New Delhi: Today is the death anniversary of Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan, the first CM of Maharashtra and the fifth Deputy Prime Minister of India. He was a strong Congress leader, freedom fighter, cooperative leader, social worker, and writer. He was known as the leader of the general public. In his speeches and writings, he strongly advocated socialist democracy and played an important role in establishing cooperative societies for the betterment of farmers in Maharashtra.

Yashwantrao Chavan was an active participant in the Indian independence struggle. In 1930, he was fined for participating in the non-cooperation movement led by Mahatma Gandhi. On January 26, 1932, he was sentenced to 18 months in jail for hoisting the Indian flag in Satara. He was also among the delegates to the historic Mumbai session of the AICC in 1942, where the quit India slogan was raised and as a result of this participation, he was arrested. Yashwantrao was finally released from jail in 1944.

In 1957, Yashwantrao Chavan was elected from the Karad constituency. This time he was elected as the leader of the Congress Legislative Party and became the CM of the bilingual Bombay state. From 1957 to 1960, he was elected as a member of the All India Congress Working Committee. Through his support for the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement, he was one of the creators of the state of Maharashtra. On May 1, 1960, Yashwantrao Chavan became the first CM of Maharashtra. Yashwantrao Chavan died of a heart attack in Delhi on November 25, 1984.

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