Balmohan Vidyamandir

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Balmohan Vidyamandir was founded on 3 June 1940 by Late Shri. S.D.Rege alias "Dada" as he was fondly known amongst his students, parents and the community, was a teacher par excellence. The School was named "Balmohan Vidyamandir". "Balmohan" being coined from the names of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and "Vidyamandir" meaning a temple of learning. Today, the name "Balmohan Vidyamandir" is synonymous with being the leading cultural and educational hub of the State of Maharashtra, India.

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Notable alumni include:

• Lt. Dilip Hemchandra Gupte, Indian Army, Date of Martyrdom : 11 October 1965, India-Pakistan War
• Lt. Prakashnarayan Shridhar Kotnis, Indian Army, Date of Martyrdom : 15 September 1965, India-Pakistan War
• Uddhav Thackeray, Former Chief Minister, Maharashtra, Former Shiv Sena Chief
• Jayant Patil, Cabinet Minister, Government of Maharashtra
• Raj Thackeray, Politician, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Chief
• Poonam Mahajan, Politician, Member of Lok Sabha
• Sunil Rane, Politician, Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• Shirish Madhukarrao Chaudhari, Politician, Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• Hemant Gokhale, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India
• Ranjana Desai, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India
• Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale, Judicial Member of Lokpal Committee, Former Chief Justice, High Court, Allahabad
• Neela Satyanarayanan, Retd. IAS, First Woman State Election Commissioner (SEC) of Maharashtra
• Smita Dolas Somane, IRS, Commissioner Customs GST
• Veeren Kamat, Group Captain, Indian Air Force
• Captain Paresh Kowli, Indian Navy
• Aniruddha B. Pandit, Vice Chancellor, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
• Asha Bhosle, Singer – Padma Vibhushan in 2008
• Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Singer and Music Director – Padma Shri in 2009
• Usha Mangeshkar, Singer – Maharashtra Ratna Award in 2011
• Meena Khadikar, Singer
• Shridhar Phadke, Singer and Music Director
• Padmaja Phenany Joglekar, Singer – Padma Shri in 2001
• Manohar Hardikar, Indian Test Cricketer
• Sandeep Patil, Indian Test Cricketer
• Raju Kulkarni Indian Test Cricketer
• Pravin Thipsay, International Chess Grandmaster – Arjuna Award in 1984
• Jay Kowli, Secretary-General, Boxing Federation of India – 'Pillar of Hindustani Society' Award in 2007
• Nitin Kannamwar, International Tennis Referee, the first Indian Line Umpire for Men's and Ladies Wimbledon finals.
• Sonali Vishnu Shingate, International Kabaddi player
• Dinesh Thakur, Mathematician
• Shashi Prabhu, Architect
• Sandeep Shikre, Architect
• Sucheta Bhide Chapekar, Bharatnatyam Guru & Choreographer
• Phulwa Khamkar, Choreographer
• Om Raut, Director – Maharashtra State Award 2015
• Nanda (actress), Actor
• Amol Palekar, Director, Actor – National Award
• Vijay Kenkre, Actor – Recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1974 and the Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar in 2008
• Ajit Bhure, Actor, Producer, Director
• Arun Khopkar, Film-maker, Writer – National Award for the best book on cinema "Guru Dutt"
• Smita Talwalkar, Producer, Actor – National Award in 1989 and 1998
• Anant Jog, Actor
• Sachin Khedekar Theatre, Television, and Film Actor
• Atul Parchure, Actor – 6 times gold medalist of Maharashtra State Best Actor Award in Professional Play category
• Sukanya Kulkarni Mone Theatre, Television, and Film Actor
• Priya Bapat, Actor – Maharashtra State Award 2014 for Best Acting
• Spruha Joshi, Actor, Anchor, Poet
• Pooja Sawant, Actor
• Suchitra Bandekar, Actor
• Mithilesh Patankar. YouTuber
• AMEYA GUPTE - MARATHI AUTHOR & JOURNALIST

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