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Abhijit Banerjee
Indian American economist
Sai Baba of Shirdi
Indian saint
Sambhaji
Sambhaji (Sambhajiraje Shivajiraje Bhonsle, ; 14 May 1657 – 11 March 1689), also known as Shambhuraje, ruled from 1681 to 1689 as the second king (Chhatrapati) of the Maratha Empire, a prominent state in early modern India. He was the eldest son of Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire.
Balaji Vishwanath
Peshwa of the Maratha Empire
Mahadev Govind Ranade
Indian scholar, social reformer and author (1842-1901)
Rajaram I
Third Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire
Madhavrao I
Peshwa of Maratha Empire
Dnyaneshwar
Sant Dnyaneshwar (Marathi pronunciation: [d̪ɲaːn̪eʃʋəɾ]), (Devanagari : सन्त ज्ञानेश्वर), also referred to as Jñāneśvara, Jñānadeva, Dnyandev or Mauli or Dnyandev Vitthal Kulkarni (1275–1296 (living samadhi)), was a 13th-century Indian Marathi saint, poet, philosopher and yogi of the Nath and Varkari tradition. In his short life of 21 years, he authored Dnyaneshwari (a commentary on the Bhagavad Gita) and Amrutanubhav. These are the oldest surviving literary works in the Marathi language, and considered to be milestones in Marathi literature. Sant Dnyaneshwar's ideas reflect the non-dualistic
Fatima Sheikh
Indian educationalist
Yashwantrao Chavan
6th Deputy Prime Minister of India(1913-1984)
Shahu of Kolhapur
Raja and first Maharaja of the Indian princely state of Kolhapur (1874-1922)
Śrīpati
Śrīpati ( – 1066), also transliterated as Shri-pati, was an Indian astronomer, astrologer and mathematician. His major works include Dhīkotida-karana (1039), a work of twenty verses on solar and lunar eclipses; Dhruva-mānasa (written in 1056), a work of 105 verses on calculating planetary longitudes, eclipses and planetary transits; Siddhānta-śekhara a major work on astronomy in 19 chapters; and Gaṇita-tilaka, an incomplete arithmetical treatise in 125 verses based on a work by Shridhara.
Shahaji
Shahaji Bhonsale (; 15 March 1594 – 23 January 1664) was a 17th-century Indian military leader who served the Ahmadnagar Sultanate, the Bijapur Sultanate, and the Mughal Empire at various points in his career. As a member of the Bhonsle dynasty, Shahaji inherited the Pune and Supe jagirs (fiefs) from his father Maloji, who previously served the Ahmadnagar Sultanate. During the Mughal invasion of the Deccan, Shahaji joined the Mughal forces and served under Emperor Shah Jahan for a short period. After being deprived of his jagirs, he defected to the Bijapur Sultanate in 1632 and regained contro
Upasni Maharaj
Indian guru (1870–1941)
Gita Siddharth
Indian actress
Harish Salve
Indian lawyer
Chapekar brothers
Indian revolutionaries
Rajani Pandit
Indian private detective
Kamalakara
Kamalakara (1616 – 1700) was an Indian astronomer and mathematician. He came from a learned family of scholars from Golagrama, a village in Maharashtra State near Partha-puri (Pathari) on the northern bank of the river Godāvarī. His father, Nrsimha, was born in 1586. Two of Kamalakara's three brothers were also astronomers and mathematicians. Divakara, born in 1606, was the eldest of the brothers and Ranganatha was youngest. Kamalākara learnt astronomy from his elder brother Divākara, who compiled five works on astronomy. His family later moved to Vārāṇasī.
Mukul Wasnik
Indian politician
C. Ramchandra
Indian Music Composer and Singer (1918–1982)
Shantabai Dhanaji Dani
Indian Dalit writer, politician and social worker
Godavari Parulekar
Indian independence activist, writer, and social activist
Sanjay Raut
Indian politician
Eknath Gaikwad
Indian politician
Simon Almeida
Indian Roman Catholic bishop
Yashwantrao Martandrao Mukne
Maharaja of Jawhar state
Muktabai
Muktabai or Mukta or Muktai Vitthalpant Kulkarni was a saint in the Varkari Movement. She was born in a Deshastha Brahmin family and was the younger sister of Dnyaneshwar, the first Varkari saint. She wrote forty-one abhangs throughout her life.
R. D. Pradhan
Indian civil servant (1928–2020)
Elias Gonsalves
Indian archbishop
Gajanan Maharaj
The Guru Mantra of Gajanana Maharaj is 'gan gan ganat bote (गण गण गणात बोते) '
Ranjit Sitaram Pandit
Indian barrister, politician and scholar
Satyendra Pakhale
Indian industrial designer, technocrat, architect (born 1967)
Gondhali
Gondhali is a community in Maharashtra, India. Their occupation is to sing songs of the Goddesses and Gods of Maharashtra preaching them for mythogical reasons like mannat or kasam after accomplishment. Their songs are usually the mythological stories of their Gods. They use sambal, a set of drums tied to their neck and rested on their thighs to bring rhythm to their songs.
Ganpatrao Devji Tapase
Governor of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh
Moreshvar Pingale
2nd Peshwa of the Maratha Empire (died 1689)
Bharati Harish Dangre
Indian judge
Babasaheb Apte
Indian paramilitant
Shya Chitaley
Indian-American paleobotanist
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