List of Marathi Brahmins

Brahmins are a part of the Hindu community in Maharashtra, India.
Rulers,Administrators,Social Reformers and Politicians
Maratha Empire
* Moropant Pingle - The First Peshwa of Maratha Empire during the reign of Chatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj.
* Peshwa Bajirao I and his successors
*Nana Fadnavis
* The Patwardhans
British Raj
* Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
* Mahadev Govind Ranade
* Bal Gangadhar Tilak
* Pandita Ramabai Dongre
* Anandibai Joshi
* Gopal Krishna Gokhale
* Dhondo Keshav Karve
* Vinayak Damodar Savarkar,
* Sir Madhava Rao Thanjavurkar (1829-1891) - Diwan of Travancore from 1857 to 1872. A Thanjavur Marathi
* Lakshmi Bai -Rani of Jhansi (19 November 1828 - 18 June 1858). A leader in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the East India Company rule\\
Independent India
*Manohar Joshi
*Pramod Mahajan
* K. B. Hedgewar, founder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
* Manohar Joshi - was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1995-1999
* Nitin Gadkari - Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping Since 2014
* Suresh Prabhu -Minister of Railways Since 2014
* Prakash Javadekar - Union Minister of State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Since 2014.
* Sumitra Mahajan - Speaker of the Lok Sabha since 2014
* Devendra Fadnavis - current Chief Minister of Maharashtra state in India
Actors/Actress
* Suresh Haldonkar: classical vocalist, actor
* Sachin Khedekar: Hindi, Marathi film and TV actor
* Sanjay Narvekar: actor
Arts and Music
* Dwarkanath Madhav Pitale(1882-1928):Marathi writer
* Sawlaram Haldankar: painter
* Pandit Babanrao Haldankar: classical musicologist
* Arun Paudwal: Bollywood music composer, singer; Anuradha Paudwal's husband
* Sudesh Lotlikar:Konkani,Marathi poet and producer/ director of documentary films from Goa.

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