👥 Important Persons
Information about great personalities, scientists, revolutionaries, and social reformers of India and the world.
P. K. Atre
A multi-faceted Marathi writer, poet, and founder-editor of Maratha.
Bahinabai Chaudhari
An illiterate cotton farmer whose profound Marathi poetry was preserved by her son.
Birsa Munda
A tribal freedom fighter and folk hero who spearheaded an Indian tribal mass movement (Ulgulan) against the British Raj.
Mangesh Padgaonkar
A legendary Marathi lyricist and poet known for his romantic and social themes.
Maharishi Patanjali
Maharishi Patanjali is the revered sage who codified the Yoga Sutras and is also associated with the Mahabhashya on Sanskrit grammar.
Maharshi Yajnavalkya
Maharshi Yajnavalkya was a legendary Vedic sage of ancient India and the chief proponent of the Shukla Yajurveda.
Maharishi Veda Vyasa
The legendary sage credited with composing the Mahabharata, the Puranas, and classifying the four Vedas.
Maharishi Ved Vyas
Maharishi Ved Vyas is a legendary sage who classified the four Vedas and authored the Mahabharata and the eighteen Puranas.
Maharishi Vyas
Maharishi Vyas is the legendary sage credited with composing the Mahabharata and organizing the Vedas.
Mahatma Jyotirao Phule
An Indian social activist, thinker, anti-caste social reformer and writer from Maharashtra.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American essayist, lecturer, and poet.
Laxmanrao Kirloskar
Laxmanrao Kirloskar was an Indian industrialist who founded the Kirloskar Group, one of India's largest engineering conglomerates. He is considered a pioneer of the industrial revolution in Maharashtra.