Ghorpade

Ghorpade is a surname and family name found among Marathas, Marathi Brahmins, Mahar and even Chambhar caste in the Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka.

Notable people

Santaji Ghorpade (1645–1696), Maratha warrior, chief general of Rajaram Maharaj
Yeshwantrao Ghorpade (1908–1996), last raja of Sandur
M. Y. Ghorpade (1931–2011), politician from Karnataka
Jayasinghrao Ghorpade, Indian cricketer
Sujay Ghorpade (born 1965), Indian table tennis player
K. V. Ghorpade (1919–1997), Indian pathologist

References

↑ Akshayakumar Ramanlal Desai (1976). Essays on Modernization of Underdeveloped Societies, Volume 1. Humanities Press, New York. This is no longer so when people move away from their native village and especially when family names like Chavan, Bhonsle, Kale, Ghorpade when family names like Chavan, Bhonsle, Kale, Ghorpade, are found among Brahmins, Marathas, artisans and [former]untouchable castes like the Mahar and Chambhar.
↑ Maratha Kshatriyancha Itihaasa By K. B. Deshmukh
↑ Maharashtra State Gazetteers: Kolhapur. Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State. 1960. p. 94. The Chief of Ichalkaranji, styled Ghorpade, was a Konkanasth Brahman and his family name was Joshi.
↑ Report on the Administration of the Madras Presidency. Raja Srimant Venkatrao Rao Sahib, Hindu Rao Ghorpade Mamlukat- General and madar, Senapati, Raja of Sandur, is a Mahratta Brahmin by caste.
↑ Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala; Viśveśvara Prasāda Koirālā (2001). Atmabrittanta: Late Life Recollections. Himal Books. p. 56. ISBN 9789993313083. Ghorpade was a Brahmin while the maharaja [Kolhapur State] was not. The latter used to promote mass marriages without a pundit officiating.
↑ Krishnaji Nageshrao Chitnis (2000). The Nawabs of Savanur. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 123. ISBN 9788171565214. Among the Brahmins Shivarampant Karkun and Narsingrao Ghorpade were in the service of Nawab Khair Khan.

Sources

Marathi

Balagi Nathugi Gavand; Govind Moroba Karlekar (1997). Kshytriya Marathyanchi Vanshavali and Shannavkuli aani Surya, Som, Bhramh and Sheshvant. Tukaram book Depo, Madhavbag, Mumbai 4.

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[1] Akshayakumar Ramanlal Desai (1976). Essays on Modernization of Underdeveloped Societies, Volume 1. Humanities Press, New York. This is no longer so when people move away from their native village and especially when family names like Chavan, Bhonsle, Kale, Ghorpade when family names like Chavan, Bhonsle, Kale, Ghorpade, are found among Brahmins, Marathas, artisans and [former]untouchable castes like the Mahar and Chambhar.

[2] Maratha Kshatriyancha Itihaasa By K. B. Deshmukh

[3] Maharashtra State Gazetteers: Kolhapur. Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State. 1960. p. 94. The Chief of Ichalkaranji, styled Ghorpade, was a Konkanasth Brahman and his family name was Joshi.

[4] Report on the Administration of the Madras Presidency. Raja Srimant Venkatrao Rao Sahib, Hindu Rao Ghorpade Mamlukat- General and madar, Senapati, Raja of Sandur, is a Mahratta Brahmin by caste.

[5] Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala; Viśveśvara Prasāda Koirālā (2001). Atmabrittanta: Late Life Recollections. Himal Books. p. 56. ISBN 9789993313083. Ghorpade was a Brahmin while the maharaja [Kolhapur State] was not. The latter used to promote mass marriages without a pundit officiating.

[6] Krishnaji Nageshrao Chitnis (2000). The Nawabs of Savanur. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 123. ISBN 9788171565214. Among the Brahmins Shivarampant Karkun and Narsingrao Ghorpade were in the service of Nawab Khair Khan.