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| name = '''Anand Dighe'''<br />
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| birth_date = January 27, 1951<br />
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| death_date = {{date of death and age|2001|08|26|1951|01|27}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Anand Dighe dead, Sainiks set hospital on fire|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Anand-Dighe-dead-Sainiks-set-hospital-on-fire/articleshow/714071370.cms|newspaper=The Times of India|accessdate=28 September 2014}}</ref><br />
| death_place = Thane<br />
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| occupation = Shiv Sena Leader<br />
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| website = http://www.ananddighe.com<br />
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''' Dharamveer Anand Chintamani Dighe''' was a senior [[Shiv Sena]] party leader and [[Thane district]] Unit chief of Shiv Sena party.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bal Thackeray Had Special Love and Affection for Thane|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/Bal-Thackeray-Had-Special-Love-and-Affection-for-Thane/781090|publisher=Outlook India|accessdate=18 August 2014}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Anand Dighe dead, Sainiks set hospital on fire|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Anand-Dighe-dead-Sainiks-set-hospital-on-fire/articleshow/714071370.cms|newspaper=The Times of India|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.|accessdate=29 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Shiv Sena leaving no stone unturned to defeat former comrade|url=http://www.rediff.com/election/1999/sep/07bela.htm|publisher=Rediff|accessdate=18 August 2014}}</ref><br />
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When he died of a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] in August 2001, his followers burned the Sunitadevi Singhania Hospital in Thane where he died.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Dighe was considered a powerful muscleman in Thane.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/the-mobs-fond-farewell/213081|title=The Mob's Fond Farewell|publisher=Outlook India|access-date=2016-10-18}}</ref> He was accused in the murder of Shiv Sena party member Sridhar Khopkar, who had allegedly voted for [[Indian Congress|Congress]] in 1989. Dighe was arrested under [[Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act|TADA]] and was out on bail.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Sena-faces-uphill-task-in-choosing-Dighes-successor/articleshow/664042846.cms|title=Sena faces uphill task in choosing Dighe's successor|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.|accessdate=18 August 2014|newspaper=The Times of India}}</ref> The case continued until his death.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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==Notable work/achievements==<br />
# He was also known as Dharmaveer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shiv Sena MP flays party heads|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/article334340.ece|newspaper=The New Indian Express|accessdate=18 August 2014}}</ref><br />
# He was a [[grassroots]] leader with a large fan base.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dighe's b'day, a show of strength|url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19980129/02950264.html|newspaper=Indian Express|accessdate=18 August 2014}}</ref><br />
# He used to hold a daily [[Durbar (court)|Durbar]] to hear out/resolve issues faced by Thane citizens along with [[Shiv Sena]] party workers from his Tembhi Naka residence.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hansen|first=Thomas Blom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bf5ZDwAAQBAJ&q=Anand+Dighe&pg=PA109|title=Wages of Violence: Naming and Identity in Postcolonial Bombay|date=2018-06-05|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-0-691-18862-1|language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:People from Thane]]<br />
[[Category:Shiv Sena politicians]]<br />
[[Category:1951 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Marathi politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Maharashtra politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Thane district]]<br />
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