This is a list of notable persons of the Marathi Buddhist community worldwide. Marathi Buddhists are mainly Ambedkarite Buddhists, who are followers of B. R. Ambedkar. Marathi Buddhists constitute more than 77% of the total Buddhist population in India.[1]
Academics
- Narendra Jadhav, economist, educationist and author
- Shankarrao Kharat, Vice Chancellor of BAMU Aurangabad
- Bhalchandra Mungekar, economist and author
- Sharmila Rege, sociologist, feminist scholar and author of Writing Caste, Gender
- Anand Teltumbde, scholar, writer and civil rights activist
- Sukhadeo Thorat, economist and author
Businesspeople
- Milind Kamble, national president of Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry[2]
- Kalpana Saroj (born 1961), entrepreneur and a Tedx speaker[3][4]
Entertainers
- Nagraj Manjule, director, filmmaker
- Kushal Badrike, actor and comedian
- Siddharth Jadhav, actor
- Usha Jadhav, actress
- Bhalchandra Kadam, actor, comedian[5]
- Abhijeet Kosambi, singer
- Vaishali Mhade, singer
- Surekha Punekar, Indian folk artist
- Abhijeet Sawant, actor and singer
- Adarsh Shinde, singer and musician[6]
- Prahlad Shinde, singer
- Smita Tambe, actress
- Vitthal Umap, singer[7]
- Somnath Waghmare, documentary filmmaker and researcher
Lawyers
- B. R. Ambedkar (1891–1956), jurist, barrister, and first Law and Justice Minister of India
- R. D. Bhandare (born 1916), governor of Bihar and Andhra Pradesh
- Bhushan Gavai (born 1960), justice in the Supreme Court of India[8]
- B. C. Kamble (born 1919), jurist and lawyer
Politicians
- Anandraj Ambedkar, political activist
- Prakash Ambedkar, Member of Parliament
- Yashwant Ambedkar, member of MLC
- Ramdas Athawale, state minister of India, and Member of Parliament
- Rajkumar Badole, Social Justice and Assistance Minister, Maharashtra
- Sanjay Bansode, state minister of Maharashtra[9]
- Sharad Bansode, Member of Parliament
- Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare, Governor of Odisha
- R. D. Bhandare, Governor of Bihar and Andhra Pradesh[10]
- Bhaurao Gaikwad, Member of Parliament
- Eknath Gaikwad, MP and state minister
- Sunil Gaikwad, Member of Parliament
- Varsha Gaikwad, School Education Cabinet Minister of Maharashtra[9]
- Prakash Gajbhiye, Member of MLC
- R. S. Gavai, Governor of Bihar And Kerala, Member of the parliament, Former Chairman of Maharashtra Legislative Council
- Rajendra Gavai, political activist
- Chandrakant Handore, state minister of Maharashtra[11][12]
- Ramratan Janorkar, Mayor of Nagpur
- N. M. Kamble, Indian politician
- Jogendra Kawade, cabinet minister, and Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- B. D. Khobragade, Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
- Sulekha Kumbhare, minister
- Avinash Mahatekar, State Minister of Maharashtra[13][14]
- Laxman Mane, political activist
- Waman Meshram, President Of Bahujan Kranti Morcha
- Nitin Raut, cabinet minister and MLA[9]
- Dadasaheb Rupwate, politician[15][16][17]
- Tukaram Shrangare, Union Minister For State For Communications
- Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangare, Member of Parliament
- Nashikrao Tirpude, 1st Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
- Balkrishna Ramchandra Wasnik, Member of Parliament for Bhandara and Buldhana
- Mukul Wasnik, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment
Sportspeople
- Mona Meshram, cricketer
- Avinash Sable, athlete
Writers and activists
- Savita Ambedkar (1909–2003), social activist and writer
- Baburao Bagul, writer and poet
- Datta Bhagat, author
- Suresh Bhat (1932–2003), poet
- Raja Dhale (1940–2019), social activist and writer
- Namdeo Dhasal (1949 2014), social activist and writer
- Laxman Gaikwad, novelist
- Arun Kamble, writer and social activist
- Namdeo Kamble, writer, social worker, journalist and teacher
- Uttam Kamble, journalist and author
- Vaman Kardak, poet and playwright
- Shankarrao Kharat, writer and member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
- Sharankumar Limbale, author
- Yashwant Manohar, poet and writer
- Keshav Meshram, poet
- Bhau Panchbhai, poet, writer and activist
- Gangadhar Pantawne, writer, reviewer and Ambedkarite thinker
- Dagdu Maruti Pawar, writer and poet
- Pradnya Daya Pawar, poet and fiction writer
- Urmila Pawar, writer and activist
- Uttam Kamble, journalist and author
See also
- List of Buddhists
- Marathi Buddhists
- List of converts to Buddhism
- List of converts to Buddhism from Hinduism
References
- ↑ Population by religion community – 2011. Census of India, 2011. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
- ↑ The Buddhism broadcast. Mumbai Mirror(June 24, 2018).
- ↑ Caste No Bar. The Crest Mumbai(29 May 2010). Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ↑ Kalpana – Symbol of true grit. The Hans India(31 August 2013). Retrieved 2018-01-16.
- ↑ In the shadow of caste. DNA India(23 September 2017).
- ↑ PHOTOS: परिणय सूत्र में बंधे मराठी सिंगर आदर्श शिंदे, शादी में जम कर हुआ धमाल. Dainik Bhaskar(May 29, 2015).
- ↑ आंबेडकर चळवळीची कव्वालीयात्रा. Divya Marathi(December 4, 2016).
- ↑ Living with Religious Diversity{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Routledge(2015-08-11). ISBN 9781317370987
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 उद्धव ठाकरे सरकारच्या ४३ सदस्यीय मंत्रिमंडळात २३ मंत्री मराठा समाजाचे. Divya Marathi(December 31, 2019).
- ↑ Sattā ke sūtradhara: Ājādī ke bāda Bhārata.
- ↑ Bombay High Court's 'Dalit' ruling has come in handy for the politics of Hindutva. Scroll.in.
- ↑ Cabinet off-limits for sons & daughters – Indian Express. archive.indianexpress.com.
- ↑ रिपाइचा फलटण मतदारसंघावर दावा : अविनाश महातेकर.
- ↑ समाजकल्याण राज्यमंत्री अविनाश महातेकर यांची दीक्षाभूमीला भेट(19 July 2019).
- ↑ कालकथित दादासाहेब रुपवते स्मृतिदिनानिमित्त विशेष कार्यक्रमाचे आयोजन. www.saamana.com.
- ↑ ज्येष्ठ आंबेडकरी कार्यकर्ते प्रेमानंद रुपवते यांचे निधन. Maharashtra Times.
- ↑ How India's Dalits had to cope when the backlash began after Ambedkar's death, Pawar, J. V.. Scroll.in.