1958
- Pawar preferred the Congress party and joined Youth Congress
1967
- At the young age of 27, Pawar was nominated as the candidate for the Baramati constituency of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly over more established members by the undivided Congress Party.
1977
- Lok Sabha elections, Congress party, under Indira Gandhi, lost power to the Janata Alliance.
1978
- In the state assembly elections held early this year, the two Congress parties ran separately but then formed an alliance to keep power under Vasantdada Patil and deny it to Janata Party which emerged as the biggest single party after the election, but without a majority. Pawar served as Minister of Industry and Labour in the Patil government.
1980
- In the 1980 elections Congress (I) won the majority in the state assembly, and A.R. Antulay took over as chief minister.
1983
Pawar took over the Presidency of his Indian National Congress (Socialist) Congress (S) party in 1983
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