraddha Jadhav is new Mumbai mayor". The Times of India. 1 December 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
  8. ↑ "Shraddha Jadhav is the fifth woman Mayor in Mumbai". Times Now. 1 December 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
  9. ↑ "Twenty-five mayors from across the world competed for the 2010 World Mayor Prize". World Mayor. 7 December 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "Winners List of BMC elections 2007".
  11. ↑ "Winners List of BMC elections 2012".
  12. ↑ "श्रद्धा जाधव ने लगातार छठी बार दर्ज की जीत".

External links[edit]

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