{{Short description|Marathi Poet}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}} {{more citations needed|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Raja Badhe | honorific_prefix = ''Kavi'' | birth_date = 1 February 1912 | birth_place = Nagpur, British India | death_date = 1977 (aged 65) | death_place = Delhi, India | occupation = Poet | works = Jai Jai Maharashtra Majha }}
[[File:Raja Badhe Chowk.jpg|thumbnail|Raja Badhe Chowk on Lady Jamshedjee Road, Mahim, Mumbai]]
'''Raja Badhe''' (1 February 1912 – 1977) was an Indian, Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India. He first made his name in Nagpur as a poet. Later he moved to Mumbai. He worked for All India Radio for some time. He is known for writing the State Anthem of Maharashtra.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-01 |title=State gets its song in 'Jai jai Maharashtra majha' celebrating its spirit |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/state-gets-its-song-in-jai-jai-maharashtra-majha-celebrating-its-spirit-101675194523679.html |access-date=2025-10-16 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>
Badhe produced a film on Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
Many of Badhe's songs were recorded. When "Prakash Pictures" approached V. D. Savarkar to write songs for their film "Ram-Rajya", he advised them to get them written by Badhe.
He died suddenly in Delhi. He had never married.
A prominent traffic intersection in Mumbai, "Raja Badhe Chowk", is named after him. He was very well remembered for prominent contribution in translation of GATHA SAPTASHATI ( Collection of poems compiled by RAJA HAL SATVAHAN – ANCIENT RULER OF MAHARASHTRA.about 270 BC.
The following are the titles of some songs written by Badhe:
* Jai Jai Maharashtra Majha, sung by Shahir Sable * Hasates Ashi Ka Mani, sung by Lata Mangeshkar * De Mala Ge Chandrike, sung by Lata Mangeshkar * Chandane Shimpit Jashi, composed by Hridaynath Mangeshkar * Sujan Ho Parisa Ram-katha, a song from film "Ram Rajya" (1943)
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== External links == * [http://www.geetmanjusha.com/marathi//lyricswriter/55.html Lyrics of two songs written by Badhe]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Badhe, Raja}} Category:Writers from Nagpur Category:1912 births Category:1977 deaths Category:Marathi people Category:Marathi-language poets Category:Indian lyricists Category:20th-century Indian poets Category:Indian male poets Category:Poets from Maharashtra Category:20th-century Indian male writers