Anand Dighe (27 January 1951 – 26 August 2001), popularly known as Dharmaveer, was an Indian politician and socialworker. He was a hero (god-like) senior leader and Thane district unit chief of Shiv Sena.

2001年8月26日 · Anand Dighe was an Indian politician from Maharashtra who was a leader of the Shiv Sena. He is best known for being the political mentor of Eknath Shinde , the 20th Chief Minister of Maharashtra. In August 2001, he died in a road accident.

More than two decades after Dighe’s death — he passed away on August 26, 2001 of a heart attack — the Thane leader’s larger-than-life image looms large in the Sena even today....

Anand Dighe, a prominent Shiv Sena leader from Maharashtra. He was a political mentor to Eknath Shinde, who became the 20th Minister of Maharashtra. Unfortunately, he met with a tragic road accident and passed away in August 2001.

Anand Dighe (27 January 1951 – 26 August 2001), popularly known as Dharmaveer, was an Indian politician and socialworker. He was a hero (god-like) senior leader and Thane district unit chief of Shiv Sena.

2022年7月1日 · Anand Dighe was a follower of Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray and a mentor to rebel leader Eknath Shinde. He began his political career in the Shiv Sena and became chairman of the party's Thane unit in 1984.

2001年9月14日 · ON August 26, the Shiv Sena outdid itself when its activists reduced to rubble the 200-bed Sunitidevi Singhania Hospital in Thane, near Mumbai, after their leader Anand Dighe, who was being...

2024年11月23日 · Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024: With his full beard and red tika, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde seems to channel the leader he has repeatedly credited as his mentor — Anand Dighe, the late Shiv Sena leader from Thane who seems to enjoy an almost God-like reverence among his followers.

Thane, Aug 26 (PTI) Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday paid tribute to his mentor and Shiv Sena leader late Anand Dighe at the latter’s memorial in Thane on his death anniversary.

2001年8月26日 · More than two decades after Dighe’s death — he passed away on August 26, 2001 of a heart attack — the Thane leader’s larger-than-life image looms large in the Sena even today. Dighe was injured in a car accident that occurred on the morning of August 25 in 2001. He was taken to the Sunitidevi Singhania Hospital in Thane and treated for a fracture.