Marathi people

Indian actor and producer (born 1965)

President of India from 2007 to 2012

Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Her contribution to the Indian music industry in a career spanning eight decades gained her honorific titles such as the "Queen of Melody" and "Voice of the Millennium".

queen of a princely state in India

Shivaji I (Shivaji Shahaji Bhonsale, ; 19 February 1630 – 3 April 1680) was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle dynasty. Shivaji inherited a jagir from his father who served as a retainer for the Sultanate of Bijapur, which later formed the genesis of the Maratha Kingdom. In 1674, he was formally crowned the Chhatrapati of his realm at Raigad Fort.

Indian activist (born 1937)

Indian American economist

Asha Bhosle was an Indian playback singer, businesswoman, actress and television personality who predominantly worked in Indian cinema. Known for her versatility, she was described in the media as one of the greatest and most influential singers in Hindi cinema. In a career spanning over eight decades, she recorded songs for films and albums in various Indian languages and won several accolades including two National Film Awards, four BFJA Awards, eighteen Maharashtra State Film Awards, nine Filmfare Awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award and a record seven Filmfare Awards for Best Female Playback Singer, in addition to two Grammy nominations. In 2000, she was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in the field of cinema. In 2008, she was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian honour of the country. The Guinness Book of World Records acknowledged her in 2011 as the most recorded artist in music history.

Indian actress

Indo-Aryan ethnic group native to western India

Indian actor

Indian political leader and social reformer (1866–1915)

One of the first Indian woman doctor (1865-1887)

Indian actor

General of the Maratha Empire in India (1700-1740)

Rohit Gurunath Sharma is an Indian international cricketer and the former captain of the India national cricket team in all formats of the game. He is a right-handed top-order batter. He represents Mumbai in domestic cricket and Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. Sharma was a member of the teams that won the 2007 T20 World Cup, the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy and was the winning captain of the 2024 T20 World Cup and the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy.

Jyothika Saravanan (; born 18 October 1978) is an Indian actress and producer who primarily works in Tamil and Hindi films. She has received several accolades including a National Film Award, five Filmfare Awards South, four Tamil Nadu State Film Awards (a record for Best Actress award for four times) and Kalaimamani Award. Jyothika is regarded among the most prolific actresses in Tamil cinema, and has been ranked among the best South Indian actresses.

Indian cricket player

Indian industrialist and entrepreneur (1888–1956)

Indian spiritual teacher (1923–2011)

Indian freedom fighter, social worker (1914–2008)

Indian chess player

queen of Indore

Indian director, writer and actor

Rukhmabai (22 November 1864 – 25 September 1955) was an Indian physician and feminist. She is best known for being one of the first practicing women doctors in colonial India (the first being Dr. Kadambini Ganguly who started practicing in 1886) as well as being involved in a landmark legal case involving her marriage as a child bride between 1884 and 1888. The case raised significant public debate across several topics, which most prominently included law vs tradition, social reform vs conservatism and feminism in both British-ruled India and England. This ultimately contributed to the Age of

Indian biologist

Indian journalist and novelist (born 1948)

Namdev (Pronunciation: [naːmdeʋ]), also transliterated as Nam Dayv, Namdeo, Namadeva, (traditionally, ) was a Marathi Vaishnava saint from Narsi, Hingoli, Maharashtra, Medieval India within the Varkari tradition of Hinduism. He was a devotee of the deity Vithoba of Pandharpur.

Indian scholar, social reformer and author (1842-1901)

Indian singer

Olympic wrestler (1926-1984)

Indian cricketer

Founder and first Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

Indian actor and model (born 1965)

Peshwa of Maratha Empire

Hindu caste in India found predominantly in the state of Maharashtra

Indian film director

Indian politician (1929–2008)

Second Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

mathematician (1930–2012)

Peshwa of the Maratha empire (1776–1851)

Kashibai Bhat was the first wife of Bajirao I, the Peshwa (Prime Minister) to the fourth Maratha Chhatrapati (Emperor) Shahu. With Bajirao, she had four children, including Balaji Baji Rao and Ragunath Rao. Balaji succeeded Bajirao as Peshwa upon the latter's death in 1740. Also following Bajirao's death, Kashibai fostered her step-son, Shamsher Bahadur, whose mother was Bajirao's second wife, Mastani.

director

Indian-Australian singer, actress, anchor and model

10th Peshwa of the Maratha Empire (1734-1783)

Rajmata Jijabai Shahaji Bhonsale (; 12 January 1598 – 17 June 1674), referred to as Rajmata Jijabai, or Jijamata, was the mother of Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Kingdom. She was a daughter of Lakhujirao Jadhav of Sindkhed Raja. He belonged to the lineage of Devagiri Yadavas.

Indian-Australian singer and actress

Indian singer

The Pindaris (Bhalse, Maratha, Rohilla and Pathans) were irregular military plunderers and foragers from 17th- through early 19th-century Indian subcontinent who accompanied initially the Mughal Army, and later the Maratha Army, and finally on their own before being eliminated in the 1817–19 Pindari War. They were unpaid and their compensation was entirely the booty they plundered during wars and raids. They were mostly horsemen armed with spears and swords who would create chaos and deliver intelligence about the enemy positions to benefit the army they accompanied. The majority of their lead

Indian actor

Indian social worker (1948–2022)

10th Peshwa of Maratha Empire

Indian actor

Indian creator, actor, and author

Indian singer (1925-2004)

Indian singer and dancer

Indian national in Pakistani custody

Indian mathematician

Indian cricketer

Indian athlete