1. Bharati Pawar served as the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare of India from 7 July 2021 to 11 June 2024 and Minister of State for Tribal Affairs from 7 December 2023 to 11 June 2024.
10 Facts About Bharati Pawar
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Bharati Pawar was elected to the 17th Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Dindori Loksabha Constituency, Maharashtra in the 2019 Indian general election as member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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Bharati Pawar has been awarded Best Woman Parliamentarian in December 2019 - by Lokmat Media Group.
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Bharti Pawar was born on 13 September 1978 in Narul-Kalwan, Adivasi region of Nashik, Maharashtra.
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Bharati Pawar contested Lok Sabha election in 2014 as a Nationalist Congress Party candidate and was defeated by Bharatiya Janata Party candidate.
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Bharati Pawar requested candidacy again in 2019 but her request was declined by Nationalist Congress Party.
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Bharati Pawar won the election after joining Bharatiya Janata Party.
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Bharati Pawar's father-in-law was 8 time MLA from same region and served as minister of state for tribal welfare in the First Deshmukh ministry of Government of Maharashtra.
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Bharati Pawar became union minister from Nashik region after 59 years.
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Bharati Pawar is the first female union minister from Nashik.