List of Marathi Buddhists

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

• Sambhaji Bhagat, singer, shahir
• Nagraj Manjule, director, filmmaker
• Poonam Joshi, actress ^[5]
• Kushal Badrike, actor and comedian
• Siddharth Jadhav, actor
• Usha Jadhav, actress
• Bhalchandra Kadam, actor, comedian ^[6]
• Pandharinath Kamble, actor and comedian
• Abhijeet Kosambi, singer
• Vaishali Mhade, singer
• Surekha Punekar, Indian folk artist
• Adarsh Shinde, singer and musician ^[7]
• Prahlad Shinde, singer
• Smita Tambe, actress
• Vitthal Umap, singer ^[8]
• Somnath Waghmare, documentary filmmaker and researcher
• Milind Sulekha Purushottam, filmmaker, director

Lawyers

B. R. Ambedkar, Marathi scholar and the revivalist of Buddhism in India

• 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 ^[9]
• B. C. Kamble (born 1919), jurist and lawyer

Politicians

• Anandraj Ambedkar, political activist
• Prakash Ambedkar, MP
• Yashwant Ambedkar, MLC
• Ramdas Athawale, MP and state minister of India
• Rajkumar Badole, MLA and Social Justice and Assistance Minister, Maharashtra
• Sanjay Bansode, state minister of Maharashtra ^[10]
• Sharad Bansode, Member of Parliament
• Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare, Governor of Odisha
• R. D. Bhandare, Governor of Bihar and Andhra Pradesh ^[11]
• Bhaurao Gaikwad, Member of Parliament
• Eknath Gaikwad, MP and state minister
• Sunil Gaikwad, Member of Parliament
• Varsha Gaikwad, Member of Parliament (Former School Education Cabinet Minister of Maharashtra) ^[10]
• 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 ^{[12] [13]}
• 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 ^{[14] [15]}
• Laxman Mane, political activist
• Waman Meshram, President Of Bahujan Kranti Morcha
• Nitin Raut, cabinet minister and MLA ^[10]
• Dadasaheb Rupwate, politician ^{[16] [17] [18]}
• 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
• Pravin Tambe, Cricketer

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 Pantawane, Writer, Reviewer and Ambedkarite thinker
• Dagdu Maruti Pawar, Writer and Poet
• Pradnya Daya Pawar, Poet and Fiction Writer
• Urmila Pawar, Writer and Activist
• Sampat Ramteke, Social Worker

See also

See also: Category:Indian Buddhists

• List of Buddhists
• Marathi Buddhists
• List of converts to Buddhism
• List of converts to Buddhism from Hinduism
• List of American Buddhists

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