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Manohar Joshi
Manohar Gajanan Joshi (2 December 1937 – 23 February 2024) was an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra, who served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1995 to 1999, and Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2002 to 2004. He was one of the prominent leaders of the Shiv Sena, and also one of the Indians to be elected to all of the four legislatures. He was posthumously awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian honour, by the Government of India in 2025.
Joshi was born on 2 December 1937 in the Marathi-speaking Brahmin family of Gajanan Krishna Joshi and Saraswati Gajanan in Nandavi of Raigad district in Maharashtra. He received his Masters of Arts and LLB degrees from Mumbai University.[citation needed] He married Anagha Joshi on 14 May 1964, with whom he had a son, Unmesh, and two daughters, Asmita and Namrata. His granddaughter, Sharvari Wagh, made her debut as an actress with the 2021 film Bunty Aur Babli 2.
After receiving his MA in law[citation needed] he joined Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) as an officer[citation needed], but later started the Kohinoor technical/vocational training institute[citation needed] with the idea of an institute for semi–skilled youths to offer training as electricians, plumbers, TV/radio/scooter repairmen and photographers[citation needed]. Eventually, he started multiple branches of Kohinoor in Mumbai[citation needed], Pune,[citation needed] Nagpur[citation needed], Nashik[citation needed], etc., and later he made an entry into construction and another capital-oriented business.[citation needed]
Manohar Joshi also founded the Kohinoor Business School[citation needed] & Kohinoor-IMI School of Hospitality Management[citation needed] in Khandala, Maharashtra. Later on he took Chancellorship of Dnyaneshwar Vidyapeeth.
Joshi began his career by being elected as a municipal councillor in Bombay Municipal Corporation in 1968 from the Shiv Sena.
In 1972 Joshi was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Council, where he served three terms until 1989.[citation needed] He became the Mayor of Mumbai during 1976 to 1977.[citation needed] He was elected to the Legislative Assembly from a Shiv Sena ticket in 1990.
Joshi became the first non-Congress Chief Minister of Maharashtra when the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coalition came to power in 1995. Technically, Sharad Pawar led the first non-Congress government in Maharashtra in 1978[citation needed] as a member of Socialist Indian National Congress.[citation needed]
Joshi and Bal Thackeray were explicitly named for inciting the Shivsainiks to violence against Muslims during the 1992–1993 riots[citation needed] in an inquiry ordered by the government of India, the Srikrishna Commission Report.[citation needed] However, Joshi, then a part of the BJP-Sena government called the report "anti-Hindu, pro-Muslim and biased" and refused to adopt the commission's recommendations.
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Manohar Joshi
Manohar Gajanan Joshi (2 December 1937 – 23 February 2024) was an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra, who served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1995 to 1999, and Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2002 to 2004. He was one of the prominent leaders of the Shiv Sena, and also one of the Indians to be elected to all of the four legislatures. He was posthumously awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian honour, by the Government of India in 2025.
Joshi was born on 2 December 1937 in the Marathi-speaking Brahmin family of Gajanan Krishna Joshi and Saraswati Gajanan in Nandavi of Raigad district in Maharashtra. He received his Masters of Arts and LLB degrees from Mumbai University.[citation needed] He married Anagha Joshi on 14 May 1964, with whom he had a son, Unmesh, and two daughters, Asmita and Namrata. His granddaughter, Sharvari Wagh, made her debut as an actress with the 2021 film Bunty Aur Babli 2.
After receiving his MA in law[citation needed] he joined Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) as an officer[citation needed], but later started the Kohinoor technical/vocational training institute[citation needed] with the idea of an institute for semi–skilled youths to offer training as electricians, plumbers, TV/radio/scooter repairmen and photographers[citation needed]. Eventually, he started multiple branches of Kohinoor in Mumbai[citation needed], Pune,[citation needed] Nagpur[citation needed], Nashik[citation needed], etc., and later he made an entry into construction and another capital-oriented business.[citation needed]
Manohar Joshi also founded the Kohinoor Business School[citation needed] & Kohinoor-IMI School of Hospitality Management[citation needed] in Khandala, Maharashtra. Later on he took Chancellorship of Dnyaneshwar Vidyapeeth.
Joshi began his career by being elected as a municipal councillor in Bombay Municipal Corporation in 1968 from the Shiv Sena.
In 1972 Joshi was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Council, where he served three terms until 1989.[citation needed] He became the Mayor of Mumbai during 1976 to 1977.[citation needed] He was elected to the Legislative Assembly from a Shiv Sena ticket in 1990.
Joshi became the first non-Congress Chief Minister of Maharashtra when the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coalition came to power in 1995. Technically, Sharad Pawar led the first non-Congress government in Maharashtra in 1978[citation needed] as a member of Socialist Indian National Congress.[citation needed]
Joshi and Bal Thackeray were explicitly named for inciting the Shivsainiks to violence against Muslims during the 1992–1993 riots[citation needed] in an inquiry ordered by the government of India, the Srikrishna Commission Report.[citation needed] However, Joshi, then a part of the BJP-Sena government called the report "anti-Hindu, pro-Muslim and biased" and refused to adopt the commission's recommendations.
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