Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, was the first chief minister (then called prime minister) of Bombay State which consisted of present day Maharastra and Gujarat States of India. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India in 1954. A lawyer, solicitor and social worker by choice and politician by necessity, Kher was often described as “Sajjan”, good and gentle. Kher was a scholar, an accomplished orator, and a man with no pretensions. He was born on August 24, 1888 and died on March 8, 1957.
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