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== | '''Parashuram Krishnaji Sawant'''<ref name=MLS>{{cite web |url=http://mls.org.in/pdf2020/Margadarshika%20Parishishta-%20Chief%20Minister%20list.pdf |title=Chief Ministers (1937 to 2019) |website=[[Maharashtra Legislature]] |language=mr |access-date=9 June 2021}}</ref> (also known as '''Balasaheb Sawant''') was an [[India|Indian]] [[politician]]. He served as [[List of chief ministers of Maharashtra|Chief Minister of Maharashtra]]<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=History of Modern Maharashtra|url=http://www.manase.org/en/maharashtra.php?mid=68&smid=21&did=0&dsid=0&pmid=0&id=465|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402063024/https://www.manase.org/en/maharashtra.php?mid=68&smid=21&did=0&dsid=0&pmid=0&id=465|archivedate=2 April 2013|accessdate=11 May 2013|website=www.manase.org|publisher=[[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena]]}}</ref> from 25 November 1963 to 4 December 1963, in an interim capacity<ref name=MLS></ref> following the death of his predecessor, [[Marotrao Kannamwar]]. Until [[Devendra Fadnavis]]' [[Second Fadnavis ministry|second government]] in 2019, this was shortest ministry tenure in Maharashtra.<ref>{{cite news |title=Devendra Fadnavis now CM with shortest tenure in Maharashtra history |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/nov/26/devendra-fadnavis-now-cm-with-shortest-tenure-in-maharashtra-history-2067478.html |accessdate=28 March 2020 |work=The New Indian Express |agency=Press Trust of India|date=26 November 2019}}</ref> | ||
Prior to becoming Chief Minister, Sawant was the state's [[Interior minister|home minister]] under Kannamwar.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ananth |first1=Venkat |title=A brief history of Maharashtra’s chief ministers |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/nAzUgaowGFGaaxFlJEo7hI/A-brief-history-of-Maharashtras-chief-ministers.html |accessdate=22 September 2020 |work=Mint |date=28 October 2014 |language=en}}</ref> He represented [[Vengurla]] in the erstwhile [[Bombay Legislative Assembly]] from 1952 to 1957, and [[Chiplun (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chiplun]] in the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] from 1962 to 1978. | |||
The [[Agriculture|agricultural]] university at [[Dapoli]] was renamed [[Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth]] after Sawant in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://dbskkv.org/about%20us.html |website=[[Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth]] |access-date=9 June 2021}}</ref> | |||
== See also== | == See also== | ||
* [[:mr:पी.के._सावंत|P.K. Sawant on Marathi Wikipedia]] | * [[:mr:पी.के._सावंत|P.K. Sawant on Marathi Wikipedia]] | ||
