Ruturaj Gaikwad
Ruturaj Dashrat Gaikwad is an Indian cricketer who plays for the India national cricket team.
Ruturaj made his T20 International debut for the Indian team against Sri Lanka in July 2021. He played his first One Day International in October 2022 against South Africa. In domestic cricket, he plays for Maharashtra and captains the side in the T20 and List A formats. He holds the records for the most number of centuries in the Vijay Hazare Trophy and the fastest century for Maharashtra in List A cricket. He has also represented the West Zone and captained the Rest of India side in the past.
R. Tamil Selvan
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for Sion Koliwada
Captain R. Tamil Selvan is an Indian politician and prominent Bharatiya Janata Party leader serving as a Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing the Sion Koliwada constituency in Mumbai. Born in Pilaviduthi village in the Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu, Selvan moved to Mumbai over three decades ago and initially worked as a railway parcel contractor at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. He gained national recognition for his courage during the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks in 2008, where he and his team actively assisted security personnel and helped save approximately 36 lives under gunfire. Selvan entered public service as a corporator in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation before transitioning into state politics. Representing the BJP, he secured victory from the Sion Koliwada Assembly seat in three consecutive elections in 2014, 2019, and 2024. Throughout his political career, he has focused on urban infrastructure development, slum redevelopment initiatives, and community service across Mumbai's central suburbs.
Nitish Kumar Reddy
Kaki Nitish Kumar Reddy is an Indian inernational cricketer. He plays for the India national team in all three formats
Nitish made his T20I debut against Bangladesh in 3 match series on 6 October 2024 at Gwalior and scored 16 runs off 15 balls while chasing. He came to limelight in the 2nd match of the series which held at Delhi on 9 October 2024 where he scored 74 runs off 35 balls with a strike rate of 217. In the same match, he bowled with figures of 2/23, taking 2 wickets including Mahmudullah, and awarded player of the match. With his excellent performance in the series he was named in the squad of Border–Gavaskar Trophy[10] Nitish debuted in Test cricket for India on 22 November 2024, in Perth, during the Border–Gavaskar Trophy series.[1] He was the top scorer with 41 runs in the first innings of this match and scored 38 not out in the 2nd innings. In the second test, he proved to be the standout performer for India in both innings, top scoring in both the innings with 42 runs each. Despite his efforts, India lost the match. At this point he had failed to reach a maiden half century narrowly in all four innings he had played. In the fourth test match of the series, he batted at No. 8 in the first innings with India's score at 196/6 and built a crucial partnership of 128 runs off 285 balls with Washington Sundar, scoring his first international Test century.
Aaditya Thackeray
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for Worli
Aaditya Uddhav Thackeray is an Indian politician and senior leader of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) serving as the Member of the Legislative Assembly representing the Worli constituency in Mumbai. The son of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and grandson of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray, he became the first member of the Thackeray family to contest and win an election when he won the Worli seat in 2019. He subsequently served as the Cabinet Minister for Tourism, Environment, and Protocol in the Government of Maharashtra from December 2019 to June 2022 under the Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition government. Prior to his ministerial role, Thackeray was appointed President of Yuva Sena, the youth wing of Shiv Sena, in 2010. In the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, he retained his seat from the Worli constituency. Known for advocating environmental initiatives, urban mobility projects, and tourism development in Mumbai, he plays a key leadership role in the SS-UBT organization.
Ajay Choudhari
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for Shivadi
Ajay Vinayak Choudhari is an Indian politician and senior leader of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) who serves as a Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing the Shivadi constituency in central Mumbai. Born in Parel, Mumbai, he completed his schooling in the area and built a long career as a social worker and politician deeply rooted in the working-class industrial heartland of Mumbai. He first won the Shivadi assembly seat in 2014, defeating Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leader Bala Nandgaonkar, and successfully retained the seat in subsequent elections in 2019 and 2024. Following the 2022 split within the Shiv Sena party, Choudhari remained loyal to party chief Uddhav Thackeray and was designated as the leader of the Shiv Sena (UBT) Legislative Party in the Maharashtra Assembly. Over his legislative tenure, he has focused on urban renewal, public housing redevelopment, and community welfare projects across the Parel and Sewri belts.
Manoj Jamsutkar
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for Byculla
Manoj Pandurang Jamsutkar is an Indian politician and member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing the Byculla constituency in South Mumbai. Affiliated with the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) party, Jamsutkar secured a notable victory in the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections by defeating sitting MLA Yamini Jadhav of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena by a margin of over 31,000 votes. Jamsutkar began his political journey as a grassroots worker in central Mumbai and previously served as a municipal corporator in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Over his political career, he was associated with Shiv Sena, switched to the Indian National Congress in 2012 where he contested the 2014 state assembly elections from Shivadi, and later returned to the Shiv Sena fold aligned with Uddhav Thackeray. Beyond electoral politics, Jamsutkar has been actively involved in labor welfare and union leadership as a secretary of the Mathadi Union. His legislative agenda centers on infrastructure development, slum rehabilitation, housing rights, and urban public services across the Byculla and Mazgaon neighborhoods.
Mangal Prabhat Lodha
Indian billionaire businessman and Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for Malabar Hill
Mangal Prabhat Lodha is an Indian billionaire businessman, politician, and senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) serving as the Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for the Malabar Hill constituency in South Mumbai. Born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, to former Chief Justice Guman Mal Lodha, he completed his law degree before moving to Mumbai in 1981, where he founded Macrotech Developers (formerly known as the Lodha Group), which grew into one of India's largest real estate development firms. Entering active state politics in the 1990s, Lodha won the Malabar Hill assembly seat in 1995 and has maintained an unbroken winning streak for seven consecutive terms, making him one of the longest-serving legislators in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. In addition to his legislative tenure, he has served as the President of the BJP's Mumbai unit and held multiple cabinet portfolios in the Government of Maharashtra, including Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Tourism, and Woman and Child Development.
Amin Patel
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for Mumbadevi
Amin Amir Ali Patel is an Indian politician and senior leader of the Indian National Congress who serves as a Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing the Mumbadevi constituency in South Mumbai. Born in Mumbai, Patel began his public service career with the Congress youth wing in the late 1980s before taking on administrative roles within the party's regional organization. He served as a municipal corporator in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation from Nagpada and was appointed Chairman of the Maulana Azad Minorities Financial Development Corporation with State Minister status by the Government of Maharashtra. In 2009, Patel was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Mumbadevi constituency and successfully maintained an unbroken winning streak across four consecutive state assembly elections in 2009, 2014, 2019, and 2024. In the 2024 state elections, he secured victory over Shiv Sena candidate Shaina NC by a margin of more than 34,000 votes. Over his legislative career, he has focused on urban infrastructure redevelopment, housing rights, minority education, and social welfare programs across South Mumbai.