Shankarrao Genuji Kolhe

( Mar 24 1929 - Mar 16 2022 )

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Shankarrao Genuji Kolhe (24 March 1929 – 16 March 2022) was an Indian politician and the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and a minister in Government of Maharashtra. Kolhe was born Yesgaon village, now in Kopargaon taluka, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra. He attended Pune University to earn a B.Sc in Agriculture. He received a Ford Foundation scholarship to receive additional training in the United States and Europe. In 1953, he travelled to Salt Lake City, Utah as an agricultural education program trainee. Kolhe began his political career as a sarpanch in 1950 and moved up to the state minister post. He was elected as an independent to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 1972. As a state minister he handled revenue (1991), transport (1992) portfolios. He was a perennial political opponent of the Vikhe-Patil family. In 1970s, he led farmers March to Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai to demand a reduction in interest rates on loan to farmers.Kolhe died in Nashik on 16 March 2022 at the age of 92.

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Indian politician

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Yesgaon, Ahmednagar District, India