Palwankar Baloo (19 March 1876 – 4 July 1955) was an Indian cricketer, an accurate left-arm orthodox spin bowler, and in later life a politician.
A teammate later said of him, "no other cricketer had to fight so hard against the difficulties and dangers inflicted by both man and nature".A Dalit ("untouchable"), in later life he worked with B.R.
Ambedkar, the main architect of the Constitution of India, for Dalit rights and on the nationalist project.
When he died, his funeral was attended by national leaders as well as cricketers.