Surupsingh Hirya Naik

Surupsingh Hirya Naik
Surupsingh Hirya Naik
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 08 December 2008 – 06 November 2009
Minister	Transport; Nomadic Tribes Development; Other Backward Bahujan Welfare;
Governor	S. C. Jamir
Cabinet	First Ashok Chavan ministry
Chief Minister	Ashok Chavan
Dy Chief Minister	Chhagan Bhujbal
Preceded by	Himself ; (Transport); Vijaykumar Krishnarao Gavit ; (Nomadic Tribes); Patangrao Kadam; (Other Backward Bahujan Welfare);
Succeeded by	Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil ; (Transport); Shivajirao Moghe; (Nomadic Tribes); Shivajirao Moghe ; (Other Backward Bahujan Welfare);
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 09 November 2004 – 01 December 2008
Minister	Transport; Soil and Water Conservation;
Governor	Mohammed Fazal; S. M. Krishna; S. C. Jamir;
Cabinet	Second Deshmukh ministry
Chief Minister	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Dy Chief Minister	R. R. Patil
Preceded by	Vilasrao Deshmukh; (Transport); Vilasrao Deshmukh ; (Soil and Water Conservation);
Succeeded by	Himself ; (Transport); Balasaheb Thorat ; (Soil and Water Conservation);
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 18 January 2003 – 01 November 2004
Minister	Public Works (Including Public Undertakings); Nomadic Tribes; Special Backward Classes Welfare;
Governor	Mohammed Fazal
Cabinet	Sushilkumar Shinde ministry
Chief Minister	Sushilkumar Shinde
Dy Chief Minister	Chhagan Bhujbal; Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil;
Preceded by	Vikramsinh Patankar ; (Public Works (Including Public Undertakings)); Jaywantrao Awale; (Nomadic Tribes); Jaywantrao Awale ; (Special Backward Classes Welfare);
Succeeded by	Anil Deshmukh; (Public Works (Including Public Undertakings)); R. R. Patil ; (Nomadic Tribes); R. R. Patil ; (Special Backward Classes Welfare);
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 19 October 1999 – 16 January 2003
Minister	Environment; Forests; State Border Defence (First);
Governor	P. C. Alexander; Mohammed Fazal;
Cabinet	First Deshmukh ministry
Chief Minister	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Dy Chief Minister	Chhagan Bhujbal
Preceded by	Chandrakant Khaire ; (Environment); Sudhir Joshi ; (Forests); Gopinath Munde; (State Border Defence (First));
Succeeded by	Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil ; (Environment); Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil ; (Forests); R. R. Patil ; (State Border Defence (First));
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 06 March 1993 – 14 March 1995
Minister	Forest; Public Works (Including Public Undertakings); Other Backward Bahujan Welfare;
Governor	P. C. Alexander
Cabinet	Fourth Pawar ministry
Chief Minister	Sharad Pawar
Preceded by	Shankarrao Genuji Kolhe ; (Forest Department); Shankarrao Genuji Kolhe ; (Public Works (Including Public Undertakings)); Ramrao Adik ; (Other Backward Bahujan Welfare);
Succeeded by	Ganesh Naik; (Forest Department); Nitin Gadkari; (Public Works (Including Public Undertakings)); Gopinath Munde ; (Other Backward Bahujan Welfare);
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 04 March 1990 – 25 June 1991
Minister	Tribal Welfare; Marathi Language;
Governor	Chidambaram Subramaniam
Cabinet	Third Pawar ministry
Chief Minister	Sharad Pawar
Preceded by	Himself ; (Tribal Welfare); Narendra Marutrao Kamble ; (Marathi Language);
Succeeded by	Madhukarrao Pichad ; (Tribal Welfare); Shivajirao Deshmukh ; (Marathi Language);
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 26 June 1988 – 03 March 1990
Minister	Tribal Welfare; Transport; Nomadic Tribes;
Governor	K. Brahmananda Reddy; Chidambaram Subramaniam;
Cabinet	Second Pawar ministry
Chief Minister	Sharad Pawar
Preceded by	Sushilkumar Shinde ; (Tribal Welfare); Sushilkumar Shinde ; (Transport); Sushilkumar Shinde ; (Nomadic Tribes);
Succeeded by	Himself ; (Tribal Welfare); Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil ; (Transport); Sharad Pawar ; (Nomadic Tribes);
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 03 June 1985 – 06 March 1986
Minister	Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings); Forest; Social Forestry; Tribal Welfare; Disaster Management; Vimukta Jati; Nomadic Tribes;
Governor	Kona Prabhakara Rao
Cabinet	Nilangekar ministry
Chief Minister	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
Preceded by	Ramprasad Kadam Bordikar ; (Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings)); Himself; (Forests); Himself; (Social Forestry); Himself; (Tribal Welfare); Vasantdada Patil ; (Disaster Management); Himself ; (Vimukta Jati); Balachandra Bhai Sawant ; (Nomadic Tribes);
Succeeded by	Vilasrao Deshmukh ; (Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings)); Vilasrao Deshmukh ; (Forests); Vilasrao Deshmukh ; (Social Forestry); Sushilkumar Shinde ; (Tribal Welfare); V. Subramanian ; (Disaster Management); Ram Meghe; (Vimukta Jati); Sushilkumar Shinde ; (Nomadic Tribes);
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 12 March 1985 – 01 June 1985
Minister	Forest; Social Forestry; Tribal Welfare; Food and Civil Supplies; Food and Drug Administration; Woman and Child Development; Socially And Educationally Backward Classes; Vimukta Jati; Khar Land Development;
Governor	Idris Hasan Latif; Prabhakara Rao;
Cabinet	Fourth Vasantdada Patil ministry
Chief Minister	Vasantdada Patil
Preceded by	Himself ; (Forests); Himself ; (Social Forestry); Himself ; (Tribal Welfare); Pratibha Patil ; (Food and Civil Supplies); Ramprasad Borade ; (Food and Drug Administration); Sudhakarrao Naik ; (Woman and Child Development); Baliram Waman Hiray ; (Socially And Educationally Backward Classes); Ramprasad Borade ; (Vimukta Jati); Shantaram Gholap ; (Khar Land Development);
Succeeded by	Himself ; (Forests); Himself ; (Social Forestry); Himself ; (Tribal Welfare); Shivajirao Deshmukh ; (Food and Civil Supplies); Shivajirao Deshmukh ; (Food and Drug Administration); Shivajirao Deshmukh ; (Woman and Child Development); Sudhakarrao Naik ; (Socially And Educationally Backward Classes); Himself ; (Vimukta Jati); Balachandra Bhai Sawant ; (Khar Land Development);
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 02 February 1983 – 09 March 1985
Minister	Forest; Social Forestry; Tribal Welfare; Ports Development; Public Works (Including Public Undertakings);
Governor	Idris Hasan Latif
Cabinet	Third Vasantdada Patil ministry
Chief Minister	Vasantdada Patil
Dy Chief Minister	Ramrao Adik
Preceded by	S. M. I. Aseer ; (Forest); S. M. I. Aseer ; (Social Forestry); Himself ; (Tribal Welfare); Pratibha Patil ; (Ports Development); Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar (Public Works ; (Including Public Undertakings));
Succeeded by	Himself ; (Forest); Himself ; (Social Forestry); Himself ; (Tribal Welfare); Balachandra Bhai Sawant ; (Ports Development); Narendra Mahipati Tidke (Public Works ; (Including Public Undertakings));
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 25 January 1982 – 01 February 1983
Minister	Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings); Tribal Welfare; Social Welfare; Special Backward Classes Welfare; Socially And Educationally Backward Classes; Soil and Water Conservation;
Governor	Om Prakash Mehra; Idris Hasan Latif ;
Cabinet	Bhosale ministry
Chief Minister	Sharad Pawar
Preceded by	Shalini Patil (Public Works; (Excluding Public Undertakings)) Pramilaben Yagnik (Tribal Welfare); Himself (Social Welfare); Jawaharlal Darda (Special Backward Classes Welfare); Baburao Kale (Socially And Educationally Backward Classes); Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar (Soil and Water Conservation);
Succeeded by	Ramprasad Kadam Bordikar ; (Public Works; (Excluding Public Undertakings)) Pramilaben Yagnik; (Tribal Welfare); Pratibha Patil; (Social Welfare); Shantaram Gholap ; (Special Backward Classes Welfare); Baliram Waman Hiray ; (Socially And Educationally Backward Classes); Ramrao Adik ; (Soil and Water Conservation);
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 25 September 1980 – 12 January 1982
Minister	Social Justice (09 March 1981 – 12 January 1982); Ex. Servicemen Welfare;
Governor	Sadiq Ali; Om Prakash Mehra;
Cabinet	Antulay ministry
Chief Minister	A. R. Antulay
Preceded by	Pramilaben Yagnik ; (Social Justice); Jagannathrao Jadhav ; (Ex. Servicemen Welfare);
Succeeded by	Himself ; (Social Justice); Babasaheb Bhosale ; (Ex. Servicemen Welfare);
Member of the ; Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	In office; (1972–1978), (1985–1990), (1990–1995), (1995–1999), (1999–2004), (2004–2009), (2014 – 2019)
Preceded by	Dharma Jayaram Kokani
Succeeded by	Shirishkumar Surupsing Naik
Constituency	Navapur
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; (1977–1980), (1980 – 1981)
Preceded by	Tukaram Huraji Gavit
Succeeded by	Manikrao Hodlya Gavit
Constituency	Nandurbar
Personal details
Born	Surupsing Hirya Naik; 10 September 1938; Navagaon, Navapur taluka, Dhule district, Bombay Province, British India
Died	December 24, 2025 (aged 87)
Party	Indian National Congress

Indian politician (1937/1938–2025)

Surupsing Hirya Naik (10 September 1938 – 24 December 2025) was an Indian politician who was a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represented the Navapur Assembly constituency, and belonged to the Indian National Congress. The Surupsingh Naik Ayurvedic Mahavidyalaya, a medical college in Dhule district, is named after him.^[1] He represented the constituency from 1978, before losing his seat in 2009.^[2] Naik died on 24 December 2025 at the age of 87.^[3]

References

^ Shivdekar, Reshma (25 October 2013). "धुळ्याच्या 'सुरूपसिंग नाईक आयुर्वेद महाविद्यालया'त मनमानी शुल्कवसुली". Loksatta (in Marathi). Retrieved 8 June 2015.
^ "Stalwarts who came a cropper". Mumbai Mirror. 23 October 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
^ "Former Maharashtra minister Surupsinh Naik passes away"

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[Loksatta-20131025-1] Shivdekar, Reshma (25 October 2013). "धुळ्याच्या 'सुरूपसिंग नाईक आयुर्वेद महाविद्यालया'त मनमानी शुल्कवसुली". Loksatta (in Marathi). Retrieved 8 June 2015.

[MM-20091023-2] "Stalwarts who came a cropper". Mumbai Mirror. 23 October 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2015.

[3] "Former Maharashtra minister Surupsinh Naik passes away"

Surupsingh Hirya Naik

Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
In office 08 December 2008 – 06 November 2009
Minister	Transport Nomadic Tribes Development Other Backward Bahujan Welfare
Governor	S. C. Jamir
Cabinet	First Ashok Chavan ministry
Chief Minister	Ashok Chavan
Dy Chief Minister	Chhagan Bhujbal
Preceded by	Himself (Transport) Vijaykumar Krishnarao Gavit (Nomadic Tribes) Patangrao Kadam (Other Backward Bahujan Welfare)
Succeeded by	Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil (Transport) Shivajirao Moghe (Nomadic Tribes) Shivajirao Moghe (Other Backward Bahujan Welfare)
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
In office 09 November 2004 – 01 December 2008
Minister	Transport Soil and Water Conservation
Governor	Mohammed Fazal S. M. Krishna S. C. Jamir
Cabinet	Second Deshmukh ministry
Chief Minister	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Dy Chief Minister	R. R. Patil
Preceded by	Vilasrao Deshmukh (Transport) Vilasrao Deshmukh (Soil and Water Conservation)
Succeeded by	Himself (Transport) Balasaheb Thorat (Soil and Water Conservation)
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
In office 18 January 2003 – 01 November 2004
Minister	Public Works (Including Public Undertakings) Nomadic Tribes Special Backward Classes Welfare
Governor	Mohammed Fazal
Cabinet	Sushilkumar Shinde ministry
Chief Minister	Sushilkumar Shinde
Dy Chief Minister	Chhagan Bhujbal Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil
Preceded by	Vikramsinh Patankar (Public Works (Including Public Undertakings)) Jaywantrao Awale (Nomadic Tribes) Jaywantrao Awale (Special Backward Classes Welfare)
Succeeded by	Anil Deshmukh (Public Works (Including Public Undertakings)) R. R. Patil (Nomadic Tribes) R. R. Patil (Special Backward Classes Welfare)
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
In office 19 October 1999 – 16 January 2003
Minister	Environment Forests State Border Defence (First)
Governor	P. C. Alexander Mohammed Fazal
Cabinet	First Deshmukh ministry
Chief Minister	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Dy Chief Minister	Chhagan Bhujbal
Preceded by	Chandrakant Khaire (Environment) Sudhir Joshi (Forests) Gopinath Munde (State Border Defence (First))
Succeeded by	Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil (Environment) Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil (Forests) R. R. Patil (State Border Defence (First))
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
In office 06 March 1993 – 14 March 1995
Minister	Forest Public Works (Including Public Undertakings) Other Backward Bahujan Welfare
Governor	P. C. Alexander
Cabinet	Fourth Pawar ministry
Chief Minister	Sharad Pawar
Preceded by	Shankarrao Genuji Kolhe (Forest Department) Shankarrao Genuji Kolhe (Public Works (Including Public Undertakings)) Ramrao Adik (Other Backward Bahujan Welfare)
Succeeded by	Ganesh Naik (Forest Department) Nitin Gadkari (Public Works (Including Public Undertakings)) Gopinath Munde (Other Backward Bahujan Welfare)
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
In office 04 March 1990 – 25 June 1991
Minister	Tribal Welfare Marathi Language
Governor	Chidambaram Subramaniam
Cabinet	Third Pawar ministry
Chief Minister	Sharad Pawar
Preceded by	Himself (Tribal Welfare) Narendra Marutrao Kamble (Marathi Language)
Succeeded by	Madhukarrao Pichad (Tribal Welfare) Shivajirao Deshmukh (Marathi Language)
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
In office 26 June 1988 – 03 March 1990
Minister	Tribal Welfare Transport Nomadic Tribes
Governor	K. Brahmananda Reddy Chidambaram Subramaniam
Cabinet	Second Pawar ministry
Chief Minister	Sharad Pawar
Preceded by	Sushilkumar Shinde (Tribal Welfare) Sushilkumar Shinde (Transport) Sushilkumar Shinde (Nomadic Tribes)
Succeeded by	Himself (Tribal Welfare) Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil (Transport) Sharad Pawar (Nomadic Tribes)
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
In office 03 June 1985 – 06 March 1986
Minister	Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings) Forest Social Forestry Tribal Welfare Disaster Management Vimukta Jati Nomadic Tribes
Governor	Kona Prabhakara Rao
Cabinet	Nilangekar ministry
Chief Minister	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
Preceded by	Ramprasad Kadam Bordikar (Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings)) Himself (Forests) Himself (Social Forestry) Himself (Tribal Welfare) Vasantdada Patil (Disaster Management) Himself (Vimukta Jati) Balachandra Bhai Sawant (Nomadic Tribes)
Succeeded by	Vilasrao Deshmukh (Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings)) Vilasrao Deshmukh (Forests) Vilasrao Deshmukh (Social Forestry) Sushilkumar Shinde (Tribal Welfare) V. Subramanian (Disaster Management) Ram Meghe (Vimukta Jati) Sushilkumar Shinde (Nomadic Tribes)
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
In office 12 March 1985 – 01 June 1985
Minister	Forest Social Forestry Tribal Welfare Food and Civil Supplies Food and Drug Administration Woman and Child Development Socially And Educationally Backward Classes Vimukta Jati Khar Land Development
Governor	Idris Hasan Latif Prabhakara Rao
Cabinet	Fourth Vasantdada Patil ministry
Chief Minister	Vasantdada Patil
Preceded by	Himself (Forests) Himself (Social Forestry) Himself (Tribal Welfare) Pratibha Patil (Food and Civil Supplies) Ramprasad Borade (Food and Drug Administration) Sudhakarrao Naik (Woman and Child Development) Baliram Waman Hiray (Socially And Educationally Backward Classes) Ramprasad Borade (Vimukta Jati) Shantaram Gholap (Khar Land Development)
Succeeded by	Himself (Forests) Himself (Social Forestry) Himself (Tribal Welfare) Shivajirao Deshmukh (Food and Civil Supplies) Shivajirao Deshmukh (Food and Drug Administration) Shivajirao Deshmukh (Woman and Child Development) Sudhakarrao Naik (Socially And Educationally Backward Classes) Himself (Vimukta Jati) Balachandra Bhai Sawant (Khar Land Development)
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
In office 02 February 1983 – 09 March 1985
Minister	Forest Social Forestry Tribal Welfare Ports Development Public Works (Including Public Undertakings)
Governor	Idris Hasan Latif
Cabinet	Third Vasantdada Patil ministry
Chief Minister	Vasantdada Patil
Dy Chief Minister	Ramrao Adik
Preceded by	S. M. I. Aseer (Forest) S. M. I. Aseer (Social Forestry) Himself (Tribal Welfare) Pratibha Patil (Ports Development) Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar (Public Works (Including Public Undertakings))
Succeeded by	Himself (Forest) Himself (Social Forestry) Himself (Tribal Welfare) Balachandra Bhai Sawant (Ports Development) Narendra Mahipati Tidke (Public Works (Including Public Undertakings))
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
In office 25 January 1982 – 01 February 1983
Minister	Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings) Tribal Welfare Social Welfare Special Backward Classes Welfare Socially And Educationally Backward Classes Soil and Water Conservation
Governor	Om Prakash Mehra Idris Hasan Latif
Cabinet	Bhosale ministry
Chief Minister	Sharad Pawar
Preceded by	Shalini Patil (Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings)) Pramilaben Yagnik (Tribal Welfare) Himself (Social Welfare) Jawaharlal Darda (Special Backward Classes Welfare) Baburao Kale (Socially And Educationally Backward Classes) Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar (Soil and Water Conservation)
Succeeded by	Ramprasad Kadam Bordikar (Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings)) Pramilaben Yagnik (Tribal Welfare) Pratibha Patil (Social Welfare) Shantaram Gholap (Special Backward Classes Welfare) Baliram Waman Hiray (Socially And Educationally Backward Classes) Ramrao Adik (Soil and Water Conservation)
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
In office 25 September 1980 – 12 January 1982
Minister	Social Justice (09 March 1981 – 12 January 1982) Ex. Servicemen Welfare
Governor	Sadiq Ali Om Prakash Mehra
Cabinet	Antulay ministry
Chief Minister	A. R. Antulay
Preceded by	Pramilaben Yagnik (Social Justice) Jagannathrao Jadhav (Ex. Servicemen Welfare)
Succeeded by	Himself (Social Justice) Babasaheb Bhosale (Ex. Servicemen Welfare)
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office (1972–1978), (1985–1990), (1990–1995), (1995–1999), (1999–2004), (2004–2009), (2014 – 2019)
Preceded by	Dharma Jayaram Kokani
Succeeded by	Shirishkumar Surupsing Naik
Constituency	Navapur
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office (1977–1980), (1980 – 1981)
Preceded by	Tukaram Huraji Gavit
Succeeded by	Manikrao Hodlya Gavit
Constituency	Nandurbar

Personal details
Born	Surupsing Hirya Naik 10 September 1938 Navagaon, Navapur taluka, Dhule district, Bombay Province, British India
Died	December 24, 2025 (aged 87)
Party	Indian National Congress