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Nana Mansinh Chudasama | |
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 Nana at trial show of 'Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai'. | |
| Sheriff of Mumbai | |
| In office 1989–1990 | |
| Preceded by | Jahangir K. S. Nicholson |
| Succeeded by | Saad Alim Bagban |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 June 1933 |
| Died | 23 December 2018(2018-12-23) (aged 85) |
| Spouse | Munira Nana Chudasama |
| Children | 3 (includingShaina Chudasama) |
Nana Mansinh Chudasama (17 June 1933 – 23 December 2018) was an eminent jurist andSheriff ofMumbai.
He was from a noted familyRajput of the Village Keshwala, Gondal Taluka, Rajkot, Dist., 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.
In his later career, Nana became the founder of the NGOGiants International which has over 500 branches in India and branches across the world including theUnited States,United Kingdom,South Africa,Mauritius andUkraine. 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 organisation focuses on the greening, beautification and cleaning of Mumbai. He was also the President ofForum Against Drugs and AIDS which he founded, chairperson of theNational Kidney Foundation, Founder President of Common Man's Forum, an organisation 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 ofIndo-American Society. He was also a member of the Task Force of theGovernment of Maharashtra to prepare action plan for transforming Mumbai into a better city.
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.
Former Sheriff of Mumbai, Nana Chudasama, a Hindu Gujarati Rajput married Muraina Jasdanvala.
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