Asian Games gold medal winner and former Rajyasabha MP Maruti [ Get Quote ] Mane passed away on Tuesday at a hospital in Miraj due to prolonged illness, family sources said.

He was 73.

Mane had tasted success at international level and had made a name for himself in India [ Images ] by winning the Hind Kesari title in 1964.

Prior to that, he had won a gold in the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta. He was also awarded with the Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar and the Dhyanchand Award by the Maharashtra [ Images ] and Delhi [ Images ] governments in 2005.