as the United States and Brazil had both experienced similar blackouts within the previous few years. Officials in Uttar Pradesh, where the problem was believed to have begun, said the grid could not keep up with the huge demand for power in the hot summer. Uttar Pradesh power corporation chief Awanish Kumar Awasthi stated that the grid collapse was due to the states drawing more than their allotted power to meet the summer demand. In 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Shinde was the Congress party nominee. He was defeated by BJP Candidate Mr. Sharad Bansode. Sushilkumar Shinde contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Solapur. Shinde was the Congress party nominee. He was defeated by BJP Candidate Mr. Siddheshwar Maharaj by a margin of 156,261 votes. According to him, 2019 Indian general elections were the last Lok Sabha elections contested by him. Personal life Shinde married Ujwala Shinde on 1 May 1970. The couple has three daughters. One of his daughters Praniti Shinde is MLA of Solapur, Maharashtra India. Awards & honours 15 January 1977: Selected in Ten Noteworthy Youth of the country by Indian Jaycees. 1978: Second choice as most popular Minister in the survey by 'Manohar' a weekly. 1981: Honoured with Basav Bhushan Award as "Ideal Youth" by Congress Party. 9 March 1996: "National Citizen Award" as a Best Member of Parliament at the hands of Mother Teresa. 2003: Bhai Bagal Award 2003, Third place at India Today – Reader's Choice The Best Chief Minister. 2005: Guruvarya Shankarrao Kanitkar Award at the hands of senior journalist Arun Tikekar. 22 September 2005 to 21 September 2007 & 21 November 2007 to 24 December 2009: Tilak Maharashtra Vidhyapeeth Chancellor. 23 January 2007: First D Lit. awarded by D Y Patil University. (Subject – Literature) 9 September 2007: Second D Lit. degree awarded by Srikrishna Devrai University, Andhra Pradesh. (Subject – Literature) 18 February 2009: Third D Lit. awarded by Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Bhopal. (Subject – Science) 9 May 2009: "Navshakti Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar" awarded by Navshakti Times. 19 July 2009: Government Award of "Ideal Teacher" in memory of Education Officer Hon. B.C. Dhegale. Positions held Source: 1974 – 1992: Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 1974 – 1975: Minister of State for Sports and Cultural Affairs, Government of Maharashtra 1975 – 1977: Minister of State for Finance, Family Welfare, Sports and Cultural Affairs, Government of Maharashtra 1978: Cabinet Minister for Labour and