The Asian Kabaddi Federation was founded under the chairmanship of Sharad Pawar.

** Sharad Pawar, Indian politician

Alan Isaac, the former chairman of New Zealand Cricket, is the President of the Council who succeeded Sharad Pawar, former president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

Sharad Pawar has stated on record that he believes that the rate of farmer suicide in India is a ' normal thing '.

In 2010, Sharad Pawar became the International Cricket Council president after England's David Morgan.

Sharad Pawar entered the Maharashtra legislative assembly for the first time in 1967 from Baramati, representing the undivided Congress Party.

Yashwantrao Chavan was the political mentor of Sharad Pawar.

In June 1988, Prime Minister of India and Congress President Rajiv Gandhi decided to induct then Maharashtra Chief Minister Shankarrao Chavan into Union Cabinet as Finance Minister and Sharad Pawar was chosen to replace Chavan as chief minister.

Sharad Pawar had the task of checking the rise of the Shiv Sena in state politics, which was a potential challenge to the dominance of Congress party in the state.

Sharad Pawar was sworn in as chief minister again on March 4, 1990 with the support of 12 independent MLAs.

Till the Lok Sabha elections of 1996, Sharad Pawar served as the Leader of the Opposition in State Legislative Council.

In the mid-term parliamentary elections of 1998, Sharad Pawar not only won from his constituency, Baramati but also led the Congress to an emphatic win in Maharashtra.

Sharad Pawar served as Leader of Opposition in 12th Lok Sabha.

According to the reports Sharad Pawar being unhappy over not being offered the number 2 position in the government, has offered to resign from the union cabinet.

In 2002 – 03, the then Maharashtra Chief Minister Sudhakarrao made a statement that the state leader of Indian National Congress party and erstwhile Chief Minister Sharad Pawar, had asked him to " go easy on Pappu Kalani ", a well known criminal-turned-politician now.

Further, Sudhakarrao also alleged that it was possible that Kalani and Hitendra Thakur, another criminal-turned-politician from Virar, had been given tickets to contest election for Maharashtra State Legislature at the behest of Sharad Pawar who also put in a word for Naik with the police when the latter was arrested for his role in post-Babri Masjid Demolition riots in Mumbai.

Sharad Pawar is also alleged to have close links with the underworld don Dawood Ibrahim through Ibrahim's henchman Lakhan Singh based in the Middle East and close relationship with Shahid Balwa, also a suspect in the 2G spectrum scam.

On October 27, 2007, the Bombay High Court served notices to institutions headed by Sharad Pawar, Ajit Pawar and Sadanand Sule ( Sharad Pawar's son-in-law ) along with a corresponding notice served to the Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation ( MKVDC ) on why special privileges were given to Pawar and his family.

* Two plots given allotted to Vidya Pratishthan, an educational society headed by Sharad Pawar

In 2010, In case of IPL exemption from tax, Shiv Sena MLA Subhash Desai had alleged that state cabinet decided in January this year to impose the tax, before this year's IPL season started, but the decision was not implemented because of NCP chief Sharad Pawar's association with BCCI.

" Janata Dal United ( JDU ) leader Sharad Yadav said his death resulted in a " lot of pain ," while Nationalist Congress Party leader Praful Patel said: " He had a long journey in public life.

Gavaskar had earlier decided to bat left handed against Bhat, but was talked out of it by Bombay team manager Sharad Diwadkar.

They had three daughters: Bani, Richa and Neha Sharad.

Though Pichad stepped down owing moral responsibility for the mishap, this incident was another setback to Sharad Pawar's government.

at Hazaribagh in 1932, Bindheshwari prasad Mandal, Ex CM Bihar in 1968, Chairman, Backward Classes Commission, Govt of India 1977 ; Bhupendra Narain Mandal, MP and leader of Socialist Party, Shiv Nandan Prasad Mandal, first Law Minister of Bihar, Kamleshwari Prasad Yadav ( of CHATRA ), Member of Constituent Assembly, Late Dr. Kumar Kishore Mandal, EX-Vice Chancellor and eminent scholar, Dr. Kaushal Kishore Mandal, Ex-Pro-VC and eminent scholar, Kirai Mushhar, MP, R. P. Yadav, MP, Dr R K Yadav Ravi, MP, Sharad Yadav, MP, Radhakant Yadav MLA, Bambholi Prasad Mandal, MLA, Ramesh Chandra Yadav Sr Advocate and Cooperative Leader, Dr Arjun Singh, Cooperative leader, Bambhola prasad yadav MLA ( 1995-2000 ) Suresh Chandra Yadav, MLA, Pappu Yadav, MP.

In this by-election, he defeated Lokdal leader Sharad Yadav by more than 200, 000 votes.

The Swatantra Bharat Paksh (, Independent India Party ) is a liberal political party in Maharashtra, India, formed in 1994 by Sharad Anantrao Joshi ( former Shetkari Sanghatana leader ).

The Bichoo gang's leader is Prakash ( Sharad Kapoor ), while the Eagles are led by Max ( Shah Rukh Khan ).

Since then, many new thinkers such as S. Raju, Sharad Joshi, Barun Mitra, Parth Shah, Gurcharan Das, Sauvik Chakraverti, and many others have emerged on the Indian liberal scene, contributing to the debate on freedom in India, and advancing classical liberalism.

SBP now has one seat in Parliament, namely of its President, Sharad Joshi.

* Sharad Joshi

* Sharad Joshi: Indian Politician.

* Sharad Joshi: Hindi writer and satirist, Padma Shri awardee

Karnad, Chandrakant Joshi, Mohan Nadkarni, Prabhakar Nachane, Niranjan Haldipur, Krishnarao D. Desai, Ramaprasad Mukherjee, Mahesh Mastfakir, Sharad Moholay, Bhailal Barot, Suraj Narain Purohit and Hari Chabria.

Sharad Joshi is a Hindi poet, writer, satirist and a dialogue and scriptwriter in Hindi films and television.

Sharad Joshi was born on May 21, 1931 in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh to Sriniwas and Santi Joshi, a second child in the family of two sons, and four daughters, Sharad was interested in writing right from his childhood.

Sharad Joshi started his career writing for Newspapers and radio in Indore, where he met Irfana Siddiqi, whom he was to later marry.

Madhya Pradesh Government has instituted an award in his memory titled, " Sharad Joshi Samman ", given each year to individuals for outstanding achievement in the field of writing.

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When Sharad Pawar took over the party presidency in October 1981, the name of the party was changed to Indian Congress ( Socialist )

The hall was recently refurbished and the inauguration of the restored heritage building ( pictured below ) took place on 24 March 2012 by Mr. Sharad Pawar, Minister of Agriculture, Government of India.