Devendra Fadnavis
Indian politician
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| 2024 | Concluded his term as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. |
| 2024 | Mumbai's Coastal Road project, originally announced in 2014, was completed and inaugurated during Fadnavis's tenure. |
| December 5 2024 | Returned as Chief Minister of Maharashtra. |
| February 20 2024 | The Maharashtra Assembly unanimously passed a bill providing 10% reservation for the Maratha community in education and government jobs. |
| December 2023 | Received an Honorary Doctorate from Koyasan University, Japan. |
| September 2023 | A Nagpur court acquitted Fadnavis in a case related to his 2014 election affidavit, where he was accused of non-disclosure of criminal cases by advocate Satish Uke. |
| September 4 2023 | A meeting was held at Sahyadri Guest House in Mumbai by the Maharashtra Cabinet sub-committee to discuss the Maratha Reservation issue. |
| August 2023 | Conducted an official tour to Japan as the Government of Japan's state guest from India. |
| June 2023 | At a public rally following communal clashes in Kolhapur over social media posts about Aurangzeb, Fadnavis made remarks questioning the emergence of Aurangzeb's 'sympathizers', which was criticized by political analysts as a potential dog whistle targeting Muslims. He subsequently tried to clarify that he did not consider Indian Muslims as Aurangzeb's descendants. |
| 2022 | Fadnavis claimed personal responsibility for causing a split within the Shiv Sena party, which led to a significant number of MLAs rebelling against the party leadership. |
| June 30 2022 | Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the 9th Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra alongside Eknath Shinde as chief minister, following the Maharashtra political crisis. He was initially reluctant to take the role but was directed by BJP national president J. P. Nadda to join the Shinde-led government. |
| June 28 2022 | Devendra Fadnavis met with the Governor of Maharashtra, Bhagat Singh Koshyari, and demanded a motion of no confidence against Uddhav Thackeray, playing a crucial role in the Maharashtra political crisis. |
| 2019 | Participated in the Maharashtra legislative assembly election as the face of BJP in the Mahayuti alliance. |
| 2019 | Fadnavis-led government initiated a water grid project in Marathwada to address drought conditions, including plans for collaboration with Israeli partners. |
| 2019 | Completed his first full five-year term as Chief Minister of Maharashtra, becoming only the second person in the state's history to do so after Vasantrao Naik. |
| 2019 | Became Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. |
| November 28 2019 | Resigned as Chief Minister after a brief 5-day second term during the Maharashtra political crisis. |
| November 26 2019 | Resigned as Chief Minister after the Supreme Court ordered a floor test, ending his brief second stint in power. |
| November 23 2019 | Devendra Fadnavis formed a short-lived government with Ajit Pawar of NCP, becoming Chief Minister of Maharashtra for an exceptionally brief period. During this time, he chaired a climate resilience meeting with World Bank representatives, restarted the Chief Minister's refund cell, and sanctioned 5380 crores in aid for farmers. |
| November 23 2019 | Briefly became Chief Minister again in a surprise move, after President's Rule was revoked, though his term was short-lived when the Shiv Sena, NCP, and Congress formed a coalition government. |
| November 8 2019 | Resigned as acting Chief Minister of Maharashtra after failed coalition talks with Shiv Sena, marking the end of his second term. |
| June 2018 | Received the Outstanding Leadership in Development Award from Georgetown University in the United States. |
| September 2017 | Recognized as the Lee Kuan Yew Exchange Fellow by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore. |
| April 2016 | During a rally in Nashik, Fadnavis controversially stated that every Indian must chant 'Bharat Mata ki Jai', suggesting those who refuse should leave the country. He later clarified that the issue was not religious in nature. |
| 2015 | Devendra Fadnavis laid the foundations of the Backward Class Commission to confirm the socio-economic status of the Maratha community, as directed by the Bombay High Court. |
| 2015 | Implemented significant infrastructure and development projects in Maharashtra during his first term as Chief Minister. |
| October 2015 | Became the first Indian to receive an Honorary Doctorate from Osaka City University, Japan, in recognition of his socio-economic development work in Maharashtra. |
| October 30 2015 | Fadnavis faced a significant political challenge when the Shiv Sena withdrew support from the coalition government, threatening his leadership. |
| 2014 | Devendra Fadnavis filed an election affidavit that did not fully disclose pending FIRs in criminal cases against him. |
| 2014 | Devendra Fadnavis announced the commencement of Mumbai's Coastal Road project during his first term as Chief Minister of Maharashtra. |
| 2014 | The BJP and Shiv Sena contested the legislative elections separately due to disputes over the chief ministerial candidate and constituency allocation. |
| December 2014 | The Supreme Court refused to vacate the Bombay High Court's interim order on Maratha Reservations, requiring the government to provide additional supporting information. |
| November 14 2014 | The Bombay High Court stayed the Maratha Reservation decision, which was a key legislative effort to grant reservations for the Maratha community in government jobs and educational institutions. |
| October 31 2014 | Devendra Fadnavis was appointed as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra after becoming the legislative party leader of BJP and leading the single largest party in the state assembly. Initially, he formed a minority government with support from the Nationalist Congress Party. |
| 2013 | Became President of BJP's Maharashtra state unit. |
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