👥 Important Persons

Information about great personalities, scientists, revolutionaries, and social reformers of India and the world.

✨ All Categories 🇮🇳 Freedom Fighter 1 ✍️ Author / Poet 5 🏛️ Leader 1 📿 Saint 14 🎭 Artist / Actor 2 👤 Prominent Person 21

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V. S. Khandekar

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V. S. Khandekar

📅 1898 - 1976

The first Marathi author to win the Jnanpith Award.

Vinda Karandikar

📅 1918 - 2010

One of the most influential Marathi poets and Jnanpith awardee.

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Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

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Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

📅 1883 - 1966

An Indian independence activist, politician, lawyer and writer.

Vinoba Bhave

📅 1895 - 1982

Leader of the Bhoodan Movement and a spiritual visionary.

Gadge Maharaj

📅 1876 - 1956

A mendicant saint and social reformer known for cleanliness drives.

Sant Tukaram

📅 1608 - 1650

A 17th-century Marathi poet-saint of the Bhakti movement in Maharashtra.

Samarth Ramdas

📅 1608 - 1681

Advocate of strength and devotion, known for Dasbodh.

Sane Guruji

📅 1899 - 1950

Marathi author and social activist known for his emotional writing and devotion to humanity.

Savitribai Phule

📅 1831 - 1897

The first female teacher of India and a revolutionary social reformer.

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