Yashwantrao Chavan

**Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan** (12 March 1913 – 25 November 1984) was an Indian politician. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister of India from 1979 to 1980. He was a strong Congress leader. He is also co-operative leader, social activist and writer. He was popularly known as _Leader of Common People_.

## Death and legacy

Yashwantrao Chavan died of a heart attack on 25 November 1984 in Delhi. He was aged 71 years.

### Legacy

- Yashwantrao Chavan holds the record of being the only Maharashtrian leader. He held the 4 most important post in the Union government. They are Home, External Affairs, Defence and Finance.
- When Yashwantrao was appointed Federal Defence minister following the China war in 1962, a popular saying arose in Maharashtra- "हिमालयाच्या हाकेला धावला सह्याद्री" ("Himalayachya Hakela Dhavla Sahyadri"), translated in English, Sahyadri (the mountain range that separates Konkan from the Deccan Plateau) came rushing on the call (for help) by the Himalaya.
- During the 1960s and early 70s when Yashwantrao was at the peak of his power and influence, he was called Pratishivaji or New Shivaji.

### Yashwantrao Chavan Pratishtan (Foundation)

- In 1985, soon after his death,Yashwantrao Chavan Pratishtan (Foundation) was established in Bombay.
- In 2010, The Pratishtan instituted a corpus at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) for the conduct of an annual Y B Chavan Memorial lecture. Yashwantrao was the founding President of IDSA. The inaugural lecture in 2010 was delivered by Prof. Sunil Khilnani. Prof. Kanti Bajpai, and  Ambassador Kanwal Sibal delivered the 2011 and 2012 lectures respectively

### Places named after Yashwantrao Chavan

- In 1980, Ujjani Back water named Yashwant Sagar on Bhima River village Ujjani in Solapur district.
- In 1984, an engineering college named Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering was established in Nagpur.
- In 1989, an open university named 'Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University' was established at Nasik in Maharashtra. The expressway between Pune and Mumbai is named after him as are the auditoriums in the Kothrud suburb of Pune, at Nariman Point in Mumbai and the Town Hall in Karad.
- Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial hospital in Sant Tukaram Nagar area of Pimpri is named after him.
- Shivaji University, Kolhapur has established 'Yashwantrao Chavan School of Rural Development'.
- In 2009, the Mumbai Pune Expressway, India's first Express-Way, was named Yashwantrao Chavan Mumbai-Pune Express-Way.

## References

|-

|-

|-

|-

|-

|-

|-

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Yashwantrao Chavan
- **native name lang**: ma
- **image**: Yashwantrao Chavan.jpg
- **office**: 5th Deputy Prime Minister of India
- **primeminister**: Charan Singh
- **term start**: 28 July 1979
- **term end**: 14 January 1980
- **predecessor**: Charan Singh
Jagjivan Ram
- **successor**: Devi Lal
- **office2**: Minister of Home Affairs (India), Minister of Home Affairs
- **primeminister2**: Charan Singh
- **term start2**: 28 July 1979
- **term end2**: 14 January 1980
- **predecessor2**: Hirubhai M. Patel
- **successor2**: Zail Singh
- **primeminister3**: Indira Gandhi
- **term start3**: 14 November 1966
- **term end3**: 27 June 1970
- **predecessor3**: Gulzarilal Nanda
- **successor3**: Indira Gandhi
- **office4**: Minister of External Affairs (India), Minister of External Affairs
- **term start4**: 10 October 1974
- **term end4**: 24 March 1977
- **predecessor4**: Sardar Swaran Singh
- **successor4**: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- **office5**: Minister of Finance (India), Minister of Finance
- **primeminister5**: Indira Gandhi
- **term start5**: 27 June 1970
- **term end5**: 10 October 1974
- **predecessor5**: Indira Gandhi
- **successor5**: Chidambaram Subramaniam
- **office6**: Minister of Defence (India), Minister of Defence
- **primeminister6**: Jawaharlal Nehru
Gulzarilal Nanda <small>(Acting)</small>
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Gulzarilal Nanda <small>(Acting)</small>
Indira Gandhi
- **term start6**: 14 November 1962
- **term end6**: 14 November 1966
- **predecessor6**: Jawaharlal Nehru
- **successor6**: Sardar Swaran Singh
- **office7**: List of Chief Ministers of Maharashtra, 1st Chief Minister of Maharashtra
- **term start7**: 1 May 1960
- **term end7**: 14 November 1962
- **governor7**: Sri Prakasa
P. Subbarayan
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
- **predecessor7**: _ Position established_
- **successor7**: Marotrao Kannamwar
- **office8**: List of Chief Ministers of Maharashtra, 3rd Chief Minister of Bombay State
- **term start8**: 1 November 1956
- **term end8**: 30 April 1960
- **governor8**: Harekrushna Mahatab
Sri Prakasa
- **predecessor8**: Morarji Desai
- **successor8**: _ office abolished_
- **birth name**: Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
- **birth place**: Karad, Satara district, Bombay Presidency, British Raj, British India
- **death place**: New Delhi, India
- **party**: Indian National Congress <small>(Before 1977; 1981–1984)</small>
- **otherparty**: Indian National Congress (Urs), Indian National Congress-Urs <small>(1977)</small>
Janata Party <small>(1977–1978)</small>
Indian National Congress (Socialist), Indian National Congress-Socialist <small>(1978–1981)</small>
- **spouse**: Venutai Chavan
- **alma mater**: University of Mumbai,ILS Law College
- **resting place**: Yashwantrao Chavan Samadhi, Karad