Editing Pathare Prabhu (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Moroba Kanhoba]] – 19th century writer and social reformer (women's rights advocate), author of the famous Marathi novel "Ghashiram Kotwal". His highly publicized marriage to a widow ended in a tragedy after the couple was found dead within a year of the marriage.<ref>{{cite book|title=Indian Writing in English: Tradition and Modernity|author1=Kanupriya |author2=Amar Nath Prasad|year=2006 |isbn=9788176257176 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HvhTI1GGIo8C&pg=PA168|quote=Moroba Kanhoba Vijaykar's novel Ghashiram Kotwal appeared in 1873. Ghashiram is not an imaginative character of literature.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Crossing Thresholds: Feminist Essays in Social History|page=350|year=2007|quote= Perhaps the most highly publicized was the ill-fated marriage of Moroba Kanhoba Vijaykar, one of the earliest members of the Society, in 1870. It resulted in the family's excommunication by his Pathare Prabhu caste, despite reformist support. But most unfortunate was the tragedy that struck before a year was over. The newly-weds were found dead in the neighbouring...}}</ref>
*[[Shivkar Bapuji Talpade]] –  allegedly flew an unmanned heavier-than-air aircraft in 1895, this [[Hindutva pseudohistory|pseudohistorical claim was made by Hindu nationalists]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/A-flight-over-Chowpatty-that-made-history/pmredirectshow/890055.cms?curpg=2|title = A flight over Chowpatty that made history|date = 18 October 2004|accessdate = 3 February 2015|website = The Times of India|quote=Talpade belonged to the Pathare Prabhu community, one of the founder of Mumbai}}</ref>
*[[Atmaram Sadashiv Jayakar]] – Notable zoologist, physician, naturalist and explorer. Best known for his scientific study on animals and medical surveys of Oman. He described some unknown species like [[Arabitragus jayakari]], [[Hippocampus jayakari]] and [[Omanosaura jayakari]], all named after him. He also studied the Omani dialect of Arabic.<ref>Omani Proverbs, Oleander Press, 1987, page 1-7</ref>
*[[M. V. Dhurandhar|Mahadev Vishwanath Dhurandhar]] – Well known Indian painter and artist.<ref>Pratap Velkar (1997). Pathare Prabuncha Itihasa, Shrividya prakashan, page 456</ref>
*[[Kanhoba Ranchoddas Kirtikar]] – Notable botanist, surgeon and Marathi poet.<ref>Pratap Velkar (1997). Pathare Prabuncha Itihasa, Shrividya prakashan, page 445</ref>
*[[M. R. Jayakar|Mukund Ramarao Jayakar]] – First vice chancellor of the [[University of Pune]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Myth of the Lokamanya: Tilak and Mass Politics in Maharashtra|publisher=University of California Press|url=https://archive.org/details/mythoflokamanya00rich|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/mythoflokamanya00rich/page/190 190]|author=Richard I. Cashman|year=1975|isbn=9780520024076 |quote=Although more at home in the cosmopolitan center of Bombay, and a member of the Council of the Bombay Presidency Association, the Pathare Prabhu lawyer, Mukund Ramrao Jayakar (1873-1959), expressed the typical response}}</ref>
*[[Narayan Dinanath Velkar|Raobahadur Narayan Dinanath Velkar]] (1798–1870) – 19th century social reformer, and first Native Municipal Commissioner of Bombay city and one of the founders of ''[[The Times of India]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vijayakar |first1=Pradeep |title=Mumbai's first Native Commissioner remembered |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbais-first-native-commissioner-remembered/articleshow/5941539.cms |publisher=[[The Times of India]] |date=May 17, 2010}}</ref>