Datta Tamhane
Datta Tamhane or Dattatreya Balakrishna Tamhane (1912–2014), a Gandhian freedom fighter and litterateur belonging to the Marathi CKP community. He won the Maharashtra State government's award for literature and had also participated in the Salt Satyagraha and protests against the Simon Commission. As a social reformer, he helped the tribal Adivasi community for which he received the "Adivasi seva Puraskar". 