CM OF MAHARASHTRA UDDHAV THACKERAY

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 Uddhav Bal Thackeray (born 27 July 1960) is an Indian politician serving as the 19th and current Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He is the president of Shiv Sena.

Early life

Uddhav Thackeray was born on 27 July 1960 as the youngest child of politician Bal Thackeray and his wife Meena Thackeray's three sons. He did his schooling from Balmohan Vidyamandir and graduated from Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art with photography as his main subject.

Political career

In 2002, Thackeray started his political career as campaign incharge of Shiv Sena in the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation elections where the party performed well. In 2003, he was appointed as working president of Shiv Sena. Uddhav took over as chief editor of party mouthpiece Saamana (a daily Marathi-language newspaper published by Shiv Sena) in 2006 and resigned in 2019 before becoming chief minister of Maharashtra.

A split in Shiv Sena happened when his cousin Raj Thackeray left the party in 2006 to form his own party named Maharashtra Navnirman Sena. After the death of his father Bal Thackeray in 2012, he led the party and got elected as Shiv Sena president in 2013, and under his leadership Shiv Sena joined the NDA government in Maharashtra in 2014.

Chief Minister of Maharashtra

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Though Thackeray never took any constitutional post in his political career initially, however after a brief political crisis, on 28 November 2019 he took the oath as 19th Chief minister of Maharashtra after being elected as the president of the newly formed post-poll coalition Maha Vikas Aghadi.

Personal life

Thackeray has taken a keen interest in photography and has exhibited his collection of aerial shots of various forts of Maharashtra at the Jehangir Art Gallery in 2004. He has also published photo-books Maharashtra Desh (2010) and Pahava Vitthal (2011), capturing various aspects of Maharashtra and the warkaris during Pandharpur Wari respectively in the two books. On 16 July 2012, Uddhav Thackeray was admitted to Lilavati Hospital after he reported chest pain. He underwent an angioplasty and all the three blockages in his arteries were successfully removed.

Family

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Thackeray is married to Rashmi Thackeray and has two sons, Aditya and Tejas.

Rashmi Thackeray (née Patankar) is the editor of Saamana and Marmik. She is the daughter of Madhav Patankar who run his family business and comes from a middle-class family. She lived in suburban Dombivli and did her Bachelor of Commerce degree from V G Vaze College in Mulund. She joined the Life Insurance Corporation of India as a contract employee in 1987. She became the friend of Raj Thackeray 's sister Jaywanti and through her came into contact with Uddhav Thackeray. Later they got married in 1989.

The elder son Aditya Thackeray is the president of the Yuva Sena. He is serving as Cabinet Minister of Tourism and Environment Government of Maharashtra.

The younger son Tejas Thackeray is an Indian conservationist and wildlife researcher.

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Nature..

Nature, in the broadest sense, is the natural, physical, or material world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science. Although humans are part of nature, human activity is often understood as a separate category from other natural phenomena.

The word nature is derived from the Latinword natura, or "essential qualities, innate disposition", and in ancient times, literally meant "birth".^[1] Natura is a Latin translation of the Greek word physis (φύσις), which originally related to the intrinsic characteristics that plants, animals, and other features of the world develop of their own accord.^[2][3] The concept of nature as a whole, the physical universe, is one of several expansions of the original notion; it began with certain core applications of the word φύσις by pre-Socratic philosophers, and has steadily gained currency ever since. This usage continued during the advent of modernscientific method in the last several centuries.^[4][5]

Within the various uses of the word today, "nature" often refers to geology and wildlife. Nature can refer to the general realm of living plants and animals, and in some cases to the processes associated with inanimate objects—the way that particular types of things exist and change of their own accord, such as the weather and geology of the Earth. It is often taken to mean the "natural environment" orwilderness—wild animals, rocks, forest, and in general those things that have not been substantially altered by human intervention, or which persist despite human intervention. For example, manufactured objects and human interaction generally are not considered part of nature, unless qualified as, for example, "human nature" or "the whole of nature". This more traditional concept of natural things which can still be found today implies a distinction between the natural and the artificial, with the artificial being understood as that which has been brought into being by a human consciousness or a human mind. Depending on the particular context, the term "natural" might also be distinguished from theunnatural or the supernatural.

Water is a chemical substance that is composed of hydrogen and oxygen and is vital for all known forms of life.^[28] In typical usage, water refers only to its liquid form orstate, but the substance also has a solid state,ice, and a gaseous state, water vapor, orsteam. Water covers 71% of the Earth's surface.^[29] On Earth, it is found mostly in oceans and other large bodies of water, with 1.6% of water below ground in aquifers and 0.001% in the air as vapor, clouds, andprecipitation.^[30][31] Oceans hold 97% of surface water, glaciers, and polar ice caps2.4%, and other land surface water such as rivers, lakes, and ponds 0.6%. Additionally, a minute amount of the Earth's water is contained within biological bodies and manufactured products.

Diwali..

Diwali, Deepavali or Dipavali is a four to five day-long (varying as per Hindu Calendar) festival of lights, which is celebrated byHindus, Jains, Sikhs and some Buddhistsevery autumn in the northern hemisphere (spring in southern hemisphere).^[2][3] One of the most popular festivals of Hinduism, Diwali symbolises the spiritual "victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance." Light is a metaphor for knowledge and consciousness.^[4][5][6] During the celebration, temples, homes, shops and office buildings are brightly illuminated.^[7] The preparations, and rituals, for the festival typically last five days, with the climax occurring on the third day coinciding with the darkest night of the Hindu lunisolar monthKartika. In the Gregorian calendar, the festival generally falls between mid-October and mid-November.

In the lead-up to Diwali, celebrants will prepare by cleaning, renovating, and decorating their homes and workplaces.^[9]During the climax, revellers adorn themselves in their finest clothes, illuminate the interior and exterior of their homes with diyas (oil lamps or candles), offer puja (worship) toLakshmi, the goddess of prosperity and wealth,^{[note 1]} light fireworks, and partake in family feasts, where mithai (sweets) and gifts are shared. Diwali is also a major cultural event for the Hindu, Sikh, Jain, and Buddhist diaspora from the Indian subcontinent.^[12][13][14]

The five-day festival originated in the Indian subcontinent and is mentioned in earlySanskrit texts. The names of the festive days of Diwali, documented by Qa Kishore, as well as the rituals, vary by region. Diwali is usually celebrated eighteen days after the Dussehra(Dasara, Dasain) festival, with Dhanteras, or the regional equivalent, marking the first day of the festival when celebrants prepare by cleaning their homes and making decorations on the floor, such as rangoli.^[15] The second day is Naraka Chaturdashi, or the regional equivalent which for Hindus in the south of India is Diwali proper. Western, central, eastern and northern Indian communities observe main day of Diwali on the third day i.e. the day of Lakshmi Puja and the darkest night of the traditional month. In some parts of India, the day after Lakshmi Puja is marked with the Govardhan Puja andBalipratipada(Padwa), which is dedicated to the relationship between wife and husband. Some Hindu communities mark the last day as Bhai Dooj or the regional equivalent, which is dedicated to the bond between sister and brother,^[16] while other Hindu and Sikh craftsmen communities mark this day asVishwakarma Puja and observe it by performing maintenance in their work spaces and offering prayers.^[17][18]

Some other faiths in India also celebrate their respective festivals alongside Diwali. TheJains observe their own Diwali, which marks the final liberation of Mahavira,^[19][20] theSikhs celebrate Bandi Chhor Divas to mark the release of Guru Hargobind from a Mughal Empire prison,^[21] while Newar Buddhists, unlike other Buddhists, celebrate Diwali by worshipping Lakshmi, while the Bengali Hindus generally celebrate Diwali, by worshipping Goddess Kali.^[22][23] The main day of the festival of Diwali i.e the day of Lakshmi Puja is an official holiday in Fiji,^[24]Guyana,^[25] India, Malaysia (except Sarawak),^[26] Mauritius, Myanmar,^[27] Nepal,^[28]Singapore,^[29] Sri Lanka, Suriname, andTrinidad and Tobago.

Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli : born 5 November 1988) is an Indian cricketer who currently captains the India national team. A right-handed top-order batsman, Kohli is regarded as one of the best batsmen in the world.^[3] He plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL), and has been the team's captain since 2013. Since October 2017, he has been the top-ranked ODI batsman in the world and is currently 2nd in Test rankings.^[4] Among Indian batsmen, Kohli has the best ever Test rating (937 points), ODI rating (911 points) and T20I rating (897 points).

Kohli captained India Under-19s to victory at the 2008 Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia, and a few months later, made his ODI debut for India against Sri Lanka at the age of 19. Initially having played as a reserve batsman in the Indian team, he soon established himself as a regular in the ODI middle-order and was part of the squad that won the 2011 World Cup. He made his Test debut in 2011 and shrugged off the tag of "ODI specialist" by 2013 with Test hundreds in Australia and South Africa.^[5] Having reached the number one spot in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen for the first time in 2013,^[6] Kohli also found success in the Twenty20 format, winning the Man of the Tournament twice at the ICC World Twenty20 (in 2014 and 2016).

Kohli was appointed the vice-captain of the ODI team in 2012 and handed over the Test captaincy following Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Test retirement in 2014. In early 2017, he became the limited-overs captain as well after Dhoni stepped down from the position. In ODIs, Kohli has the second highest number of centuries and the highest number of centuries in run-chases in the world. He holds the world record for being the fastest batsman to 10,000 and 11,000 runs in ODI cricket, reaching the milestones in 205 and 222 innings respectively.^[7][8]

Kohli has been the recipient of many awards such as the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year) in 2017 and 2018; ICC Test Player of the Year 2018; ICC ODI Player of the Year in 2012, 2017 and 2018 andWisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 2016, 2017 and 2018.^[9] He was given theArjuna Award in 2013, the Padma Shri under the sports category in 2017^[10] and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the highest sporting honour in India, in 2018.^[11] Kohli is ranked as one of the world's most famous athletes byESPN^[12] and one of the most valuable athlete brands by Forbes.^[13] In 2018, Time magazine named Kohli one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

National honours

• 2013 - Arjuna Award^[379]
• 2017 - Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award.^[10]
• 2018 - Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna^[11]

Other honours

• Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year): 2017,^[380] 2018^[381]
• ICC ODI Player of the Year: 2012,^[382]2017,^[383] 2018^[381]
• ICC Test Player of the Year: 2018^[381]
• ICC ODI Team of the Year: 2012, 2014, 2016 (captain), 2017 (captain), 2018 (captain)^[384]
• ICC Test Team of the Year: 2017 (captain), 2018 (captain)^[385]
• Polly Umrigar Award for International Cricketer of the Year: 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
• Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World: 2016, 2017,^[9] 2018^[386]
• CEAT International Cricketer of the Year: 2011–12, 2013–14,^[387] 2018-19^[388]
• Barmy Army - International Player of Year: 2017, 2018^[389]
• A stand at Arun Jaitley Stadium is named Virat Kohli Stand on 12 September 2019.^[390]