Charmy Chauhan TV Artist

• Place of Birth:

  Ahmedabad,Gujarat, India

• Sex:

  Female

• Hair Color:

  Black

• Eye Color:

  Brown

• Nationality:

  Indian

• Religion:

  Hinduism

Charmy Chauhan is one of the contestants on the reality show, Rahul Dulhania Le Jayega, on NDTV Imagine.
Charmy Chauhan is a law student from JM Nanavati and she stood first in her semester before coming on to the show.
Charmy claims that she is not afraid to speak her mind. Charmy Chauhan is a big supporter of BJP leader Narendra Modi. Charmy Chauhan feels an intellectual and political compatibility with Rahul Mahajan.

History

According to the Rajput bards the Chauhan is one of the four Agnikula or 'fire sprung' tribes who were created by the gods in the Agni kund or 'fountain of fire' on Mount Abu to fight against the Asuras or demons.There was a Asur Named Dhunda at Mount Abu.All Rajputs of the world were unable to kill him.Then Guru Vashistha make a Yagya at Mount Abu.In the agni of that Yagya 4 Rajputs took Birth Ist was Parihar 2nd was Pammar 3rd was Solanki but those 3 were also unable to kill asur Dhundha.Then 4th birth from that Kund Was Anhil,his name was Anhil,Guru Vashishtha take the 4 Swear from Anhil those were Satya,Dharm,Karm & Daya, those were 4 Aans for Anhil So he named as The follower of charaans ie.Chauhan.The Anhil killed that Asur Dhundha & free the Earth from Asurs.Chauhan is also one of the 36 ruling races of the Rajputs. Chauhans were mainly used as foot soldiers in many battles due to their huge population.

The Chauhan dynasty flourished from the 8th to 12th centuries AD. It was one of the four main Rajput dynasties of that era, the others being Pratiharas, Paramaras and Chalukyas. Chauhan dynasties established themselves in several places in North India and in the state of Gujarat in Western India. They were also prominent at Sirohi in the southwest of Rajputana, and at Bundi and Kota in the east. Inscriptions also associate them with Sambhar, the salt lake area in the Amber (later Jaipur) district (the Sakhambari branch remained near lake Sambhar and married into the ruling Gurjara-Pratihara, who then ruled an empire in Northern India). Chauhans adopted a political policy that saw them indulge largely in campaigns against the Chalukyas and the invading Muslim hordes. In the 11th century they founded the city of Ajayameru (Ajmer) in the southern part of their kingdom, and in the 12th century captured Dhilika (the ancient name of Delhi) from the Tomaras and annexed some of their territory along the Yamuna River. Prithvi Raj Chauhan has become famous in folk tales and historical literature as the Chauhan king of Delhi who resisted the Muslim attack in the First Battle of Tarain (1191). Armies from other Rajput kingdoms, including Mewar assisted him. However, Prithviraj was defeated in the Second Battle of Tarain the following year. This failure ushered in Muslim rule in North India in the form of the Slave Dynasty, the first of the Delhi Sultanates.

The Chauhans later asserted their independence from the Pratiharas, and in the early eleventh century, the Sakhambari king Ajaya-Raja founded the city of Ajayameru (Ajmer) in the southern part of their kingdom, and in the mid twelfth century, his successor Vigraharaja enlarged the state, captured Dhilika (the ancient name of Delhi) from the Tomaras and annexed some of their territory along the Yamuna River, including Haryana and Delhi. In 12th century the Chauhans dominated Delhi, Ajmer and Ranthambhor. They were also prominent at Godwar in the southwest of Rajputana, and at Hadoti (Bundi and Kota) in the east. Chauhans adopted a political policy that saw them indulge largely in campaigns against the Chalukyas and the invading Muslim hordes.

The Chauhan kingdom became the leading state and a powerful kingdom in Northern India under King Prithvi Raj Chauhan (1165-1192), also known as Rai Pithora. Prithvi Raj Chauhan has become famous in folk tales and historical literature as the Chauhan king of Delhi who resisted and repelled the invasion by Mohammed of Ghor at the first Battle of Tarain in 1191. Armies from other Rajput kingdoms, including Mewar, assisted him. The Chauhan kingdom collapsed after Prithvi Raj Chauhan was defeated by the use of deception by Mohammed of Ghor in 1192 at the Second Battle of Tarain.

Anuja Chauhan

Anuja Chauhan (born 1970) is an Indian author and adwoman. She worked in advertising agency, JWT India, for over 17 years, eventually becoming Vice President and executive creative director, before resigning in 2010 to pursue a full-time literary career. Over the years she worked with brands like Pepsi, Kurkure, Mountain Dew and Nokia, creating Pepsi's 'Nothing official about it' campaign and ad slogans like, Pepsi's Yeh Dil Maange More and Oye Bubbly. As a writer, she is best known of her bestselling, contemporary rom-com novels, The Zoya Factor (2008) and Battle For Bittora (October 2010). Both books are romances, the first set in the glamorous, high pressure world of Indian cricket, and the second in the heat and dust of a Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) election.

Early Life and education

Born in the small town of Meerut, in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Anuja spent most of her childhood in various cantonment towns in North India, as her father served in the Indian Army. He took premature retirement at the rank Lieutenant Colonel, migrating to Australia thereafter. She was the youngest of four sisters

She did her schooling at the Army Public School, New Delhi, Sophia Girls Convent, Meerut Cantonment and Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, New Delhi. She has a Bachelors degree in Economics from Miranda House, Delhi University and a post graduate diploma in Mass Communication from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
Career
Advertising

Anuja joined JWT in 1993 and in next seventeen years was responsible for many memorable catchphrases, primarily for Pepsi Cola, India, such as "Yeh Dil Maange More!", "Mera Number kab Aayega","Nothing official about it" and " Oye Bubbly", etc. Other popular catchphrases she has worked on include Darr ke Aage jeet Hai for Mountain Dew, Tedha Hai par mera Hai for Kurkure, "Be a Little Dillogical", for Lays Chips and KitKat Break Banta hai for Nestle Kitkat. By 2003 and at age 33, she had already become one of the youngest VP in JWT team, and was known for her penchant for "simple solution to a complex advertising problem," with clutter-breaking ideas. She features regularly in The Economic Times supplement Brand Equity’s list of ten Hottest Creative Directors in India, and was ranked 26th in the 'creativerankings 2010', a list of the hottest Executive Creative Directors in Asia-Pac.

In August 2010, she resigned for her post of vice-president and executive creative director at JWT, Delhi, where she had worked for 17 years, to pursue a career in writing. However, she still remains active as an advertising consultant and is the only Indian to feature on the prestigious One Show Jury for the year 2011. (The One Show awards, organized by the One Club, New York, are the most coveted advertising awards in the world.)
Author

She started working on her debut novel in 2006, writing during her spare time. Having work on Pepsi brand for 13 years, closely associated with cricket advertising, eventually led to cricket became the setting of her novel about a girl Zoya Singh Solanki, a client service rep with an advertising agency, who becomes a lucky mascot of the Indian cricket team. At the time of its release, The Zoya Factor ran the danger of being dismissed as ‘Mills and Boon-ish’ but most reviewers were quick to praise the depth of the author’s characters, her wicked descriptions and the authenticity of her Hinglish laced dialogue

She has been hailed as the best chick lit writer in India, but in a recent interview to CNBC-18 said that she has issues with the chicklit tag and with tags generally. The Zoya Factor has won 'Cosmopolitan Magazine, India’s Fun Fearless Female award for literature (2008) and the India Today Woman award for Woman as Storyteller (2009). It was longlisted for the India Plaza Golden Quill (2009). The novel has also been optioned for a film by Shah Rukh Khans Red Chillies Entertainment production company. The option is for three years.

Her much anticipated book, Battle For Bittora, about a about 25-year old Jinni living in Mumbai and working for an animation studio and what happens when she comes back to her hometown, Bittora, at the call of her grandmother, was released in 2010 by actor Saif Ali Khan in Delhi in October 2010,to unanimous critical approval from India Today, Outlook, The Week and Tehelka magazines.

Tehelka called it a "worthy successor to The Zoya Factor."According to Ira Pande, in Outlook magazine, Chauhan 'manages to legitimise a new vocabulary emerging from the violent collision between Bharat and India that has all the promise of a new lingua franca. In the way that Piyush Pandey, Prasoon Joshi and A. R. Rahman have brought a whiff of newness into lyrics and jingles, this new language may outrage purists but describes perfectly memorable Indian sense-impressions, such as Bhainscafe, the brew that marries instant coffee with nauseatingly rich buffalo milk.' The Hindustan Times is its review commended the book for its treatment, while giving the "biggest vote" to novel's characterization.

The film rights for Battle of Bittora have been purchased by the premier film production house Saregama for three years for an undisclosed sum.

Anuja is also writing the screenplay of a commercial feature film - a love story titled 'Guppie - mein liar nahi shayar hoon' by Nikhil Advani a promiment bollywood producer/director who has directed the superhit Kal Ho Na Ho and most recently, the Akshay Kumar starrer, Patiala House.

Neither of her novels have received an international release yet.
Personal life

She is married to noted television producer Niret Alva, who has produced popular reality shows like Indian Idol For Sony, Perfect Bride for Star Plus and Roadies for MTV. They first met in 1989, during the production of a play in Delhi, they both were involved in, eventually they got married in 1994.[His mother, Margaret Alva, was a well-known Indian politician and is now Governor of the beautiful mountain state of Uttarkhand. Anuja has two daughters, Niharika Margaret, 15, Nayantara Violet, 12, and one son, Daivik John, 9 and the couple moved to Gurgaon, a Delhi-suburb in 2002. She is featured in Femina magazine's list of 50 most beautiful women in India in 2011. And in MSN's The Influenticials, a list of the top 50 power women in the country.

Anuja converted to Christianity ten years after her marriage

Hitesh Chauhan - Lux Perfect Bride Contestant

Date of Birth and Age:Nov 24th, 1983; 25 yrs

Qualification:BALLB from Bharti Vidyapeeth, Pune

Profession:Practicing criminal Lawyer

Family:Nuclear Family consisting of father, mother and sister (married stays in London).

Caste:Rajput Chauhan

City:Chandigarh
What are your expectations from a Life Partner?
She should not be too overfriendly with her friends; should be loving, adjusting, smart, strong, beautiful, caring, has to be fair, and must respect my parents. I would prefer a tall girl.

What is your definition of a perfect bride?
 Someone who is understanding, has self respect and is eligible as my perfect match.

How are you preparing for the show?
 I am getting mentally prepared to test the girl I might like.

What qualities are you looking for in your partner?
 Intelligence, loving and happy nature, someone who respects my family and of course stylish and beautiful.

What made you choose this medium to find your bride?
Here I will get to see both the dark and brighter sides to her nature as it will be a trying time.

What if there is a conflict between your choice and your mother's choice?
>I will surely be able to convince her if ever such a situation arises.

What according to you is the mantra for a perfect match?
It all starts with love and ends with love, and every other emotion of anger, adjustment issues are all too small and can be dealt with.

Which celebrity couple do you admire the most?
Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri

RAJ KUMAR CHAUHAN

SHRI RAJ KUMAR CHAUHAN,
Hon'ble Minister for PWD, Development, Revenue, Irrigation & Flood Control and Welfare of SCs/STs/OBCs
Constituency: Mangol Puri (AC NO. 12)

Shri Raj Kumar Chauhan, son of Late Shri Makhan Lal, was born in a modest family on 27th March, 1957 at Karol Bagh, New Delhi. He entered politics at a very young age i.e. 19 years in the year 1976. Since then he has been championing the cause of the poor and downtrodden. All along he has been very active in social sphere and has been involved in various activities relating to welfare of the society at large. With his this kind of approach he was taken as a faithful soldier of the Congress Party and since then he has been serving to the same with unflinching solidarity and loyalty.

He was elected President of the PVC Market (Jawalapuri) in 1991. While holding this position he is instrumental in taking up the causes of the traders and the public at every possible forum to help them grow and develop in a positive and structured frame. He had been fighting for the traders cause ever since Jawalapuri suffered a major setback in the form devastating fire, which rocked the market absolutely.

Rehabilitation schemes were conceived deliberated and got executed by constant persuasion, effective liasioning with various agencies and political masters, whether it was ruling or opposition. This approach brought results and the affected traders are being offered plots at Tikri Kalan and a full-fledged market in a planned way is coming up.

He was made General Secretary (Congress Party) of Najafgarh District in 1993. In 1997 he was elected as President of the Najafgarh District and consecutively for the second he was elected again as President of the Najafgarh District in the year 2001.

Shri Raj Kumar Chauhan was first elected to the Delhi Legislative Assembly in 1993 by defeating his rival with a margin on 7663 votes out of 40,000 votes polled, when the election wave was in the favour of opposition party.

In 1998 he was elected to the Delhi Legislative Assembly for the second consecutive time by defeating his rival with a margin of 21,014 votes, which was the highest lead in percentage of all the constituencies. In the elections held in the year 2003 he was again the winner with the highest margin i.e. over 31000 votes than his nearest rival.

In the current election to the Delhi Legislative Assembly i.e. November, 2008, he defeated his nearest rival with a margin of over 29965 votes.

When he became the Minister for the first time in Govt. of Delhi, he had a vision to extend all possible help to that segment of society, which is generally not in the mainstream.

During his tenure as Minister, Welfare of SC/STs, Development, Revenue, Irrigation & Flood Control, PWD & Urban Development (2003-2008) his major achievement were as under:-



Welfare of SC/ST/OBCs

Ø In this field, new schemes were launched which were beneficial for the persons in these categories for the purpose of self employment. Various loan melas were organized where people were cleared and disbursed their loans within the same day.

Ø Our Late Prime Minister, Bharat Ratna Smt Indira Gandhi had allotted plots to the landless in the late 70’s & early late 80’s under the 20-Point Programme Scheme. Ever since these people were not granted ownership rights. A palpable fear to loom large on these families. A decision was taken to grant the perpetual rights to all these people which has helped thousands of such families in Delhi.

Ø Schedule castes people who were living in Delhi before 1951 were not given the benefits for reservation. There was a division within the same category and SC population after 1951 were enjoying the benefits of reservation whereas before 1951 were not entertained in the reservation process. This anomalous situation was removed and lacs of families who otherwise were deprived of job opportunities in the government set up are now availing the benefits.

Ø To draw various scheme for the benefit of SC/ST/OBC community.

Ø To start the loan process for SC/ST in DSFDC through single window clearance scheme.

Ø To help provide the handicapped people with the fixed wireless phone with cycle/Rickshaw to help to earn their livelihood.

Ø Initiated Jan Shree Beema Yojna for persons living below poverty line

Development Department:-

Ø Starting of Ecology & Environment conservation of clubs with the active participation of villagers to be started in every village.

Ø Main thrust areas – Development and Prevention of ponds and water harvesting.

Ø Starting of village Tourism project and effective use of Multipurpose Community Centres constructed in various villages.

Ø Improvement of community use buildings such as choupals etc.

Ø Improvement & development cremation ground in various villages of Delhi.

Ø Initializing the concept of model village with all the modern amenities.

Ø Rural Development Board was constituted and projects worth thousand crores rupees approximately have been sanctioned for various developmental activities in rural areas. The objective is to melt boundaries between the rural areas and the urban areas of Delhi

Revenue

Ø It is proposed to look into various antiquated laws and rules relating to land revenue which are more of a problem than convenience to the people.

Ø Participation of farming community is proposed in various matters relating to land in various villages.

Ø Computerization of land records in all the districts.

Ø Introduction of E-stamping with an aim to bring transparency in the registration process.



Irrigation & Flood

 It is proposed to draw a proposal relating to conservation of water bodies and improvement of water table in all the villages.

 Timely action relating to desilting etc. before the onset of monsoon every year.



Public Works Department & Urban Development

Since these two are the major departments and are the show case of developing Delhi as a global City, lot of initiatives have been taken to make Delhi a real world class City. Projects which are already on were given impetus and were ensured that timely execution of all such projects take place much before the Commonwealth Games.

Ø As we all know that more than 40 lacs people in Delhi are residing in unauthorized colonies. This is due to the reason that housing facilities are not adequately available in Delhi. This forced the people to set up their establishments in unauthorized colonies and start living there. Since they were leading in a very pathetic life on account of non-availability of civic amenities, thrust given was mainly to provide facilities like, roads, drains, electrification, water pipelines etc to enable them to live a comfortable life. In the last couple of months, ever since this portfolio has been entrusted we could spend hundred of crores of rupees in augmenting the civic amenities in 1409 unauthorized colonies with the objective to improve the living conditions of millions of people residing there.

Ø Regularization of unauthorized colonies has been eluding people living in unauthorized colonies for a very long time. The process of regularization was given impetus and is being ensured that the regularization is done in a time bound fashion so that the dream of the people can be translated into realities. A major step in this direction was taken by providing Provisional Certificates to the RWAs of the Unauthorised Colonies.

Ø Since Commonwealth Games are approaching fast and since they are being held in Delhi, there are number of projects pertaining to creating infrastructural facilities like Flyovers, strengthening of roads, under passes, Foot-over Bridges etc have been given main thrust and is being ensured that these all projects are completed much before their respective deadlines. Couple of Stadia are also being renovated where various sports events are being organized and special attention is being paid to make them ready well in time. These all collectively have attributed a lot in shaping the City with modern infrastructure and in a true sense the City is coming up as a world-class City.



Low Cost Housing

Ø Under JNNURM programme of Central Government Rajiv Ratan Award Yojana was initiated and under this scheme urban poor and the people residing in slum and JJ clusters were asked to file applications to enable the government to provide housing facilities to all such deprived section of the society on the most subsidized rate. Construction of approximately 10000 flats is in full swing on different locations in the Capital and it is hoped that by the beginning of the new year the Govt. shall be in a position to allot houses to approximately 10000 families.

Ø Under this scheme government is proposing to construct approximately 4 lacs of houses to provide decent living to all such families living in Delhi



Before he became Minister in the Delhi Govt., he had been working in important capacities with different committees viz.;

1. Privilege Committee of the Legislative Assembly, Delhi.
2. Assurance Committee of the Legislative Assembly, Delhi.
3. Member, Planning Board, Delhi
4. Chairman, Advisory Committee, Sanjay Gandhi Hospital, Mangol Puri.

His personal details are:

Date of Birth: 27th March, 1957
Place of Birth: Karol Bagh, New Delhi.
Father's name: Late Shri Makhan Lal
Education: B.A. (Ist Year)
Languages Known: Hindi, English and Punjabi
Marital Status: Married
Children: Two sons and one daughter
Travels Abroad: U.S.A, Dubai, Canada, UK, Europe, China, Singapore and Japan
Permanent Address: 60, Behra Enclave, Outer Ring Road, New Delhi: 110 087.

Hemant Chauhan

Hemant Chauhan is a Gujarati writer and singer. He specializes in Bhajan, religious and Garba songs and other folk genres

Selected works

• Pankhida O Pankhida
• Om Namah Shivay-shiv Dhun
• Om Sai Mangalam mp3
• Shriman Narayana
• Laher Lagi Bhajan Ni.mp3
• dham Dham Nagara Re...
• Live In Leicester- Tu Rangai Jane Rang Ma
• chotile Dakla Vagya
• bhajan-krishna-devotional
• Shiv Tandav
• he Jagjanani He Jagdamba Hd Version
• Hemant Chauhan- Tare Rahevu Bhada Na Makan Ma...
• Shrinathaji and bhajan
• Pankhida Ne Aa Pinjaru

Devesh Chauhan

Devesh Singh Chauhan (born November 12, 1980 in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh) is a field hockey goalkeeper from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in early 2000. Chauhan represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics, in 2000 (Sydney, Australia) and in 2004 (Athens, Greece), where India finished in seventh place on both occasions.

PERSONAL
Date of Birth	November 12, 1980
Height	178 cm / 5' 10"
Weight	77 kg / 170 lb
Birthplace	Etawah, Uttar Pradesh
Marital Status	Married to Shamita Bahaduria on December 14, 2004
Languages	Hindi, English
Education	Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
Occupation	Indian Oil Corporation
Hobbies	Watching Movies
Address in India

DOMESTIC CIRCUIT
Product Of	Lucknow Sports Hostel Air India Hockey Academy, New Delhi
Team	Indian Oil Corporation
City	New Delhi
Position	Goalkeeper
Awards	2004 - Arjuna Puraskar 2001 - Lakshman Puraskar (UP Govt.)
TOURNAMENTS
Junior Nationals	June 1999 - Bangalore Jun-Jul 1997 - New Delhi
Beighton Cup	Mar/Apr 2003 - Kolkata (2nd)
Muruguppa Gold Cup	Aug 2001 - Chennai (1st) - IHF Juniors
Lal Bahadur Shastri Tournament	Nov/Dec 2003 - Delhi (1st)

INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT
Matches	64 (post 2002 World Cup)
Goals Allowed	??
Olympics	Aug 2004 - Athens (7th) Sep 2000 - Sydney (7th)
World Cup	Feb/Mar 2002 - Kuala Lumpur (10th)
Champions Trophy	Dec 2004 - Lahore (4th) Aug 2003 - Amstelveen (4th) Aug/Sep 2002 - Cologne (4th)
Asian Games	Oct 2002 - Busan (2nd) Member of All-Star Asian Games team
Asia Cup	Sep 2003 - Kuala Lumpur (1st)
Afro-Asian Games	Oct 2003 - Hyderabad (1st)
Champions Challenge	Dec 2001 - Kuala Lumpur (1st)
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup	Aug 2001 - Kuala Lumpur (5th)
Indo-Pak Hockey Series	Sep/Oct 2004 (Lost 2-4)
Junior World Cup	Oct 2001 - Hobart (1st)
Junior World Cup	Oct 2001 - Hobart (1st)
Junior Asia Cup	May 2000 - Kuala Lumpur (2nd)
African Tour	Feb 2000 - Cairo - Akbar el Yom Tourney (3rd)
Australian Tour	Apr 2004 - Sydney - 4-Nation Tournament (LAST) Apr 2004 - Canberra - 4-Nation Tournament (2nd) Jun 2003 - Sydney - 3-Nation Tournament (1st) May/Jun 2003 - Perth - 3-Nation Tournament (2nd) Jun 2002 - Melbourne - 4-Nation Tournament (2nd) May/Jun 2002 - Adelaide - 4-Nation Tournament (2nd) Apr 2000 - Sydney - 4-Nation Tournament (3rd) Apr 2000 - Perth - 4-Nation Tournament (1st)
European Tour	Aug 2004 - Leverkusen - 3-Test Series vs. Ireland (Won 2-1) Jul 2004 - Dusseldorf - 4-Nation Tournament (2nd) Jun/Jul 2004 - Amstelveen - 4-Nation Tournament (LAST) Mar 2004 - Madrid - Olympic Qualifier (4th) Jun 2003 - Hamburg - 4-Nation Panasonic Masters (1st) Aug 2002 - Amstelveen - Rabobank 4-Nation Tournament (LAST) Jul 2001 - Edinburgh - World Cup Qualifier  (5th) Jul 2001 - Milton Keynes - 4-Nation Castrol Festival (1st) Aug 1999 - Poznan - 8-Nation Junior Challenge (2nd)
New Zealand Tour	Jun 2001 - 4-Test Series (Lost 1-2)
Test Series at Home	Dec 2004 - Delhi - 2-Test Series vs. France (Lost 0-1) Nov 2004 - Chandigadh - 2-Test Series vs. Spain (Tied 1-1) Feb 2004 - Hyderabad - 3-Test Series vs. Netherlands (Lost 0-2) Feb/Mar 2001 - 3-Test Series vs. Germany (Lost 1-2)

Rajesh Chauhan

Rajesh Chauhan (born December 19, 1966, Ranchi, Bihar) is a former Indian cricketer who played in 21 Tests and 35 ODIs from 1993 to 1998.

He was part of the Indian spin trio of Kumble-Raju-Chauhan, in the 1990s.

Although his own contributions were only of limited value, India lost none of the 21 Tests in which he played. He is perhaps remembered most for his last-over six off Saqlain Mushtaq at Karachi in 1997, which sealed a four-wicket win for India against Pakistan.

In April 2007 he was seriously injured in a car accident. He suffered multiple fractures as well as bruising on his leg, back, hand and head. He currently resides in Bhilai - Chattisgarh running a business. He is now PRO in Bhilai Steel Plant.

His father Govind Raja Chauhan was also a cricketer and played Ranji Trophy in 1957 & Duleep Trophy in 1964. Their ancestral village is Vidi in Kutch and he belongs to KGK Community.He has been Chairman of All-India Youth Wing of Kutch Gurjar Kshatriyas for years 1993-96.

Ashok Chavan

Ashok Shankarrao Chavan (Marathi: अशोक चव्हाण) (born 28 October 1958 (age 52)) was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Chavan was sworn in on 8 December 2008, after his political party, the Indian National Congress and Vilasrao Deshmukh selected him to be Vilasrao Deshmukh's successor on 5 December 2008. He earlier served as Minister for Cultural Affairs, Industries, Mines and Protocol in Vilasrao Deshmukh government. Chavan is son of former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shankarrao Chavan and they are the first father–son duo in the state's history to become chief ministers.Chavan was asked to resign as Chief Minister during a meeting with Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, after it emerged that three of his relatives were house-owners of a government housing society in upmarket Colaba.

Political career

He graduated in Science and has obtained his Master's in Business Management.He started his political career as General Secretary, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee. In 1987–88, he was elected as Member of Parliament from Nanded Lok Sabha constituency. In 1992, he was elected as M.L.C to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and later joined as Minister of State for Public works, Urban Development and Home in March 1993. In 2003, Vilasrao Deshmukh appointed Chavan as Minister for Transport, Ports, Cultural Affairs and Protocol. In November 2004, Chavan became Minister for Industries, Mining, Cultural Affairs & Protocol. He was the General Secretary of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee from 1995 to 1999. He is the President of Sai Sevabhavi Trust Nanded, a charitable voluntary organisation.

Sharad Pawar, the regional satrap, had been lukewarm towards Chavan, after his first choice of union power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde was ignored well before the race began. Congress had clearly plumped for a Maratha to lead the party in the state, and had ignored the NCP view that it go for a non-Maratha to set right the social combination.

As a result, NCP chose a non-Maratha, Chhagan Bhujbal to man the deputy CM's post and gave the home ministry to Jayant Patil. The latter being a Maratha balanced the NCP's own bid to remain the community's first choice.

On 20 February 2009, Narayan Rane was inducted into the cabinet and was made the Minister of Industry.

After winning assembly elections in 2009, Congress President Sonia Gandhi named Ashok Chavan as next Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

Controversy, Scams and Allegations
 Adarsh Housing Society Scam

On March 14, 2011 Defence Minister A. K. Antony told Parliament that Ashok Chavan is one of the 13 people named by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Adarsh Housing Society Scam.

Chavan was accused of nepotism when he gave two flats in the Adarsh Housing society in Colaba to some of his close relatives, the society was originally meant for war widows. Chavan was summoned to Delhi where he offered to resign before party chief Sonia Gandhi. He was asked to tender his resignation to Governor K Sankaranarayanan, pending an inquiry into the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam in Mumbai. His successor as chief minister of Maharashtra is Prithviraj Chavan.

Chetan Chauhan

Chetan Pratap Singh Chauhan (चेतन प्रताप सिंह चौहान)(born July 21, 1947, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh) is a former cricketer who played 40 Test matches for India. He played most of his international cricket in the late 1970s and was the regular opening partner of Sunil Gavaskar during that period.

He was twice a Member of Parliament, elected to the Lok Sabha from Amroha in Uttar Pradesh.


Early days

Chauhan was born in Uttar Pradesh but moved to Poona in Maharashtra in 1960 where his father, an army officer, was transferred. He took his bachelor's degrees at Wadia College in Poona. There he was coached by the former Maharashtra player Kamal Bhandarkar. Chauhan represented Poona University in the Rohinton Baria trophy in 1966-67 and was selected to represent West Zone for the interzonal Vizzy Trophy in the same season. He scored 103 against North Zone and 88 & 63 against South Zone in the final. His opening partner in the second innings was Sunil Gavaskar.

More success in the Vizzy trophy in 1967 led to his selection in the Maharashtra Ranji team. Chauhan's first hundred came next year when he was first in and last out against Bombay on a rain affected wicket where the first six wickets fell for 52. He scored 103 against South Zone in the Duleep Trophy final against five Test bowlers and was selected to play for India in 1969-70.

Test cricket

Chauhan made his Test debut against New Zealand at the Bombay. His first scoring stroke was a square cut for four, the second a flick for six. He was dropped after two Tests, made an appearance against Australia later in the season, failed, and was dropped again for three years.

Chauhan scored 873 runs in the 1972-73 Ranji season for Maharashtra which was then the second highest aggregate for a season. This included double hundreds in consecutive matches against Gujarat and Vidarbha. Chauhan and Madhu Gupte shared an opening stand of 405 in the latter match. In between the double hundreds, he played two Tests against England. He failed and did not play a Test for another five years.

He moved to Delhi and the North Zone in 1975. One appearance against Sri Lanka in an unofficial Test ended in failure. In 1976-77, he scored 158 against Haryana (with a fractured jaw), 200 v Punjab, 147 v Karnataka and 150 against the Central Zone. Another Duleep trophy hundred early in the next season found him a place in the team to Australia.
[edit] The comeback

Chauhan scored 157 against Victoria in his first match of the tour. It took him 516 minutes and included just two fours. Paul Hibbert of Victoria had scored a hundred earlier in the match without a single boundary. Chauhan returned to the Indian team for the second Test at Perth and hit 88 in his very first innings. From then he missed only one Test till the end of his career and, except for one occasion, opened with Gavaskar every time. At Lahore against Pakistan they added 192, and 117 & 153 against West Indies at Bombay.

In England in the 1979, they put on 213 in the second innings at The Oval when India missed the target of 438 by nine runs. Against Australia in 1980-81, Chauhan scored 249 runs in three Tests to Gavaskar's 118. He missed a hundred by three runs in Adelaide. At Melbourne in the next Test, he scored 85 and added 165 with Gavaskar before the latter was given out lbw to Dennis Lillee. Gavaskar, the captain, disputed the decision on the way out and ordered Chauhan to leave the field with him. An embarrassing situation was avoided when the Indian manager Wing Cmdr. Shahid Durrani persuaded Chauhan to return. Touring New Zealand after the trip to Australia, Chauhan scored 78 in the second Test and 36 & 7 in the third.

 Later years

Chauhan was surprisingly dropped after the tour and never selected for another Test match. He added 3022 runs with Gavaskar in their 59 opening stands, ten of which were over 100. He scored 2084 runs in his career with 16 fifties but without a century. His last first class match was the Ranji final against Bombay in 1985 where he scored 98 and 54 with a fractured finger.

Chauhan was a member of the Lok Sabha (lower house of the parliament) from Amroha in 1991 and 1998. He lost the elections from the same constituency in 1996, 1999 and 2004, finishing fourth on the last occasion. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Chauhan received the Arjuna award in 1981.