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Arun Gawli was born in [[PohegaonKopargaon]], [[Ahmednagar district]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. He married Zubeida Mujawar,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Zaidi|first=S. Hussain|title=The rise and rise of Arun Gawli, the son of a mill worker and the terror of Byculla|url=https://scroll.in/reel/840580/the-rise-and-rise-of-arun-gawli-the-son-of-a-mill-worker-and-the-terror-of-byculla|access-date=2021-05-13|website=Scroll.in|date=14 June 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref> who later became Asha Gawli after marriage and [[List of converts to Hinduism from Islam|converted to Hinduism]]. She was a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) for Maharashtra and they both have five children,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Khullar|first=Darshan|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3QmqCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA106|title=Pakistan Our Difficult Neighbour and India's Islamic Dimensions|date=2014-09-30|publisher=Vij Books India Pvt Ltd|isbn=978-93-82652-82-3|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=3QmqCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA106 106]|language=en|chapter=Part II: Hindu Husbands and Muslim Wives}}</ref> two sons and three daughters including Mahesh and Geeta, Yogita, Yatika including Daddy Adopted Friend Child Rudra Amar Timunkar<ref>{{cite book|url=https://wwwbooks.google.com/books/edition/Mafia_Queens_of_Mumbai/vtd5tAEACAAJ?hlid=envtd5tAEACAAJ |title=Mafia Queens of Mumbai|first1=S. Hussain|last1=Zaidi|first2=Jane|last2=Borges|date=1 January 2011|publisher=Westland|isbn=9789380283777|access-date=2 December 2016|via=Google Books }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=May 8, 2020|title=Watch: Wedding of don Arun Gawli's daughter a subdued affair within the walls of Dagdi Chawl|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/watch-wedding-of-don-arun-gawlis-daughter-a-subdued-affair-within-the-walls-of-dagdi-chawl/articleshow/75628674.cms|access-date=2021-07-09|website=Mumbai Mirror|language=en}}</ref> Geeta is a first term ABS corporator from the [[Chinchpokli]] assembly constituency.<ref name=aa>{{Cite web|url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/latest-news/gawli-s-daughter-marries-developer/247339/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130711063127/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/latest-news/gawli-s-daughter-marries-developer/247339/|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 July 2013|title=Gawli's Daughter Marries Developer|work=Express India|access-date=2 December 2016}}</ref>{{cbignore}} Gawli's nephew [[Sachin Ahir]] is an MLA and is the former Maharashtra Minister of State for Housing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main1.asp?filename=Ne040304dagdi.asp |title=Dagdi Chawl's Daddy Cool |work=Tehelka Archive |access-date=2 December 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820031013/http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main1.asp?filename=Ne040304dagdi.asp |archive-date=20 August 2016 }}</ref> Gawli's uncle Hukumchand Yadav was a legislator from [[Khandwa]] in [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref name=aa/>

Gawli worked in textile mills, located in the central areas of [[Parel]], [[Chinchpokli]], [[Byculla]] and [[Cotton Green]]. From the 1970s to the late 1980s, Mumbai's textile mill industry witnessed mass strikes and eventual lock-outs. As a result, many young adults (including Gawli) had no employment and eventually found a short-cut to quick money through [[matka gambling]] and hafta-vasuli. Gawli then joined the "Byculla Company" gang led by gangsters Rama Naik and Babu Reshim and supervised their illegal liquor dens. Arun Gawali got his underworld name as DADDY. This "Byculla Company" became popular in Mumbai Underworld and it was well knowknown as BRA Gang as the first alphabetsinitials of three gang leaders Rama Naik, Babu Reshim and Arun Gawali.

Gawli gang came to fame in Pune because of Lawand. In the year 1993, Lawand was shot dead by rivals in Nigadi, Pune. Lawand is still remembered as one of the top ganstersgangsters of Pune. He is remembered for his social work done in Mumbai, Pune and Satara district.

Mumbai police raided the premises of Dagdi Chawl several times and finally broke Gawli's underworld operations. Gawli was arrested several times for criminal activities and was detained for long periods during the trial. However, he could not be convicted in most of the cases as witnesses would not depose against him for fear of retaliation. He was finally convicted of the murder of [[Shiv Sena]] leader Kamlakar Jamsandekar by a court in August 2012. Gawli and eleven others were found guilty of Jamsandekar's murder and Gawali was sentenced to life imprisonment. Charge sheet of 138 pages were furnished by IPS Jayanthi Naidu - Joint Director Central Bureau of Investigation, 2002 Batch Officer. <ref>{{cite news|title=Arun Gawli convicted in murder case|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article3815954.ece|access-date=24 August 2012|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=24 August 2012|location=Chennai, India}}</ref>

*In the 2015 [[Marathi cinema|Marathi movie]] ''[[Dagadi Chawl]]'', [[Makarand Deshpande]]'s character called ''Daddy'' is mainly based on Arun Gawli's life. [[Ankush ChoudharyChaudhari]] played the lead and as Arun Gawli's lieutenant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/Makarand-Anaspure-protagonist-in-Dagadi-Chawl/articleshow/48740510.cms|title=Makrand Deshpande as Arun Gawli - Times of India|work=indiatimes.com|access-date=2 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/Arun-Gawli-Dagdi-Chawl-Makrand-Deshpande/articleshow/48982427.cms|title=WATCH: Makrand as Arun Gawli - Times of India|work=indiatimes.com|access-date=2 December 2016}}</ref>

*The [[Bollywood|Hindi]] film ''[[Daddy (2017 film)|Daddy]]'' was released on 8 September 2017 and is based on Gawli's life, starring [[Arjun Rampal]] in and as Daddy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sociofreak.com/arun-gawli-wiki-daddy-wiki-arun-gawli-son-wife-daddy-review|title=Arjun Rampal as Daddy|date=8 September 2017|access-date=8 September 2017|archive-date=14 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214233400/https://sociofreak.com/arun-gawli-wiki-daddy-wiki-arun-gawli-son-wife-daddy-review/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* In the Netflix series ''[[Sacred Games (TV series)|Sacred Games]]'', based on the best-selling novel by Vikram Chandra, the lead character and anti-hero Ganesh Gaitonde is loosely based on Arun Gawli.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rammayan.co.in/arun-gawli-biography-hindi-%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A3-%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80.html|title=अरुण गवली का जीवन परिचय-Arun Gawli Biography in Hindi. Ramayan.|access-date=17 April 2022