Nana Chudasama Explained

Nana Mansinh Chudasama
Native Name:નાના ચુડાસમા
नाना चुडासमा
Office1:Sheriff of Mumbai
Predecessor1:Jahangir K. S. Nicholson
Succeeded1:Saad Alim Bagban
Spouse:Munira Nana Chudasama
Children:3 (including Shaina Chudasama)
Birth Date:17 June 1933
Birth Place:Rajkot, Bombay State, British India)
Termstart1:1989
Termend1:1990

Nana Mansinh Chudasama (17 June 1933 – 23 December 2018) was an eminent jurist and mayor and Sheriff of Mumbai.

Early life and family

He was from a noted family Rajput of the Dholera, Dist. Ahmedabad, Gujarat.[1] His father, Mansinh Chudasama, was police commissioner. Nana was second of three brothers, his elder brother the late Mota Chudasama being a noted businessman, and his younger brother Chhota being associated with Air India for many years. Nana after graduation started his career in the early 1950s as an executive in a US petroleum company in Mumbai; he also managed an apartment at Prithviraj Chambers, on Narayan Dabholkar Road in the elite Nepean Sea Road area, next door to where he lived at the time.

Career

In his later career, Nana became the founder of the NGO Giants International which has over 500 branches in India and branches across the world including the United States, United Kingdom, South Africa, Mauritius and Ukraine. Giants undertakes projects which affect society, such as family welfare, disaster management, education, environment and so on.

Chudasama was also the president of "I Love Mumbai" which he founded when he was Sheriff of Mumbai. The organization focuses on the greening, beautification and cleaning of Mumbai. He was also the President of Forum Against Drugs and AIDS which he founded, chairperson of the National Kidney Foundation, Founder President of Common Man's Forum, an organization to safeguard the interests of the common man; Convener, Relief and Rehabilitation Committee, Government of Maharashtra, which assists bomb blast victims. He was also the national president of Jaycees, which had earlier awarded him the Young Man of India Award; former president of Indo-American Society. He was also a member of the Task Force of the Government of Maharashtra to prepare action plan for transforming Mumbai into a better city.

Death

He died on 23 December 2018 at the age of 85 after a brief illness. Shaina Nana Chudasama BJP's spokesperson is his daughter. Nana Chudasama and Munira Chudasama also have one son, Akshay Nana Chudasama, and another daughter, Brinda Nana Chudasama.[2] [3] His children were saddened by his death.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Khullar, Darshan. Pakistan Our Difficult Neighbour and India's Islamic Dimensions. 2014-09-30. Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. 978-93-82652-82-3. en. Former Sheriff of Mumbai, Nana Chudasama, a Hindu Gujarati Rajput married Muraina Jasdanvala..
  2. Web site: Nana Chudasama, former Mumbai sheriff who put up banners on Marine Drive for decades, dies at 86. Staff. 23 December 2018. Scroll.in. en-US. 23 December 2018.
  3. Web site: Veteran social activist Nana Chudasama no more. Bose. Mrityunjay. 23 December 2018. Deccan Herald. The Printers, Mysore. en. 23 December 2018.