Shiv Sena's first Parel branch chief and former corporator Vijay Gawkar passed away due to old age. He was 79 years old. He was single. Gawkar's body was cremated at Bhoiwada crematorium.
During the formation of Shiv Sena, Gawkar had made great efforts to grow the organisation in Lalbaug-Parel. Gawkar was very involved in all kinds of agitations of Shiv Sena.He was elected by the Shiv Sena in the 1968 Mumbai Municipal Elections. Until 1979, he was elected as a corporator twice. He served as Chairman of the Health Committee and Member of the Education Committee.
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Rahul Jaidev Thackeray, grandson of Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray, veteran Shiv Sainik Sham Deshmukh, former president of Mumbai Marathi Journalists Association Kumar Kadam, Ulhas Bille of Local People's Rights Committee, Prakash Varadkar of Kshatrakulotpann Maratha Samaj were present at the funeral.
Sham Deshmukh and Kumar Kadam told about the hard work done by Gawkar during the early days of Shiv Sena. Many senior Shiv Sainiks from Parell, Shivdi, Lalbaug areas were present on this occasion. MP Arvind Sawant, former corporator Sindhutai Masurkar, Sachin Padwal, kabaddi player Jaya Shetty, Chandrakant Bharti, MLA Kalidas Kolambakar, former MLA Dagdu Sakpal, Baburao Khopde etc paid their last respects to Gawkar.
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