The Mandali are a Muslim Rajput community found in the state of Gujarat in India.

The Mandali claim to have migrated from the city of Multan in what is now Pakistan in the 16th Century and settled at Mandal, a small town of Viramgam taluka of Ahmadabad District. Thus, the community is named after its place of residence. A further migration took place in the 19th Century, when a few members of the community moved to Surat.

The Mandali community is now mainly distributed in the town of Viramgam, Bapunagar and Kalupur localities of Ahmedabad and Surendra Nagar district. They are further divided into a number of clans, the main ones being the Kachhote, Salar, Patadiya, Waria, Barogia, Adi and Panghed. All these clans are of equal status, and inter marry. Although the same surnames can be found in other castes too (majorly 'Soni') some of them come under under Mandali mainly due to the regional causes rather than ancestral. The Mandali are a community of marginal landowners, although significant numbers are now found in the cities of Ahmedabad and Surat. Like other Gujarati Muslims, they have a caste association known as the Mandali Muslim Jamaat. The community are Sunni and many are members of the reformist Tableeghi Jamat organization.

Mandali Buddha Prasad (Telugu: మండలి బుద్ధప్రసాద్) (born 26 May 1956, Nagayalaka, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh) was politician and former minister of Andhra Pradesh, India. Sri Mandali Buddha Prasad carved a niche for himself in the political field of Andhra Pradesh with his unique personality. He is a staunch follower of Gandhian Principles and a leader with service motto and national outlook. Especially, he is known for his love and affection for Telugu Language and Culture and for his unstinted efforts for their development and also for the welfare of Telugu people living all over the world.

He is born to Sri Mandali Venkata Krishna Rao, Smt. Prabhavathi Devi on 26.05.1956 at Nagayalanka Village in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. His father Sri Mandali Venkata (M.V.) Krishna Rao was a staunch follower of Gandhian Philosophy and a social worker. He served as a Member of Parliament and a Cabinet Minister in the State for a long time and influenced the State politics. He got the rare distinction of conducting the First World Telugu Conference during the year 1975, thereby bringing all Telugu people scattered throughout the world to one platform. His services to the victims of cyclone and tidal wave that hit the coastal area of Andhra Pradesh on 19th November, 1977 were attracted the entire world and still remembered. He is known as a great humanist and selfless leader.

Dasari Narayana Rao (Telugu: దాసరి నారాయణ రావు, born 4 May 1947), Palakol, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India) is an Indian film actor, director and producer from Telugu cinemaand a Politician.Dasari Narayana Rao has directed about 140 films, produced 3 films and worked in more than 2 films as a dialogue writer and as a lyricist.

Beside graduating with a BA degree, he used to take part in scores of drama competitions. He was soon recognised as a potential stage artiste, screenwriter and director. During his career he has also acted in Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada languages.

He mainly took films on Anti Dowry issue and lady oriented, message oriented films. He has directed Blockbusters like Bobbili Puli and Sardar Paparayudu with NTR. His other memorable blockbusters include Meghasandesam, Mamagaru, Chillara Kottu Chittemma and Premabhishekam.

He has introduced actors and directors like Mohan Babu, R. Narayana Murthy, Raviraja Pinisetty, Mutyala Subbaiah etc to Telugu film industry.

He launched a popular daily newspaper named Udayam to counter the effect of Ramoji Rao's newspaper Eenadu. He has interviewed people like Kondapalli Seetharamayya.

Meher Baba (Devanagari: मेहेर बाबा, Urdu: مہر بابا), (February 25, 1894 – January 31, 1969), born Merwan Sheriar Irani, was an Indian mystic and spiritual master who declared publicly in 1954 that he was the Avatar of the age.

Merwan Sheriar Irani was born in 1894 and led a normal childhood, showing no particularly strong inclination toward spiritual matters. At the age of 19, a brief contact with the Muslim holy woman Hazrat Babajan began his seven-year process of spiritual transformation. Over the next months, he contacted four additional spiritual figures whom, along with Babajan, he called "the five Perfect Masters." He spent seven years with Upasni Maharaj, one of the masters, before beginning his public work. The name Meher Baba means "Compassionate Father" in Persian and was given to him by his first followers.

From 10 July 1925 to the end of his life, Meher Baba maintained silence, communicating by means of an alphabet board or by unique hand gestures. With his mandali (circle of disciples), he spent long periods in seclusion, during which time he often fasted. He also traveled widely, held public gatherings, and engaged in works of charity with lepers, the poor, and the mentally ill.