Sushilkumar Sambhaji Shinde (born 4 September 1941) is an Indian former police officer and politician from the state of Maharashtra. He was the Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Power in the Manmohan Singh government, and the Leader of the House in Lok Sabha.
Shinde was born in Dhor (Caste) on 4 September 1941 at Solapur to Sambhaji Rao Shinde and Sakhu Bai.34 Shinde completed his education with an honours degree in arts from Dayanand College, Solapur and LLB from ILS Law College5 and New Law College, University of Bombay, Maharashtra.6
Early career
Sushilkumar Shinde started his career as a bailiff in the Sessions court of Solapur where he worked from 1957 – 1965. He then joined the Maharashtra Police as a constable.7 Subsequently, he served in the Maharashtra CID for six years, as a sub-inspector of police, under Amukuraj Patil, his mentor.
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Shinde was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha for the second time from Maharashtra on 20 March 2006.121314 Shinde became the leader of Lok Sabha after his predecessor Pranab Mukherjee was elected President of India.15 Shinde served as Power minister of India from 2006 to 2012. Later, he was appointed Home Minister of India in 2012.1617 His tenure as a Home Minister saw two major decisions of hanging the terrorists Afzal Guru and Ajmal Kasab.18
During the 2012 northern India power grid failure, Shinde deflected criticism by observing that India was not alone in suffering major power outages, as the United States and Brazil had both experienced similar blackouts within the previous few years.1920 Officials in Uttar Pradesh, where the problem was believed to have begun, said the grid could not keep up with the huge demand for power in the hot summer. Uttar Pradesh power corporation chief Awanish Kumar Awasthi stated that the grid collapse was due to the states drawing more than their allotted power to meet the summer demand.20
Sushilkumar Shinde contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Solapur. Shinde was the Congress party nominee. He was defeated by BJP Candidate Mr. Siddheshwar Maharaj by a margin of 156,261 votes.22
Shinde married Ujwala Shinde on 1 May 1970. The couple has three daughters.24 One of his daughters Praniti Shinde is MP of Solapur, Maharashtra India.25
Awards and honours
15 January 1977: Selected in Ten Noteworthy Youth of the country by Indian Jaycees.
1978: Second choice as most popular Minister in the survey by 'Manohar' a weekly.
1981: Honoured with Basav Bhushan Award as "Ideal Youth" by Congress Party.
9 March 1996: "National Citizen Award" as a Best Member of Parliament at the hands of Mother Teresa.
2003: Bhai Bagal Award 2003, Third place at India Today – Reader's Choice The Best Chief Minister.
2005: Guruvarya Shankarrao Kanitkar Award at the hands of senior journalist Arun Tikekar.
22 September 2005 to 21 September 2007 & 21 November 2007 to 24 December 2009: Tilak Maharashtra Vidhyapeeth Chancellor.
23 January 2007: First D Lit. awarded by D Y Patil University. (Subject – Literature)
9 September 2007: Second D Lit. degree awarded by Srikrishna Devrai University, Andhra Pradesh. (Subject – Literature)
18 February 2009: Third D Lit. awarded by Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Bhopal. (Subject – Science)
9 May 2009: "Navshakti Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar" awarded by Navshakti Times.
19 July 2009: Government Award of "Ideal Teacher" in memory of Education Officer Hon. B.C. Dhegale.
Shinde was born in Dhor (Caste) on 4 September 1941 at Solapur to Sambhaji Rao Shinde and Sakhu Bai.34 Shinde completed his education with an honours degree in arts from Dayanand College, Solapur and LLB from ILS Law College5 and New Law College, University of Bombay, Maharashtra.6
Early career
Sushilkumar Shinde started his career as a bailiff in the Sessions court of Solapur where he worked from 1957 – 1965. He then joined the Maharashtra Police as a constable. Subsequently, he served in the Maharashtra for six years, as a sub-inspector of police, under Amukuraj Patil, his mentor.
Shinde was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha for the second time from Maharashtra on 20 March 2006.121314 Shinde became the leader of Lok Sabha after his predecessor Pranab Mukherjee was elected President of India.15 Shinde served as Power minister of India from 2006 to 2012. Later, he was appointed Home Minister of India in 2012.1617 His tenure as a Home Minister saw two major decisions of hanging the terrorists Afzal Guru and Ajmal Kasab.18
During the 2012 northern India power grid failure, Shinde deflected criticism by observing that India was not alone in suffering major power outages, as the United States and Brazil had both experienced similar blackouts within the previous few years.1920 Officials in Uttar Pradesh, where the problem was believed to have begun, said the grid could not keep up with the huge demand for power in the hot summer. Uttar Pradesh power corporation chief Awanish Kumar Awasthi stated that the grid collapse was due to the states drawing more than their allotted power to meet the summer demand.20
Sushilkumar Shinde contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Solapur. Shinde was the Congress party nominee. He was defeated by BJP Candidate Mr. Siddheshwar Maharaj by a margin of 156,261 votes.22
Shinde married Ujwala Shinde on 1 May 1970. The couple has three daughters.24 One of his daughters Praniti Shinde is MP of Solapur, Maharashtra India.25
Awards and honours
15 January 1977: Selected in Ten Noteworthy Youth of the country by Indian Jaycees.
1978: Second choice as most popular Minister in the survey by 'Manohar' a weekly.
1981: Honoured with Basav Bhushan Award as "Ideal Youth" by Congress Party.
9 March 1996: "National Citizen Award" as a Best Member of Parliament at the hands of Mother Teresa.
2003: Bhai Bagal Award 2003, Third place at India Today – Reader's Choice The Best Chief Minister.
2005: Guruvarya Shankarrao Kanitkar Award at the hands of senior journalist Arun Tikekar.
22 September 2005 to 21 September 2007 & 21 November 2007 to 24 December 2009: Tilak Maharashtra Vidhyapeeth Chancellor.
23 January 2007: First D Lit. awarded by D Y Patil University. (Subject – Literature)
9 September 2007: Second D Lit. degree awarded by Srikrishna Devrai University, Andhra Pradesh. (Subject – Literature)
18 February 2009: Third D Lit. awarded by Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Bhopal. (Subject – Science)
9 May 2009: "Navshakti Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar" awarded by Navshakti Times.
19 July 2009: Government Award of "Ideal Teacher" in memory of Education Officer Hon. B.C. Dhegale.