Timeline
Birth 4 September 1941
1957
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1965
Court job
1 June 1957 till 1965
Matriculation
1961
1965
Bachelor of Art
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Police job 6 December 1965
Bachelor of Law
1969
Birth 4 September 1941
Marriage 1 May 1970
1971
Resignation from police force 6 November 1971
First Congress post 9 November 1971
(State Convener, Congress Forum for Socialist Action)
1972
Practice as lawyer begins January 1972
1st time MLA, 23 April 1974
Karmala MLA by election 23 April 1974
Minister of State 9 November 1974 till 1977
1978
Minister of State March 1978
Cabinet Minister in Progressive Democratic Front government 2 August 1978
1979
First foreign visit June 1979
1980
Reception Committee Chief, Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, Barshi, 1 February 1980
Return to Congress (I) 28 February 1980
1985
State Finance Minister
February 1983 -1990
In Indian contingent under Rajiv Gandhi 22 August 1985(40 anniversary of UN)
1990
President, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee 1990
1992
AICC General Secretary June 1992
The leader of the Indian delegation to China 27 July 1993
1993
1996
MPCC president for a second term January 1996
1998
Member Lok Sabha 2 March 1998 from Solapur General seat
1999
Rajya Sabha member 4 July 1992
AICC general secretary 27 February 1999
Member Lok Sabha 1999 re-elected
Chief Minister of Maharashtra
18 January 2003
Governor, Andhra Pradesh
4 November 2004
Union Power Minister
29 January 2006
2009
Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha
Presented 9 consecutive Finance budgets
Union Home Minister
August 2012
Leader of the House, Lok Sabha
30 August 2012
2016
75th Birthday