Mumbai, Jan. 28 -- Early Wednesday morning, January 28, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash in Baramati in Maharashtra's Pune district.

Known for his often blunt remarks, Ajit Anantrao Pawar, aged 66, was born on July 22, 1959, inDeolali Pravara,Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, to Ashatai Pawar and Anantrao Pawar. He was the nephew of one of the founders and the President of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Sharad Pawar, and was the longest-serving Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra under different Chief Ministers.

He was serving as the Deputy CM alongside Eknath Shinde under CM Devendra Fadnavis in the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti government in Maharashtra.

Personal life

In his early li...