Sharad Pawar: 'Sikandar' who rebelled in 1978, now faces kin's split as wheel turns.

• Sharad Pawar's 1978 rebellion led to the fall of the Congress government, making him Maharashtra's youngest Chief Minister.
• He was a prominent national leader, serving as CM multiple times and as Defense Minister in 1991.
• Pawar formed the NCP in 1999 after splitting from Congress over Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin issue.
• He played a key role in forming the MVA government in Maharashtra in 2019.
• In 2023, his nephew Ajit Pawar rebelled, splitting the NCP, mirroring Pawar's own 1978 act against Congress.

Why It Matters: Sharad Pawar, who once toppled a government, now faces a similar fate from his own family.