shri sharad pawar is one of the most favourite leader of india
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Sharad Govindrao Pawar (born 12 December 1940),[1] is an Indian politician with over 50 years of public service. He holds a position of prominence in politics of India as well as the regional politics of Maharashtra. During his long career, Pawar has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on three occasions and held the posts of Minister of Defence and Minister of Agriculture in the Government of India. He is president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress. He leads the NCP delegation in the Rajya Sabha, the upper chamber of the Indian parliament. He is one of the founders of Maha Vikas Aghadi, a post-poll alliance in Maharashtra between Shivsena, NCP, and INC.
Pawar comes from the town of Baramati in the Pune district of Maharashtra. He is the patriarch of a political family that includes his daughter as well his nephew and other members of his extended family.[2]
Outside of politics, Pawar served as the Chairman of the Board of Control for Cricket in India BCCI from 2005 to 2008 and as the president of the International Cricket Council from 2010 to 2012.[3] On 17 June 2015, he was re-elected as president of the Mumbai Cricket Association, a position he held from 2001 to 2010 and in 2012.[4] On 17 December 2016, he stepped down as the President of Mumbai Cricket Association.[5]
In 2017, the Indian government under his political opponent, prime minister Narendra Modi, conferred upon him Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian honour of India.
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