Patwardhan

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Patwardhan may refer to the surname most commonly used by members of Indian Chitpavan Brahmin families.^{[1][failed verification]} The Karhade Patwardhans belong to the Kashyapa and Gotra and their history in the Rajapur region of the Konkan dates back to 1191 A.D. Copper plate grants have been recovered from the region, which also points to a Gurjar element in these settlers. Today the Karhade Patwardhans are also known by some other surnames such as Gurjar, Padhye, Bhat, , and Huzurbazar.^[2]

Notable people[]

• Patwardhan dynasty
• Bhagyashree Patwardhan, Indian film actress.
• Achyut Patwardhan, Indian independence activist and political leader and founder of the Socialist Party of India.
• Aditya J Patwardhan, Indian film director, producer and scriptwriter.
• Anand Patwardhan, Indian documentary filmmaker.
• Anant Sadashiv Patwardhan, Indian politician.
• , Popularly known as Konkan Gandhi. Social reformer. Worked on sanitation, khadi and education issues.^[3]
• Avinash Balkrishna Patwardhan, Indian civil engineer and lawyer.
• Bhushan Patwardhan, former Vice Chancellor of Symbiosis International University.
• Govindrao Patwardhan, harmonium and organ player.
• Madhav Tryambak Patwardhan, Marathi poet and scholar who wrote under the pen name Madhav Julian.
• Nikhil Patwardhan, Indian former first-class cricketer.
• Nirmala Patwardhan, Indian ceramic artist.
• Padma Gole, Marathi poet.
• Ravi Patwardhan, Indian actor
• Sudhir Patwardhan, Indian contemporary painter.
• Vinayakrao Patwardhan, Indian vocalist.
• Waman Dattatreya Patwardhan, Indian nuclear chemist.

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See also[]

• All pages with titles beginning with Patwardhan
• All pages with titles containing Patwardhan

This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Dattatraya Balavanta Parasanisa (1917). The Sangli state. Nabu Press. pp. 3–4. ISBN 978-1-177-28949-8.

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