Activists from Maharashtra

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and politician who chaired the committee that drafted the Constitution of India based on the debates of the Constituent Assembly of India and the first draft of Sir Benegal Narsing Rau. Ambedkar served as Law and Justice minister in the first cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru. He later renounced Hinduism and converted to Buddhism, inspiring the Dalit Buddhist movement.

Indian self-rule activist (1856–1920)

Indian social reformer (1831-1897)

Indian freedom fighter, social worker (1914–2008)

Indian barrister, writer, and social reformer; first female graduate from Bombay University, first woman to study law at Oxford University; first Indian national to study at a British university (1866-1954)

Indian activist

Indian social reformer (1827-1890)

Islamic Scholar (1925–2021)

Indian social reformer (1858–1962)

Sixth Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

feminist activist who protested patriarchy and caste in 19th century India

Indian lawyer and womens rights activist

Indian politician (1929–2008)

Second Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

Indian lawyer

Indian activist

Indian writer and activist

Indian suffragist and women's rights activist

Indian social worker (1948–2022)

Indian environmentalist, activist

Indian film maker, activist and a former journalist

women's rights activist

Indian social reformer, thinker and writer (1932-1977)

Indian journalist, activist

Indian social worker and human rights activist

anti-sex-trafficking activist

Indian writer

Indian activist, farmer and economist

Indian activist for women's rights

American-born Indian sociologist (1941–2021)

Indian activist, newspaper editor, politician (1912–1977)

Indian lawyer

Indian journalist

Indian environmentalist (1947-2016)

Indian environmentalist

Third Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

Indian activist (1914-1982)

Fourth Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

Indian writer

Sri Lankan-born Indian social worker, writer

Indian social worker and gandhian

actress

Indian writer

Indian singer

Indian activist

Indian journalist and author

Indian film director

Indian social activist and writer from Maharashtra

activist

social reformer

Indian academic and activist

Indian social activist

Indian writer

warrior who tried to fight the untouchable (1873–1944)

social activist and educator in Maharashtra, India (1887-1959)

Indian author, painter, cartoonist, journalist, environmentalist, playwright and screenwriter

Indian politician (1898–1965)

Indian politician