<p><span class="mw-headline"><span style="font-weight: bold">Politicians and statesmen</span><br />Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar, ruler of Indore state who spent most of her life in Maheshwar on the banks of the Narmada and is said to have visited Indore only twice in her lifetime. Her name is synonymous with Indore and the University and airport are named after her. <br />Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, father of the Indian Constitution and campaigner for Dalit rights was born in Mhow. <br />Vinayak Sitaram Sarvate, well known nationalist, freedom fighter and Padma Vibhushan awardee was a member of Constituent Assembly of India. <br />Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa, the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army studied at Daly College Indore. <br />Field Marshal Sam Bahadur Manekshaw was Commandant of the Infantry School, Mhow during the 1950s. <br />General K. Sundarji was Commandant of the College of Combat,Mhow (now known as Army War College) during the early 1980s. <br />Sumitra Mahajan, BJP Leader and MP <br />{mos_fb_discuss:Indore 360}{mospagebreak}<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold">Artists</span><br />Swar Kokila Lata Mangeshkar, the Nightingale of India was born in Indore to Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar. <br />Kishore Kumar, famous playback singer and actor, who belonged to Khandwa had studied at the Indore Christian College and used to stay in the hostel. <br /><span style="font-weight: bold">Johnny Walker,</span> famous comic actor was born in Indore. <br />Salman Khan, an Indian film actor who appears in Bollywood movies was born in Indore. <br />Mangala Ramachandran, eminent Hindi Writer of Tamil origin. Born in Indore, studied in Bal Vinay Mandir. <br />Rahat Indori, Urdu poet and songwriter in Hindi films. <br />Goswami Dr Gokulotsavji Maharaj, famous classical singer of the &#39;khayal&#39; and &#39;dhrupad gayan&#39; styles. <br />Ustad Rais Khan, the celebrated Indian sitar maestro was born in Indore in 1938. <br />Ustad Amir Khan, celebrated Hindustani classical vocalist, born in Indore 1912. Referred his unique, unprecedented style of khyal singing as &quot;Indore Gharana.&quot; <br />D.J. Joshi, b.1911-d.1984, Eminent painter and sculptor. Studied arts at Chitrakala Mandir, Indore along with M.S Joshi, N.S. Bendre, M.F. Husain, Solegaokar and others. <br /><span style="font-weight: bold">Vishnu Chinchalkar,</span> eminent painter popularly known as &#39;Guruji&#39;. <br />N.S. Bendre, eminent painter born in Indore in 1910. <br />Himanshu Dudwadkar and Shreya Bhargava, notable architects who have done exeptional work in the field of restoration and conservation.they have recently rebuilt the Rajbada of Indore, the only reconstruction of any historic structure of its kind in India. <br /><span style="font-weight: bold">M.F. Husain, </span>eminent painter, he spent his childhood in Indore. <br /><span style="font-weight: bold">Prabhu Joshi,</span> notable Hindi short story writer, painter and media person. <br /><span style="font-weight: bold">hafeez contractor</span>, famous architect of India is born in Indore. <br /><span style="font-weight: bold">Vijayendra Ghadgey</span>, Well known Actor of India is born in Indore. </span></p><p><span class="mw-headline">{mospagebreak}<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold">Sports persons</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold">Colonel C.K. Nayudu,</span> first Indian Test Captain in cricket. He led India between 1932 and 1934. <br />Captain <span style="font-weight: bold">Mushtaq Ali</span>, Colonel Nayudu&#39;s team-mate in the Holkar team and in the Indian team. Popularly known as the &#39;Errol Flynn&#39; of Indian cricket. <br /><span style="font-weight: bold">Chandu Sarwate</span>, former cricketer and former selector. <br /><span style="font-weight: bold">Sanjay Jagdale</span>, former state cricketer. Presently one of the national selectors for the senior all-India teams and the honorary secretary of the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association. He is also the director of the Cricket Club of Indore. <br /><span style="font-weight: bold">Raj Singh Dungarpur</span>, former president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India and a former selector. An ex-student of Daly College, Indore. <br /><span style="font-weight: bold">Rahul Dravid,</span> an Indian cricketer, and the current captain of the Indian cricket, born in Indore. <br />Narendra Hirwani, a leg spin bowler and former member of Indian cricket team moved to Indore when he was a teenager. <br /><span style="font-weight: bold">Amay Khurasiya, </span>former member of Indian Cricket team has studied in Indore. <br /><span style="font-weight: bold">Sandhya Agarwal</span>, former captain of Indian women&#39;s cricket team. <br />Honorary Captain <span style="font-weight: bold">Shankar Lakshman</span> (1933-2006), goalkeeper of the Indian hockey team in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won two golds and a silver. Captain of the team which won the gold in the 1966 Asian Games. He belonged to Mhow and lived his retired life here till his death on Apr 29 2006. <br />{mospagebreak}<br /><span style="font-weight: bold">Others</span><br />Sir <span style="font-weight: bold">Albert Howard</span>, an Englishman and agricultural scientist who devised the Indore method of composting in the 1930s. <br /></span> </p>