Maharashtra

Politics & Leadership

Bal Thackeray

Founder of the Shiv Sena and political cartoonist

1926 – 2012

Politics & Leadership

Uddhav Thackeray

President of Shiv Sena (UBT); Chief Minister of Maharashtra (2019–2022)

Born 1960

Sports

Sharad Pawar

Four-time Chief Minister of Maharashtra and founder of the Nationalist Congress Party

Born 1940

Politics & Leadership

Nitin Gadkari

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways since 2014

Born 1957

Politics & Leadership

Devendra Fadnavis

Chief Minister of Maharashtra since 2024

Born 1970

Politics & Leadership

B. R. Ambedkar

Principal architect of the Constitution of India and India’s first Law Minister

1891 – 1956