Bhise" or "Bhise Guruji", was a social reformer, educationalist and novelist devoted to the education and upliftment of the Adivasi community in the early 20th century. Vasudeo Sitaram Bendrey (1894–1986), historian, credited for discovering the true portrait of Shivaji and creating records called "Bendrey's indices". He won the Maharashtra state award for his biography on Sambhaji. Gangadhar Adhikari (1898-1981) - Indian communist leader, former general secretary of the Communist Party of India and prominent scientist. Surendranath Tipnis, social reformer and the chairman of the Mahad Municipality in the early 1900s. Helped Ambedkar during the Mahad Satyagraha by declaring its public spaces open to untouchables. Awarded the titles 'Dalitmitra'(friend of the dalits) and 'Nanasaheb'. C. D. Deshmukh (1896–1982), first recipient of the Jagannath Shankarseth Sanskrit Scholarship, awardee of the Frank Smart Prize from the University of Cambridge, topper of ICS Examination held in London, first Indian Governor of RBI, first finance Minister of Independent India and tenth vice chancellor of the University of Delhi. Dattatreya Balakrishna Tamhane (1912–2014), a Gandhian freedom fighter, litterateur and social reformer. He won the Maharashtra State government's award for literature B. T. Ranadive (1904–1990), popularly known as BTR was an Indian communist politician and trade union leader. Kusumavati Deshpande (1904–1961), Marathi writer and first female president of the Marathi Sahitya Sammelan. Wife of the Marathi poet, Atmaram Ravaji Deshpande Kumarsen Samarth, film director, his biggest success being the 1955 Marathi film Shirdi che Saibaba. Father of actresses Nutan and Tanuja and husband of Shobhana Samarth. Shobhna Samarth (1916–2000), film actress of the 1940s. She was mother of actresses Nutan and Tanuja. Kamal Ranadive (1917–2001) - Prominent Indian biologist and scientist, well known for her work on relationship between virus and cancer. Ahilya Rangnekar (1922–2009), founder of Maharashtra state unit of the All India Democratic Women's Association. Leader of the Communist Party of India and B T Ranadive's younger sister Nalini Jaywant (1926–2010), film actress of the 1940s and 1950s. She was the first cousin of Shobhna Samarth Vijaya Mehta, actor and director on Marathi stage, television and film Bal Thackeray (1926–2012), founder of Shiv Sena and founder-editor of the Saamana newspaper Anant Damodar Raje (1929–2009) - Indian architect and academic. Kushabhau Thakre (1922–2003), Notable Politician and Former Party President of Bharatiya Janata Party Arun Shridhar Vaidya (1926–1986 ), 13th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army Mrinal Gore (1928–2012),Socialist party leader of India. She earned