B-town's dancing diva Madhuri Dixit Nene's million dollar smile has helped her garnered many fans and made her Maharashtrian name common throughout the globe.

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B-town's dancing diva Madhuri Dixit Nene's million dollar smile has helped her garnered many fans and made her Maharashtrian name common throughout the globe. (BCCL/Ranjit Kumar)

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Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is an Indian cricketer who is acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen in One Day International and second only to Don Bradman in the all time greatest list in Test cricket. (BCCL/Santosh Bane)

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Winner of Padma Shri award, Nana Patekar is one the finest actors Maharashtra has produced, who managed to remain loyal to his no nonsense attitude in the glamsham of B'wood.

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The man behind sizzling bikini beauties featured on the beach, ace photographer Atul Kasbekar is one Maharashtrian name who is famous for his lense magic.

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Born in the Jalgaon district of Maharashtra, graceful Pratibhatai Patil, the 12th President of India was the first woman to hold the title till now. (BCCL/Sanjeev Rastogi)

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The musical Mangeshkar siblings, Asha and Lata has many admirers in the whole world because of their magical voice, which proves that music has no boundaries. (BCCL/Satish Malavade)

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Shobhaa De aka Rajadhyaksha, acclaimed author is known for her vivacious personality and witty, hard-hitting writing which she always credited to her upbringing. (Pic: Viral Bhayani)

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Ujjwala Raut, a name which dazzled many international fashion shows and magazine covers with her stunning features and to die-for body, belongs to traditional Marathi family from Mumbai.

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Dr. Jayant Narlikar, has made Indians proud. His work in cosmology, especially in championing models alternative to the popular Big Bang model is known worldwide.

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Widely regarded as one of the finest opening batsman in the field of cricket - Sunil Gavaskar set world records during his career for the most Test runs and most Test centuries scored by any batsman.

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