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| relations = [[Sachin Ahir]] (nephew)
| children = 5
| spouse = Asha Gawli
| birth_place = [[Ahmednagar district|Ahmednagar]], [[Bombay State]], [[India]] {{small|(now [[Maharashtra]], [[India]])}}
| birth_name = Arun Gulab
| office = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Maharashtra]]
| termstart = 16 October 2004
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Arun Gawli was born in [[Pohegaon]], [[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|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<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vtd5tAEACAAJ |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/>
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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)
=== Controversy ===
After the death of gang leader Rama Naik by his bodyguard Buwa and Babu Reshim, Gawali took the whole responsibility of BRA Gang and lead the gang in Central Bombay. Arun Gawali became the first Marathi Gang Leader of Mumbai Underworld. Famous Gangster of Pune Ajit Bhai Lawand joined Gawali gang in the late 80's and started operations in Pune as well. Ajit Lawand was the right hand of Arun Gawli and had ruled Pune,Satara and Mumbai during 1990's.
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 gangsters 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 |date=24 August 2012 |title=Arun Gawli convicted in murder case |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article3815954.ece |access-date=24 August 2012
==Politics==
Gawli got political patronage in the 1980s, when the then Shiv Sena chief, [[Bal Thackeray]], criticised the Mumbai police for taking stringent action against Hindu gangsters like Arun Gawli and Sai Bansod, referring to them as ''amchi mulgey'' (our boys). Thackeray was challenged by a rival gangster in an open letter carried on the front page of a city tabloid.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cover Story |url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/news/ie/daily/20000924/cover1.htm
In 2004, Gawli was elected as a [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) from the Mumbai [[Chinchpokli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chinchpokli]] constituency as an Akhil Bharatiya Sena candidate. Gawli's rise in prominence is believed to be due to his "native roots" as a local lad, which makes him distinct from most other non-[[Marathi language|Marathi]]-speaking politicians.
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