List of Marathi people explained

This is a list of notable Marathi people an ethnolinguistic group that speaks Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language as their native language.

Rulers and generals

The ancient Maharashtrian kingdoms

The Jadhav (Sindkhed Raja-Maharashtra)

The Bhosales (Maharashtra)

The Peshwe

The Bhosales (Thanjavur-Tamil Nadu)

The Holkars (Indore-Madhya Pradesh)

The Shinde/Scindia (Gwalior-Madhya Pradesh)

The Newalkars (Jhansi-Uttar Pradesh)

The Gandekars (Bhor-Maharashtra)

The Pawar (Dhar-Madhya Pradesh)

The Ghorpade (Sandur-Karnataka)

The Gaekwad (Baroda-Gujarat)

Historic warriors

Satvahana dynasty (2nd century BCE–Early 3rd century CE)

Abhira dynasty (Early 3rd century CE-Late 4th century CE)

Traikutaka dynasty (4th century CE)

Vakataka dynasty (Mid 3rd century CE-Early 6th century)

Shilahara dynasty of North Konkan (Early 9th century CE-Mid 13th century CE)

Yadava dynasty (Mid 9th century CE-Early 14th century CE)

During 17th century and Shivaji's reign^[2]

During 18th century and Peshwa rule

The 27-year war - India's longest fought war (1680–1707)

Leaders of Anglo Maratha Wars I, II, III (1775–1818)

Indian independence movement

Leaders of Ist War of Indian Independence (1857)

Revolutionaries

Father of Indian unrest

Father of Indian armed struggle

First political murder in Indian freedom struggle

First Secret Society for Independence

Others

Humanitarians and reformers

Father of renaissance of western India

Reformers

Bene Israeli reformer and scholar

Social activists

Philanthropists

Defence leaders

Father of Indian Navy

First living recipient of the Param Vir Chakra

Third woman in the Indian Armed Forces to be promoted to a Three-star rank

ARMY

Others

NAVY

Others

Religion and spirituality

Father of Hindu Nationalism in India

Datta Sampradaya

Mahanubhava Sampradaya

Warkari Movement

Ganapatyas

Late medieval period Saints (1200–1526)

Early modern period Saints (1526–1858)

Swadhyaya Movement

Prarthana Samaj

Modern period, independence and after (1858–1947)

RSS Members

Marathi Kirtankar

Politics

Speaker of Lok Sabha

First female President of India

Deputy Prime Minister of India

First female Chief Minister of Goa

First female Chief Minister of Rajasthan

First Chief Minister of Goa

First Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh

First Chief Minister of Bombay State

First Hindu and first man of Indian descent to be elected to the Scottish Parliament

First General Secretary of the Communist Party of India.

Founder of All India Trade Union Congress

Goa's first woman parliamentarian

Samyukta Maharashtra Movement

Union Cabinet Ministers

Others

United Kingdom and Irish politics

American politics

Goa legislative Assembly

Bureaucrats and diplomats

Foreign Service

Indian Administrative Service

Indian Civil Service

Founder, jurists and lawyers

Father of Indian Constitution

Chief Justice of India

Supreme Court Judges

International lawyers

Others

Business, trade and industries

Father of Indian Trade Union Movement

Fiscal policy leaders

First Indian to be appointed the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.

Economists

Academicians/educationists

Ancient Maharashtrian academicians

Founder of India's First Women University

Founder of Indian Sociology & Sociology in India

Founder and president of the Symbiosis Society

Founding director of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Founder of Fergusson College

First female teacher of India

First female Indian anthropologist

Most qualified person of India

Pioneers in women's education

Founder of Balwadi

Tarabai Modak

Indologists

Global Teacher Prize recipient

Father of Marathi journalism.

Others

Sciences

Earth sciences

First Indian Women to Antarctica

Seed Mother of India

Father of the Indian Seed Industry

Others

Engineering and technology

Father of Indian Super Computers

First U.S. Chief Data Scientist

Others

Mathematics and statistics

First Indian to be Senior Wrangler

Others

Medicine and surgery

First Indian Female Physician

Immunologist

Physics

Astronomy

Industrial design

Arts

Cinema and theatre

Father of Indian Cinema

First Indian to receive the Oscar

First female actress of India

Dada Saheb Phalke Award - Lifetime contribution to Indian Cinema

Actresses

Directors

Models and beauty pageant winners

Hollywood

Bigg-Boss (Hindi) show winners

Literature

Ancient Maharashtrian litterateurs

Jnanpith Award winners - Outstanding contribution in Indian Literature

Noted Marathi writers in non-Marathi languages

D. R. Bendre - Considered as the greatest Kannada lyric poet of the 20th century.^[3]
Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh - One of the pioneers of modern Hindi poetry.
Kaloji Narayana Rao- One of the greatest Telugu poets. His birth anniversary is celebrated as Telangana Language Day

Others

Historians

Other applied arts

Father of Indian Circus - Vishnupant Moreshwar Chatre

First Ventriloquist in Modern India - Y. K. Padhye

Father of Indian Comic Books - Anant Pai

Photographers/cinematographers

Costume/fashion designers

Production designers

Cartoonists

Sculptors

Painters

Calligraphers/typographers

Music

Singers

Winner of Indian Idol (Season 1)

Sports

First Individual Olympic Medal for India

First Individual Paralympic Medal for India

First Indian to score 100 international 100's

First Indian woman to cross Gobi Desert

First Indian woman to obtain WIM title

India's first Olympic Marathon runner

Others

Outside Maharashtra

Bene Israel

Thanjavur

Uttarakhand

United Kingdom, Ireland and Europe

Mexico

South East and Far East

Canada

Australia

United States

UAE

Awardee

First Indian to receive Magsaysay Award (Asia's Nobel)

Ramon Magsaysay - Asia's Noble

Bharat Ratna - Highest Civilian Award

Ashok Chakra - India's highest peacetime military decoration award for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield.

Param Vir Chakra - India's highest military decoration, awarded for displaying distinguished acts of valour during wartime.

Victoria Cross

Padma Vibhushan- Second Highest Civilian Award of India

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize

Criminals and Gangsters

Arun Gawli, Indian gangster turned politician
Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, Indian crime lord and terrorist who was founder of D-company.
Shabir Ibrahim Kaskar, Indian gangster
Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje (often known as Chota Rajan), Indian gangster
Maya Dolas, Indian gangster and former member of D-company
Manya Surve, Indian gangster
Dilip Buwa, Indian gangster and sharpshooter
Ravi Pujari, Indian gangster and extortionist
Chota Shakeel, Indian gangster and lieutenant of Dawood Ibrahim.

Notes and References

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