Thane’s First Mayor Satish Pradhan Passes Away at 85

Satish Pradhan, Thane Municipal Corporation’s first mayor after its conversion from a council in October 1982, passed away at the age of 85 on Sunday. A close aide of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray, Pradhan was a towering political figure, serving as a two-term Rajya Sabha MP from 1992 to 2004 and leading the Shiv Sena in the upper house of Parliament...[Readmore!](https://thanecity.in/thanes-first-mayor-satish-pradhan-passes-away-at-85/)