Vishnu Savara
Vishnu Savara | |
|---|---|
| Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| In office March 1990 – October 2019 | |
| Constituency | Vikramgad (Oct 2014 to Oct 2019); Bhiwandi Rural (Oct 2009 to Oct 2014); Wada (March 1990 to Oct 2009) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 June 1950 Wada, Maharashtra, India |
| Died | 9 December 2020 (aged 70) Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Residence | Mumbai |
| Occupation | Politician |
Vishnu Savara (1 June 1950 – 9 December 2020) was a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. His parents belonged to a family of farmers residing in the village of Galtare in Wada, a tehsil in Palghar district. Savara, a cabinet minister for tribal development in the government of Maharashtra, was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Wada constituency in 1990, 1995, 1999, and 2004. In 2009, after delimitation, he won the Bhiwandi Rural Vidhan Sabha election. In the 2014 assembly election, Savara won the Vikramgad Vidhan Sabha seat.