Tanaji Malusare
Tanaji Malusare was a military assistant of Maratha King Shivaji. A local poet Tulsidas, wrote a powada describing Tanaji's heroics and sacrifice of life in the Battle of Sinhagad, which has since made him a popular figure in Marathi folklore. He came from a Mahadev Koli family.Hindutva Ideologue V.D. Savarkar had written a ballad on him, which was banned by the colonial British government.
Gad ala pan sinh gela, a Marathi novel by Hari Narayan Apte was written in 1903, based on his life. Sinhagad, a 1933 Marathi film was produced by Baburao Painter, based on the 1903 novel. Bollywood actor-producer Ajay Devgn has produced and headlined a film based on his life titled Tanhaji, which was released on 10 January 2020.
and Jijabai before the campaign for Kondana fort.
