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Educators from Maharashtra

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Pratibha Patil
President of India from 2007 to 2012
Dhondo Keshav Karve
Indian social reformer (1858–1962)
Sonal Mansingh
Indian Bharatanatyam and Odissi dancer
Irawati Karve
Indian sociologist, anthropologist, educationist, and writer (1905-1970)
Sharmila Rege
Indian sociologist
Anu Aga
Indian billionaire
Mithan Jamshed Lam
Indian lawyer and womens rights activist
Indira Jaising
Indian lawyer
Nirmala Deshpande
Indian politician (1929–2008)
Sumaira Abdulali
Indian environmentalist, activist
Prabha Atre
Indian classical vocalist
Sindhutai Sapkal
Indian social worker (1948–2022)
Neera Desai
professor, researcher, academician, political activist and social worker
Damayanti Joshi
Indian dancer
Leela Gandhi
Indian-born literary and cultural theorist
Mithuben Petit
Indian nationalist activist (1892–1973)
Maniben Kara
Indian social worker and trade unionist
Shaina NC
Indian fashion designer
Shereen Ratnagar
Indian archaeologist
Flavia Agnes
Indian activist and lawyer
Priti Patkar
Indian social worker and human rights activist
Sister Shivani
Indian teacher
Shakuntala Paranjpye
Indian actress (1906-2000)
Jayashri Raiji
Indian independence activist
Chitra Naik
Indian educationist, writer, social worker
Sucheta Bhide Chapekar
Indian dancer and choreographer
Durga Bhagwat
Indian writer (1910-2002)
Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey
Indian educationist
Sharada Dwivedi
Indian historian
Amla Ruia
Indian environmentalist
Indumati Babuji Patankar
Indian freedom fighter from Maharashtra
Darshana Jhaveri
Indian dancer
Madhuri R. Shah
Indian educationist, writer
Sant Nirmala
Indian poet and Dalit saint
Tarabai Modak
Indian Educationist (1892-1973)
Govind Pansare
Indian political activist and writer
Avabai Bomanji Wadia
Sri Lankan-born Indian social worker, writer
Amal Allana
Saudi theater director residing in India
Chandrakala A. Hate
Indian writer
Sant Soyarabai
saint
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Indian teacher
Shobhana Ranade
Indian social worker and gandhian
Shoba Raja
activist
Abhay and Rani Bang
Indian social activists, and researchers
Meera Kosambi
Indian sociologist
Meher Pestonji
Indian journalist and author
Teresa Albuquerque
Indian historian
Kamalabai Hospet
Indian social worker
Kshama Metre
pediatrician
Bahinabai
Bahinabai (1628–1700 AD) or Bahina or Bahini was a female Varkari saint from Maharashtra, India. She is considered a disciple of the Varkari poet-saint Tukaram. Having been born in a Brahmin family, Bahinabai was married to a widower at a young age and spent most of her childhood wandering around Maharashtra along with her family. She describes, in her autobiography Atmamanivedana, her spiritual experiences with a calf and visions of the Varkari's patron deity Vithoba and Tukaram. She reports being subjected to verbal and physical abuse by her husband, who despised her spiritual inclination bu
Nileema Mishra
Indian social worker
Shaheen Mistri
Indian activist
Dulari Qureshi
Indian art historian
Anjali Pawar
Indian activist
Shirin Darasha
Indian educator, playwright, feminist
Leela Sumant Moolgaokar
Indian social worker (1916-1992)
Rebecca Reuben Nowgaokar
Jewish-Indian writer and educator (1889-1957)
Sadhu Vaswani
Indian educationer, humanitarian and spiritual leader (1879-1966)
Nalini Sengupta
Indian educationist and mountaineer
Jayashree Ramadas
Indian academic