Satish Pednekar
Member of the Legislative Assembly
In office
1980–1985
ConstituencyParel
Home and Labour Minister of Maharashtra
In office
1980–1985
Personal details
Died2011
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseSumitra Pednekar
ChildrenBhumi Pednekar
OccupationPolitician

Satish Pednekar was an Indian politician hailing from the state of Maharashtra. In 1980, he was elected as a Member of the legislative assembly from the Parel Assembly constituency[1] from the Indian National Congress party.[2] He served as the Home and Labour Minister of Maharashtra,[3][4] also handled the ministry of Slum Improvement, Home Repairs, and Reconstruction.[5] He had also served as the head of Seva Dal.[6]

Personal life

He was married to Sumitra Pednekar and the two had met when Sumitra was the general secretary for a students' union in Haryana and he was working with the Indian Youth Congress. Satish Pednekar died of Oral cancer in 2011.[3]

His daughter, Bhumi Pednekar is an actress working in Hindi cinema.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Mitra, Sumit (April 30, 1982). "Political power play between A.R. Antulay and Babasaheb Bhosale start taking its toll". India Today.
  2. ↑ "1980 Vidhan Sabha / Assembly election results Maharashtra". Retrieved October 13, 2022.
  3. 1 2 Ganesan, Ranjita. "Sumitra Pednekar, the woman who is taking the fight to tobacco companies". Archived from the original on June 16, 2017.
  4. ↑ Lokrajya. Directorate-General of Information and Public Relations. 1983. p. 32, 44.
  5. ↑ "Asian Recorder". 1983. p. 171.
  6. ↑ P. R. Dubhashi (2000). Building Up a New University. Allied Publishers. ISBN 9788177640083.
  7. ↑ Agarwal, Palak (May 20, 2023). "Bhumi Pednekar pens down a birthday wish for her late father, says, 'miss you everyday'". Mirchi.in.


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