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Pakistan[2]), popularly known as   (Pashto: ΪϫΎη̵Ω ̵έ ϑ΍ ) is a Pakistani cricketer and
current One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 captain of the Pakistani national team in the
international circuit. He made his ODI debut on 2 October 1996 against Kenya and his Test
debut on 22 October 1998 against Australia.

He is known for his aggressive batting style, and holds the record for the fastest ODI century
which he made in his first international innings, as well as scoring 32 runs in a single over, the
second highest scoring over ever in an ODI.[3] He also holds the distinction of having hit the
most number of sixes in the history of ODI cricket.[4] Afridi considers himself a better bowler
than batsman, and has taken 48 Test wickets and over 300 in ODIs. Currently Afridi is the
leading wicket taker in the Twenty20 format taking 53 wickets from 41 matches.

In June 2009 Afridi took over the Twenty20 captaincy from Younus Khan, and was later
appointed ODI captain for the 2010 Asia Cup. In his first match as ODI captain against Sri
Lanka he scored a century however Pakistan still lost by 16 runs. He then also took over the Test
captaincy but resigned after one match in charge citing lack of form and ability to play Test
cricket; at the same time he announced his retirement from Tests. He retained the captaincy in
limited-overs form of the game and led the team in the 2011 World Cup. Amongst his highlights
while captaining Pakistan include leading the team to their first ODI series win in two-years,
against New Zealand.

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[hide]

c 1 Personal life
c 2 International career
 2.1 Ascending to the captaincy (2009±2011)
c 3 Playing style
 3.1 Batting
 3.2 Bowling
c 4 Records and achievements
 4.1 Test centuries
 4.2 ODI centuries
 4.3 ODI five-wicket hauls
c 5 References
c 6 External links


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Afridi is from the Afridi tribe of the Khyber Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas
and hails from a Pashtun family.[2] He is married and has two daughters, Aqsa and Ansha.[5]

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In October 1996 at the age of sixteen Afridi was drafted into the ODI team during the four-nation
Sameer Cup 1996±97 as a leg spinner as a replacement for the injured Mushtaq Ahmed.[6] He
made his debut on 2 October against Kenya, however he didn't bat and went wicketless.[7] In the
next match against Sri Lanka, Afridi batted at number three in the role of a pinch-hitter. In his
first international innings, Afridi broke the record for fastest century in ODI cricket, reaching his
hundred from 37 balls. The eleven sixes he struck also equalled the record for most in an ODI
innings.[8][nb 1] Aged 16 years and 217 days, Afridi became the youngest player to score an ODI
century.[10] Pakistan posted a total of 371, at the time the second-highest in ODIs, and won by
82 runs; Afridi was named man of the match.[8]

Two years after appearing on the international scene, Afridi made his Test debut in the third
game of a three-match series against Australia on 22 October 1998.[11] By this point he had
already played 66 ODIs, at the time a record before playing Tests.[12] He opened the batting,
making scores of 10 and 6, and took five wickets in the first innings.[11] He played his second
Test the following January during Pakistan's tour of India; it was the first Test between the two
countries since 1990.[13] Again opening the batting, Afridi scored his maiden Test century,
scoring 141 runs from 191 balls. In the same match he also claimed three wickets for 54 runs.[14]
After winning the first match by 12 runs, Pakistan lost the second to draw the series.[15]

In 2001, Afridi signed a contract to represent Leicestershire. In five first-class matches he scored
295 runs at an average of 42.14, including a highest score of 164,[16] and took 11 wickets at an
average of 46.45;[17] Afridi also played 11 one day matches for the club, scoring 481 runs at an
average of 40.08[18] and taking 18 wickets at 24.04.[19] His highest score of 95 came from
58 balls in a semi-final of the C&G Trophy to help Leicestershire beat Lancashire by seven
wickets.[20] Derbyshire County Cricket Club signed Afridi to play for them in the first two
months of the 2003 English cricket season.[21] In June 2004 Afridi signed with English county
side Kent to play for them in three Twenty20 matches and one Totesport League match.[22]

An innings-by-innings breakdown of Afridi's Test match batting career up to 30 December 2007,

showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).

Afridi made his presence felt in the third Test against India in March 2005, scoring a quick-fire
second-innings half-century and taking five wickets in the match (including Tendulkar twice) to
help Pakistan to win the game and register a series draw.[23] In April Afridi struck what at the
time was the equal second-fastest century in ODIs; he reached 100 off 45 deliveries against
India, sharing the record with

living and support his family. After gaining some experience, he started his own shop and
brought two of his brothers to Bombay. Gradually, Hazare's income increased to around 800
per month, a decent income in those times.



of evil. The youth group brought all the tobacco, cigarettes and beedies from the shops in the
village and burnt them in a µHoli¶ fire. From that day, no tobacco, cigarettes, or beedies are sold
in any shop at Ralegan Siddhi.[11][12][13]
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people of Ralegan have largely succeeded in eradicating social discrimination on the basis of
caste. The Dalits have been integrated into the social and economic life of the village. The
villagers have built houses for the Dalits, and helped to repay their loans to free them from their
indebtedness.[17]

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On 20 July 2006, the Union Cabinet decided to amend the Right to Information Act 2005 to
exclude the file notings by the government officials from its purview. Hazare began his 'fast unto
death' on 9 August 2006 against the proposed amendment in Alandi. He ended his fast on 19
August 2006, after the government agreed to change its earlier decision.[34]

Anna Hazare also said that if the bill was not passed, then he will call a mass nation-wide
agitation.[48][47] He called his movement as "second struggle for independence" and he will
continue the fight.[49]

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professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003. She is known for her
as No.73 in the world according to the
powerful forehand ground strokes. she is ranked

Women's Tennis Association singles rankings, and reached career high ranking as 27 in the
world on 27 August 2007. She is the first ever Indian to break into the top 30 WTA rankings.

In 2004 she was awarded the Arjuna award by the Indian Government. In 2006, Mirza was
awarded a Padma Shri, India's fourth highest honor for her achievements as a tennis player.[1] In
March 2010, The Economic Times named mirza in the list of the "33 women who made India
proud".[2]

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Mirza was born to Imran Mirza, a sports journalist, and his wife Nasima in Mumbai,
Maharashtra. She was brought up in Hyderabad in a religious family.[3][4][5] Mirza began playing
tennis at the age of six, turning professional in 2003. She was trained by her father and other
family members. She attended Nasr school in Hyderabad and later graduated from St. Mary's
College.[6][7]

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In April 2003, Mirza made her debut in the India Fed Cup team, winning all three singles
matches. She also won the 2003 Wimbledon Championships Girls' Doubles title, teaming up
with Alisa Kleybanova of Russia.
Mirza is the highest ranked female tennis player ever from India, with a career high ranking of
27 in singles and 18 in doubles. She is the first Indian woman to be seeded in a Grand Slam
tennis tournament. She was the first Indian woman to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam
tournament at the 2005 U.S. Open, defeating Mashona Washington, Maria Elena Camerin and
Marion Bartoli. In winning, with Mahesh Bhupathi, the mixed doubles event at the 2009
Australian Open, she became the first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam title.

In 2005, Mirza reached the third round of the Australian Open, losing to eventual champion
Serena Williams. On 12 February 2005, she became the first Indian woman to win a WTA
singles title, defeating Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine in the Hyderabad Open Finals. As of
September 2006, Mirza has notched up three top 10 wins; against Svetlana Kuznetsova, Nadia
Petrova and Martina Hingis. At the 2006 Doha Asian Games, Mirza won the silver in the
women's singles category and the gold in the mixed doubles partnering Leander Paes. She was
also part of the Indian women's team that won the silver in the team event.

Mirza had had the best results of her career during the 2007 summer hardcourt season, finishing
eighth in the 2007 U.S. Open Series standings. She reached the final of the Bank of the West
Classic and won the doubles event with Shahar Pe'er, and reached the quarterfinals of the Tier 1
Acura Classic.

At the 2007 U.S. Open, she reached the third round before losing to Anna Chakvetadze for the
third time in recent weeks. She fared much better in the doubles, reaching the quarterfinals in
mixed with her partner Mahesh Bhupathi and the quarterfinals in the women's doubles with
Bethanie Mattek, including a win over number two seeds Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur.

Mirza received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the MGR Educational and
Research Institute University in Chennai on 2008-12-11.[8] Her niece, Sonia Baig Mirza, studies
there.

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Mirza reached the quarter-finals at Hobart as No. 6 seed. She lost to Flavia Pennetta in three sets.
She reached the third round at the Australian Open as No.31 seed, where she lost to No.8 seed
Venus Williams 7±6(0) 6±4, having led 5±3 in the first set. She was runner-up in the Australian
Open mixed doubles partnering Mahesh Bhupathi where they lost 7±6(4), 6±4 to Sun Tiantian
and Nenad Zimonjić.

She withdrew from the Pattaya Open because of a left adductor strain.

Mirza reached the 4r at Indian Wells as No.21 seed, defeating No.9 seed Shahar Pe'er en route,
but lost to No.5 seed Daniela Hantuchová.

At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, as No.32 seed, Mirza was defeated by qualifier María
José Martínez Sánchez, 6±0, 4±6, 9±7, having had several match points.
Mirza was eliminated in the first round of the 2008 Beijing Olympics when she retired in her
match against Iveta Benešová because of a right wrist injury. She made it through the first round
at Women's Doubles in Beijing with Sunitha Rao, but lost in the second round to Svetlana
Kuznetsova and Dinara Safina. Throughout 2008, Mirza was plagued by a slew of wrist injuries,
requiring her to withdraw from several matches including those of the Roland Garros and US
Open Grand Slams.

J


Mirza began her year 2009 Moorilla Hobart International where she competed only in doubles
partnering Francesca Schiavone, they lost in quarterfinal.

At 2009 Australian Open she win match against Marta Domachowska in first round, next she
loss match against 10th seed Nadia Petrova. In doubles she lost in first round partnering Vania
King. But in mixed doubles Sania Mirza picked up her first Grand Slam title at the 2009
Australian Open. Partnered with Mahesh Bhupathi, she beat Nathalie Dechy (France) and Andy
Ram (Israel) 6±3, 6±1 in the final in Melbourne. She then entered the Pattaya Women's Open
Tournament in Bangkok where she reached the finals after a string of good performances. She
lost the finals to Vera Zvonareva 7±5, 6±1. She made the semis in doubles in the same
tournament.

Mirza then competed in the BNP Paribas Open where she lost in the second round to Flavia
Pennetta. She then participated in the Miami Masters and lost to Mathilde Johansson of France in
the first round. Mirza and her doubles partner Chia-jung Chuang of Chinese Taipei made the
semifinals of the doubles event. Mirza lost in the first round of the MPS Group Championships
but won the doubles title with Chuang. She lost in the first round at Roland Garros, losing to
Kazakhstan's Galina Voskoboeva. She also lost in the second round of the doubles (with
Chuang) and mixed doubles (with Mahesh Bhupathi). She participated in the 2009 AEGON
Classic and reached the semifinals, losing to Magdaléna Rybáriková of Slovakia 3±6,6±0,6±3,
who eventually won the title.

Mirza defeated Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the first round of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships.
She then fell to #28 Sorana Cîrstea in the second round. She competed in and won the Lexington
Challenger event, defeating top seed Julie Coin of France in the final. She also reached the final
of the ITF event in Vancouver but lost to Stéphanie Dubois of Canada. Playing in the U.S Open,
she defeated Olga Govortsova in the first round but lost 6±0, 6±0 to 10th seed Flavia Pennetta of
Italy. She also lost in the second round of the doubles event (partnering Francesca Schiavone) to
Shahar Pe'er and Gisela Dulko.

Mirza successfully qualified for the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo but lost in the first round
to Zheng Jie. Mirza won the first set but could not hold the lead, eventually losing to the Chinese
player 7±5, 2±6, 3±6.

At Osaka, Mirza won her first round match against 5th seed Shahar Pe'er 3±6, 6±3, 6±4. Mirza
then defeated Viktoriya Kutuzova 6±4, 6±3 and in the quarterfinal she defeated 2nd seed Marion
Bartoli 6±4, 2±0 by retirement. Bartoli conceded her match and Mirza moved on to the semifinal
to meet 4th seed Francesca Schiavone of Italy.

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Mirza began her year at the ASB Classic in Auckland. She won her first round match against
Stefanie Vögele in three sets, but was crushed by 4th seed Francesca Schiavone in the second
round. Mirza then two first-round losses at the Moorilla Hobart International and the Australian
Open.

In February, Sania competed in the 2010 PTT Pattaya Open as the 6th seed, but lost to Tatjana
Malek 6±3, 4±6, 3±6. She then played in the Dubai Tennis Championships but suffered a first
round deficit to Anabel Medina Garrigues. Sania was forced to withdraw from the Sony Ericcson
Open and BNP Paribas Open due to a right wrist injury. This injury also caused her to pull out of
the French Open.

She returned at the AEGON Classic, where she lost in the second round to Thailand's Tamarine
Tanasugarn in the three sets. Mirza then fell in the qualifying at Eastbourne, and lost in the first
round of Wimbledon.

Her bad form continued, as she lost in the qualifying rounds of both the Cincinnati Masters and
the Rogers Cup.

She then competed at the 2010 US Open ± Women's Singles Qualifying where she won three
straight matches. She defeated Ksenia Lykina, Elena Bovina, Catalina Castaño to qualify for the
main draw. In main draw she defeated qualifier Michelle Larcher De Brito 6-3,6-2. In next round
she went down to 20th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2,6-4.

In September Sania competed in the 2010 Guangzhou International Women's Open. In first
round she defeated Katie O'Brien 6-3,1-6,6-2. Next she defeated 3rd seed Akgul Amanmuradova
6-4,6-3 to reach quarterfinal, where she lost fighting to Shuai Zhang 6-4,1-6,6-4. In 2010
Guangzhou International Women's Open she won Doubles title partnering Edina Gallovits.

In 2010 Tashkent Open she lost in first round to Ekaterina Bychkova.

In October, she represented India at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, as the 2nd seed. She
defeated Brittany Teei, Marina Erakovic, and Olivia Rogowska before losing to Australia's
Anastasia Rodionova in the final. In doubles, she partnered with India's Rushmi Chakravarthi,
losing in the semifinals to Anastasia Rodionova and Sally Peers. Then for the Bronze Medal's
match, Sania Mirza and Rushmi Chakravarthi beat another Indian team of Poojashree
Venkatesha and Nirupama Vaidyanathan.

Mirza lost in the qualifying round of 2010 BGL Luxembourg Open and first round of ITF event
in Taipai.
In November, she represented India at the 2010 Asian Games. The unseeded Indian defeated
Venise Wing Yau Chan in first round. Next she defeated 6th seed Shuai Zhang in straight sets 6-
2,6-2 to enter into quarterfinal. In quarterfinal Mirza won against 2nd seed Tamarine Tanasugarn
6-2,6-3 to move in semi final, where she went down fighting to 3rd seed Akgul Amanmuradova
7-6(7),3-6,4-6 and won Bronze Medal in singles. In Mixed Doubles she partnered with India's
Vishnu Vardhan losing in the finals to Yung-Jan Chan and Tsung-Hua Yang, win Silver Medal.

In December she competed at 2010 ITF event in Dubai. In first round she defeated 6th seed
Ksenia Pervak 6-2,6-3. Then she eaisly defeated Korina Perkovic 6-1,6-2 to move into
quarterfinal. In quarterfinal she face Top seed Julia Görges of Germany. She beat her in straight
sets 6-1,7-6(8) and in semi final she won against 8th seed Evgeniya Rodina 6-3,4-6,6-4 to reach
final. In final match she beat 5th seed Bojana Jovanovski 4-6,6-3,6-0 to clinch singles title.

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Mirza started her 2011 ranked World no. 141.

Mirza started her year with the ASB Classic Open in Auckland. She needed one more win to
qualify for the tournament, but lost in three sets against Sabine Lisicki. In doubles, she partnered
Renata Voracova of Czech Republic and reached the semifinals, but lost to Katarina Srebotnik
and Kveta Peschke.

She then competed at the 2011 Australian Open ± Women's Singles Qualifying where she won
three straight matches to qualify for the main draw. In the first round she went down fighting to
former world no. 1 Justine Henin 5±7,6±3,6±1. She partnerd Voracova for doubles but lost in the
first round also.

She received a wildcard to play in the Dubai Tennis Championships. She defeated Akgul
Amanmuradova 6-3, 6-1 in the first round. She lost to qualifier Ayumi Morita in the second. In
doubles, she has partnered with Russian Elena Vesnina. They beat Timea Bacsinszky and Iveta
Benešová in the opener. Next, they beat Alexandra Dulgheru and Selima Sfar before going down
to Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko in the quarterfinals.

Mirza received a wildcard to play at the Qatar Ladies Open. She made quick work of Serbian
qualifier Bojana Jovanovski 6-2, 7-5. She was crushed by 5th seed Jelena Jankovic 6-0, 6-1 in
the second round. In doubles, Mirza paired with Vesnina and won her first Primary Mandatory
event of WTA tour after defeating American pair of Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann
Shaughnessy in the final of Indian Wells.

Mirza competed at the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open ± Women's Singles Qualifying, where she won
against Han Xinyun of China and Voracova in first and second round respectively, thus qualified
for the main draw. In the first round she defeated world no. 62 Arantxa Parra Santonja of Spain
by 6-2, 6-4. In the next round Mirza lost to Maria Kirilenko of Russia 5-7,6-3,6-0. Mirza paired
with Vesnina and defeated 5th seed Zheng Jie (China) and Chan Yung-jan (Chinese Taipei) by
6-2, 4(10)-6(7), but went down to pair of Daniela Hantuchová (Slovakia) and Agnieszka
Radwanska (Poland) by 6-4, 6-3 in second round.
Mirza participated at the Premier-level Family Circle Cup in Charleston. In singles, she defeated
Alison Riske (Round 1), Vania King (Round 2) and Sabine Lisicki (Round 3), but went down in
the Quarter finals in 3 sets against Peng Shuai. In doubles, Mirza has reached the finals along
with Vesnina and defeated Liezel Huber & Lisa Raymond (Round 1), Alla Kudryavtseva &
Anastasia Rodionova (Round 2) and Peng Shuai & Zheng Jie (Semi finals). The pair beat
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy for the second time this season in finals 6-4,
6-4. Mirza won her 11 WTA Tour Doubles Title and second of the year.

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In 2009, Sania Mirza got engaged with a childhood friend Sohrab Mirza, however this
engagement did not last long.[9] Mirza married Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik on 12 April
2010.[10][11] The wedding was held in Hyderabad, India. The online attention the wedding
generated made Mirza the most searched woman tennis player in 2010 according to Google
Trends.[12] The couple planned to settle down in Dubai.[13]

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The short tennis clothes she has to wear in the court has drawn criticism from some Muslim
religious groups, with Mirza being a practising Muslim who prays five times a day and fasts
during Ramadan.[5] According to one report published 8 September 2005, an unnamed Muslim
scholar had issued a ruling, saying that women's tennis attire is not suited to Islam.[14] Jamiat-
ulema-e-Hind rejected rumors about disrupting her game saying that they do not stop anyone
from playing, although they found female tennis players' dress code objectionable. Nevertheless,
Calcutta police tightened security measures to protect her.[15]

After Mirza spoke at a conference on safe sex in November 2005, some groups said she was
detached from Islam and that she was a "corrupting influence on the youth." Mirza clarified her
stance by saying that she was opposed to pre-marital sex.[16]

In 2006, some newspapers reported that Mirza declined to play doubles with an Israeli tennis
player Shahar Pe'er for fear of protests from India's Muslim community.[16] However, when she
teamed up with Pe'er for the 2007 WTA Tour of Stanford, California, there was no reaction.

Mirza was pictured resting her feet and showing the soles of her bare feet as she watched
compatriot Rohan Bopanna play in the 2008 Hopman Cup, with an Indian flag in front.[17] She
faced possible prosecution under the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act after a private
citizen complained. Mirza protested, "I love my country, I wouldn't be playing Hopman Cup
otherwise."

On 4 February 2008, Mirza said that she would stop appearing in tennis tournaments held in
India, starting with the 2008 Bangalore Open the following month, citing the series of
controversies and upon advice by her manager.[18]

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tenure as a PWD Minister in the state of Maharashta when he constructed a series of roads,
highways and flyovers across the state including the Yeshwantrao Chavan Mumbai±Pune
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Brahmin family hailing from Nagpur district. During his teens, he worked for the Bharatiya
Janata Yuva Morcha and the student union ABVP.

He started his political career as a grass-root worker who laid down red carpets prior to party
programmes.[3] He did his Ph.D., L.L.B and D.B.M. from Maharashtra, India.

Nitin Gadkari is married to Kanchan Gadkari and they have three children; Nikhil, Sarang and
Ketki. He currently lives in Nagpur close to the head office of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.[4]

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Nitin Gadkari served as the Minister of Public Works Department(pwd) of the Govt. of
Maharashtra from 1995 to 1999 and restructured it from top to bottom.[5] He has served as the
president of the Maharashtra BJP.[6]

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He showed strong support for privatization when he campaigned for investment in the
infrastructure areas from private firms. He addressed several meetings between private investors,
contractors, builders and various trade organizations and diverted large amounts of budgeted
projects towards privatization. He managed to convince the state to allocate Rs. 700 Crores for
rural connectivity. In the next 4 years, 98% of the total population of Maharashtra achieved an
all-weather road connectivity. It also helped to solve the malnutrition problems prevailing in
remote Melghat-Dharni area of Amravati district which previously had no access to medical aid,
ration or educational facilities. The project aimed to connect 13,736 remote villages which
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The Union Government appointed him the Chairman of National Rural Road Development
Committee. After a series of meetings and studies, Shri Gadkari submitted his report to the
central government and gave the presentation to the Hon. Prime Minister of India. His report was
accepted and a new rural road connecting scheme now popularly known as Pradhan Mantri Gram
Sadak Yojana was launched. The ambitious scheme is of Rs. 60,000 crores.[8][9][10]

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After a successful stint as PWD Minister, Gadkari took over as President of the Maharashtra
State Unit of the BJP in 2004. In 2009, when the BJP National President Rajnath Singh's term
ended in December, Gadkari succeeded him as the youngest ever President of BJP.[29]

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Nitin Gadkari does not consider himself a career politician.[30] He is known to control these
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Gadkari is also an agriculturist. He has not only promoted but also has major interests in the
fields of money, Water Management, Solar Energy Projects and the use of modern tools in
agriculture. Recently, he started exporting fruits to various countries under the banner Ketaki
overseas Trading Company.[  
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He has been honored with the Bombay Bhushan Award and has also been felicitated by various
organizations in Mumbai.[  
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