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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| name = Babasaheb Bhosale
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1921|01|15}}
| birth_place = [[Satara district|Satara]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2007|10|06|1921|01|15}}
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| order = 9th
| office = Chief Minister of Maharashtra
| term_start = 21 January 1982
| term_end = 1 February 1983
| predecessor = [[Abdul Rehman Antulay]]
| successor = [[Vasantdada Patil]]
| nationality = Indian
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
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'''Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosale''' (15 January 1921 – 6 October 2007) was an Indian politician and freedom fighter who served as [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] from 21 January 1982, until 1 February 1983.<ref name=hindu>{{cite news|title=Babasaheb Bhosale dead |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200710070340.htm |work=The Hindu |location=India |date=7 October 2007 |accessdate=6 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025170344/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200710070340.htm |archivedate=25 October 2012 }}</ref>

== Early life==
Bhosale was born on 15 January 1921 in the Kaledhon [[Satara district]] of Maharashtra. An alumnus of the Shahaji Law College in Kolhapur,<ref>{{cite web|title=Shahaji Law College, Kolhapur – Alumni|url=http://www.shahajilawcollege.com/alumini|accessdate=12 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429013318/http://www.shahajilawcollege.com/alumini|archive-date=29 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> he passed the [[Bar-at-law]] examination at [[Lincoln's Inn]], London in 1951 following which he practiced in Satara as an advocate for a decade.<ref name="rediff.com">{{cite news|title=Maharashtra ex-CM Babasaheb Bhosale no more|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/oct/06bhosale.htm|accessdate=12 October 2014|agency=Press Trust of India|publisher=rediff.com|date=6 October 2007}}</ref> Bhosale was imprisoned during 1941–42 for his participation in the freedom struggle.<ref name="rediff.com"/> After relocating to Mumbai with his 5 children, Bhosale would go on to work at the high court & hold several notable political offices in the years to come.

== Electoral politics ==
In 1978, Bhosale contested to and lost the Assembly election from the [[Nehrunagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] in [[Kurla]], [[Mumbai]] as a candidate of the Congress Party.<ref>{{cite book|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1978 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MAHARASHTRA|publisher=ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA|location=New Delhi|page=313|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1978/Statistical%20Report%201978%20Maharashtra.pdf|accessdate=12 October 2014}}</ref> In 1980, he was elected to the [[Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha]] from there and went on to become a minister and later chief minister during his first term as a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]].<ref name="Ex-CM Babasaheb Bhosale dead">{{cite news|title=Ex-CM Babasaheb Bhosale dead|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Ex-CM-Babasaheb-Bhosale-dead/articleshow/15747617.cms|accessdate=12 October 2014|work=Mumbai Mirror|date=7 October 2007}}</ref> In the A R Antulay Ministry, Bhosale headed the law and judiciary portfolios before succeeding A.R Antulay as Chief Minister of Maharashtra.<ref name="Ex-CM Babasaheb Bhosale dead"/>

== Tenure as Chief Minister of Maharashtra ==
Bhosale was chosen as chief minister by [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Indira Gandhi]] in a move that snubbed senior [[Maratha people|Maratha]] leaders and surprised many including Bhosale himself.<ref name="rediff.com"/> Although he was Chief Minister for only 377 days, Bhosale's tenure is remembered for several bold decisions that he took. Among these were a scheme for free education for girls till matriculation, the creation of the [[Gadchiroli district]] and the inauguration of the [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]] bench of the [[Bombay High Court]].<ref name="The chair persons">{{cite news|last1=Gupta|first1=Smita|title=The chair persons|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/the-chair-persons/article6491971.ece|accessdate=12 October 2014|issue=11 October 2014|work=The Hindu}}</ref> Bhosale initiated several welfare measures for freedom fighters including a pension scheme for them and cracked down on a strike by [[Maharashtra Police|policemen]], dissolving the policemen's union that had the support of several senior Congress leaders.<ref name="rediff.com"/> At the [[Vithoba Temple, Pandharpur|Vithoba Temple in Pandharpur]], Bhosale's intervention led to the abolition of the system of 'Badwe' (priests) that had been a source of harassment to the devotees there.<ref name="rediff.com"/><ref name="The chair persons"/> Bhosale was also well regarded for his wit & sense of humour.

Bhosale's term as Chief Minister was however also marked by dissension within the Congress Party and allegations of corruption in the distribution of liquor distilling licences and allocation of flats in Bombay.<ref>{{cite news|title=Maharashtra: Bhosale's last stand|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/reports-of-maharashtra-cm-babasaheb-anantrao-bhosale-imminent-ouster-gains-momentum/1/371372.html|accessdate=12 October 2014|publisher=India Today|date=15 February 1983}}</ref> Bhosale's rule ended on 1 February 1983 following Vasantrao Patil's election to the chief ministership by legislators of the Congress Party.<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian State Gets New Chief Minister|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/02/world/around-the-world-indian-state-gets-new-chief-minister.html|accessdate=12 October 2014|work=New York Times|date=2 February 1983}}</ref>

Bhosale's cabinet had several people who went on to hold important offices later including [[Pratibha Patil]] who went on to become the [[President of India]]<ref name="rediff.com"/> and [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]] who became the Chief Minister of Maharashtra.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vilasrao Deshmukh: Ministerial positions from 1982 to 1990|url=http://www.vilasraodeshmukh.org/pe6.html|accessdate=12 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912100615/http://www.vilasraodeshmukh.org/pe6.html|archive-date=12 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Family ==
Bhosale was the son-in-law of Tulsidas Jadhav,a freedom fighter and [[Rajya Sabha]] member who sided with Indira Gandhi when she split the [[Indian National Congress]] in 1969.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Manor|first1=James|title=Nehru to the Nineties: The Changing Office of Prime Minister in India|date=1994|publisher=C. Hurst & Co.|location=London|page=36|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X90G8gnoqv4C&q=babasaheb+bhosale+chief+minister&pg=PA36|accessdate=12 October 2014|isbn=9781850651802}}</ref> His brother [[Shivajirao Bhosale]] was a vice-chancellor of Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.<ref>{{cite news|title=Shivajirao Bhosale passes away|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-shivajirao-bhosale-passes-away-1403154|accessdate=12 October 2014|publisher=DNA|date=30 June 2010}}</ref> Bhosale's son [[Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale|Dilip]] is judicial memberof [[Lokpal]] since March 2019.<ref name="aldhc">{{Cite web |url=http://www.allahabadhighcourt.in/service/judgeDetail.jsp?id=239 |title=Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale (CJ) |website=www.allahabadhighcourt.in |access-date=29 November 2017}}</ref> His youngest son Dr. Rajan is one of India's foremost authorities & pioneers in the field of sexual medicine & sex education.

==Death==
Bhosale died at the [[Bombay Hospital]] in Mumbai on 6 October 2007 at the age of 86.<ref name=hindu/> His wife Kalavati Bhosale survived him by 12 years and died in mid 2019.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/oct/06bhosale.htm Maharashtra ex-CM Babasaheb Bhosale no more]

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