Yashwantrao Chavan, the first chief minister of Maharashtra ... Contesting as an NCP candidate, Indranil defeated cousin and Vasantrao's grandson Nilay, who was the BJP's candidate, to become ...

Yashwantrao Chavan was born in a poor Maratha family on 12 March 1913, in a village that was then part of Maharashtra’s Satara district and is now in the Sangli district. He was actively ...