Ninad Bedekar, Indian historian, author, and academic (b. 1949)

Ninad Gangadhar Bedekar (17 August 1949 – 10 May 2015) was a historian, writer and orator from Pune, Maharashtra, India, writing and speaking in Marathi. He was specialized in research of the rule of warrior-king Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and was known for his scientific and scholarly approach to the subject of Maratha history.