12 Notable alumni of
Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute
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Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute is 2264th in the world, 556th in Asia, and 62nd in India by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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- politicianrevolutionaryfreedom fighterwriterphilosopher
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak, endeared as Lokmanya (IAST: Lokamānya), was an Indian nationalist, teacher, and an independence activist. He was one third of the Lal Bal Pal triumvirate. The British colonial authorities called him "The father of the Indian unrest". He was also conferred with the title of "Lokmanya", which means "accepted by the people as their leader". Mahatma Gandhi called him "The Maker of Modern India".
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Meher Baba
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- theologian
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Meher Baba was an Indian spiritual master who said he was the Avatar, or God in human form, of the age. A spiritual figure of the 20th century, he had a following of hundreds of thousands of people, mostly in India, with a smaller number of followers in North America, Europe, South America, and Australia.
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Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
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- writerjournalistpublisher
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Gopal Ganesh Agarkar was a social reformer, educationist, and thinker from Bombay Presidency, British India.
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Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande
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- composermusicologistactormusic educator
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Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande was an Indian musicologist who wrote the first modern treatise on Hindustani classical music, an art which had been propagated for centuries mostly through oral traditions. During those earlier times, the art had undergone several changes, rendering the raga grammar documented in scant old outdated texts.
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Dwarkanath Kotnis
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- military physicianphysician
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Dwarakanath Shantaram Kotnis, also known by his Chinese name Ke Dihua (Chinese: 柯棣华; pinyin: Kē Dìhuá), was an Indian physician. He and four peers were dispatched to China for medical assistance during the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1938. Known for his dedication and perseverance, he has been regarded as an example for Sino-Indian friendship and collaboration.
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Pandurang Mahadev Bapat
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- revolutionarywritertranslatorpolitician
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Pandurang Mahadev Bapat, popularly known as Senapati Bapat, was a figure in the Indian independence movement. He acquired the title of Senapati, meaning commander, as a consequence of his leadership during the Mulshi Satyagraha. In 1977, the Indian government issued a postage stamp to commemorate him.
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Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade
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- 1863-1926 (aged 63)
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- editorwriterhistorianauthor
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Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade was an Indian historian, known for his work on the history of the Maratha Empire. He pioneered research into the Empire by visiting hundreds of villages across India and gathering thousands of historical documents, especially family records. He also founded the Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal, a research institute, at Pune in 1910.
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Hari Narayan Apte
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- writerpublisher
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Hari Narayan Apte was an Indian Marathi language writer.
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R. Nagaswamy
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- art historianhistorianarchaeologist
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Ramachandran Nagaswamy was an Indian historian, archaeologist and epigraphist who was known for his work on temple inscriptions and art history of Tamil Nadu. He was an authority on Chola bronzes.
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Balwantray Thakore
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- teacherwriter
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Balwantray Kalyanray Thakore, popularly known as B. K. Thakore (Gujarati: બ.ક.ઠાકોર), was a poetry teacher and one of the great pioneers of the Pandit yug, during the turn of the twentieth century period in Gujarati literature. Known as 'Ballukaka' in his intimate circle, he played a key role in the development of modern Gujarati poetry.
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Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar
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- editorteacherpoliticianwriterpublisher
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Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar, popularly known as Sahityasamrat Tatyasaheb Kelkar (24 August 1872 – 14 October 1947), was a lawyer from Miraj as well as a dramatist, novelist, short story writer, poet, biographer, critic, historian, writer on philosophical and political themes. He was born in Chitpavan Brahmin family. He was a literary and political figure in Maharashtra, India, and also both editor and trustee of the newspaper Kesari. He served as editor twice when Tilak was imprisoned in 1897 and 1908.
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Ramachandra Dattatrey Ranade
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- writerphilosopher
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Ramchandra Dattatrey Ranade was an Indian scholar-philosopher-saint of Karnataka and Maharashtra.
