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Anand Dighe (27 January 1951- 26 August 2001) popularly known as Dharmaveer was an Indian politician and social worker. He was a senior leader and Thane district Unit Chief of Shiv Sena. [2] [3] [4] He mentored many young politicians from Thane region such as Eknath Shinde, Ravindra Phatak and Rajan Vichare. [5] Career.
More than two decades after Dighe’s death — he passed away on August 26, 2001 of a heart attack — the Thane leader’s larger-than-life image looms large in the Sena even today. Dighe’s...
Aug 26, 2001 · Anand Dighe was an Indian politician from Maharashtra who was a leader of the Shiv Sena. He is best known for being the political mentor of Eknath Shinde, the 20th Chief Minister of Maharashtra. In August 2001, he died in a road accident. At the very young age of 18, Dhighe ventured into active politics.
Jul 6, 2022 · Anand Dighe was arrested in 1989 under various sections of the IPC and the erstwhile Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) in connection with the murder of Sridhar Khopkar, a Shiv Sena corporator who was accused of cross-voting that supposedly led to the Sena’s defeat in the Thane mayoral election.
Jun 25, 2022 · Anand Dighe (centre), who began his career in the Sena from the grass-roots level, died of heart attack in 2001 at the age of 49 after he met with an accident. (Express archive photo) Another agitation that he later kicked off was to claim Hindus’ rights over the Durgadi fort in Kalyan.
Jul 6, 2022 · Mumbai: In May this year, Eknath Shinde — then a minister in the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government — was seen enthusiastically promoting a reverential biopic of the late Shiv Sena leader Anand Dighe, whom he considers his mentor. Dighe, who died in 2001 at the age of 50, was to the people of Thane almost what Bal Thackeray was to ...
Jul 1, 2022 · Who is Anand Dighe? Anand Dighe was a follower of Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray and the mentor of rebel leader Eknath Shinde. He began his political career in the Shiv Sena and became the president of the party’s Thane unit in 1984.
Aug 26, 2001 · THANE: Senior Shiv Sena leader and district unit chief of party Anand Dighe died in a private hospital here on Sunday night following a massive heart attack. He was 50.
Jun 26, 2022 · Anand Dighe was a follower of Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray and the mentor of rebel leader Eknath Shinde. The rebellion within the Shiv Sena has brought the focus back on late ...
Dighe’s aggressive brand of politics and his uncompromising loyalty to the party led to his arrest in connection with the murder of Mohan Khopkar, a Shiv Sena corporator who had voted...
