Here are some personalities who left India, long time ago, in search of prosperity. These folks came from various parts of Maharashtra and became renowned all over the world. To augment their acceptability in the west, they have adopted western names. Over the course of many generations they have lost track of their roots but because of my efforts I have rediscovered them and their origin... Here they are the REAL MAHARASHTRIANS: -----------------------+---------------+------------------------| Real Name | From | Adopted Name -----------------------+---------------+------------------------| Janya Banya Joshi | Chiplun | Jon Bon Jovi ----------------------+---------------+------------------------| Audumbar Agashe | Ratnagiri | Andre Agassi ----------------------+---------------+------------------------| Malati Hinginkar ! Hingane | Martina Hingis ----------------------+---------------+------------------------| Damayanti More | Malvan | Demi Moore -----------------------+---------------+------------------------| Meghana Rane | Malvan | Meg Ryan ----------------------+---------------+------------------------| Arjun Shivajinagarkar | Pune | Arnold Schwarznegger ----------------------+---------------+------------------------| Devendra Gadage | Panvel | Darren Gough -----------------------+---------------+------------------------| Shevanti Dagadu Patil | Kolhapur | Sharon Stone ----------------------+---------------+------------------------| Sitaram Wagh | Nagpur | Steve Waugh ----------------------+---------------+------------------------| Janoba Rodke | Nashik | Jonty Rhodes ----------------------+---------------+------------------------| Purshottam Sapre | Dindoshi | Pete Sampras -----------------------+---------------+------------------------| Baal Ghate | Alibaugh | Bill Gates -----------------------+---------------+------------------------| Menaka Salvi | Jalore | Monica Seles ----------------------+---------------+------------------------| Vallabhrao Phutane | Nevasa | Vladimir Putin -----------------------+---------------+------------------------| Raju More | Nashik | Roger Moore ----------------------+---------------+------------------------| Barkya Borkar | Pune | Borris Becker -----------------------+---------------+------------------------| Atul Gore | Mangoan | Al Gore -----------------------+---------------+------------------------| Shantaram Varne | Latur | Shane Warne -----------------------+---------------+------------------------| I hope you will appreciate the hard work above !!
Posted on: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 18:15:00 +0000
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