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 [ edit ] Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Tarabai Baji Prabhu Deshpande Peshwa Bajirao 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) Rani Lakshmibai The Gandekars (Bhor -Maharashtra) The Pawar (Dhar-Madhya Pradesh) The Ghorpade (Sandur-Karnataka) The Gaekwad (Baroda-Gujarat) 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[10] 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 [ edit ] Bal Gangadhar Tilak Gopal Krishna Gokhale Shahu of Kolhapur Jyotirao Phule Vishnu Ganesh Pingle 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 Babasaheb Ambedkar Jyotirao Phule Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj Father of renaissance of western India Reformers Bene Israeli reformer and scholar Social activists Philanthropists 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
Generals Lieutenant Generals Others NAVY
Admirals Vice/Rear Admirals Others AIR FORCE
Air Chief Marshal Air Marshal Others Religion and spirituality [ edit ] 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 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 [ edit ] Leo Varadkar- Irish Fine Gael politician and Taoiseach Yashwant Narayan Sukthankar was the second Cabinet Secretary of India . Foreign Service Indian Administrative Service Indian Civil Service Founder, jurists and lawyers[ edit ] Father of Indian Constitution Chief Justice of India Supreme Court Judges International lawyers Others Business, trade and industries[ edit ] Baba Kalyani was chairman and managing director of Bharat Forge . Father of Indian Trade Union Movement Founder of the Asia's first Cooperative sugar factory. Others Fiscal policy leaders [ edit ] First Indian to be appointed the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. RBI Governors Economists Academicians/educationists[ edit ] Dhondo Keshav Karve 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 Indologists Global Teacher Prize recipient Father of Marathi journalism. Others Dr. Anandi Gopal Joshi, first Indian lady doctor and physician Astrophysicists Jayant Narlikar First Indian Women to Antarctica Seed Mother of India Father of the Indian Seed Industry Others Engineering and technology [ edit ] Father of Indian Super Computers First U.S. Chief Data Scientist Others Mathematics and statistics [ edit ] First Indian to be Senior Wrangler Others Medicine and surgery [ edit ] First Indian Female Physician First Indian Female to receive PhD Father of Pathology and Medical Research ICMR Scientists Immunologist Others Astronomy Nuclear scientists Fellow of Royal Society Theoretical physicists Astro - physicists ISRO and DRDO scientists Indian Institute Of Technology(IIT) - Chairman/Directors Aerospace engineering Others Raghunath Anant Mashelkar Father of Indian Cinema Rajinikanth -Shivaji Rao GaekwadNana Patekar Dr. Vidyadhar Oke with 22-microtone harmonium Lata Mangeshkar First Indian to receive the Oscar First female actress of India Dada Saheb Phalke Award - Lifetime contribution to Indian Cinema Actors Asha Bhosle Madhuri Dixit Ashutosh Gowariker , directed Lagaan (nominated for Oscars , has 5 filmfare , 7 international awards)[27] [28] Actresses Directors Models and beauty pageant winners Hollywood Bigg-Boss (Hindi) show winners Playwright Vijay Tendulkar Ancient Maharashtrian litterateurs Jnanpith Award winners - Outstanding contribution in Indian Literature Noted Marathi writers in non-Marathi languages
Others Columnists and journalists [ edit ] 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 Hindustani classical music [ edit ] Winner of Indian Idol (Season 1) Sachin Tendulkar [32] Sunil Gavaskar [33] 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 Outside Maharashtra [ edit ] Bene Israel Thanjavur Uttarakhand United Kingdom, Ireland and Europe Mexico South East and Far East Canada Australia United States UAE 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 [ edit ]
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