Pawar (surname)
Pawar (also spelled as Puar) is an Indian surname may be found in Maratha or Mahar caste in Maharashtra.[1][2][3] In the north, it may be also found in the Rajput caste.[4] Pawar is also a clan among the Maratha & Chhetri clan of Nepal.[5]
People with this surname(Paur/Pawar) include:
- Ajit Pawar (born 1959), Indian politician; deputy chief minister of Maharashtra and nephew of Sharad Pawar
- Ameya Pawar (born 1980), American politician and City of Chicago Alderman
- Anand Pawar, Indian badminton player
- Anjali Pawar, Indian social worker
- Bharati Pawar, Indian politician
- Hemendra Singh Rao Pawar, (Present Maharaja of Dhar State)
- Krishnaji Rao III Puar, (Maharaja of Dewas Senior and Indian Politician)
- Kuldeep Pawar, One of most popular Indian actor in the Marathi language film industry
- Lalita Pawar (1916-1998), Popular Hindi Tv & Marathi actress
- Narayan Rao Pawar (1925-2010), Indian independence activist and member of Arya Samaj who plotted to kill the last Nizam of Hyderabad
- Rajendra Singh Pawar, Indian businessman, chairman of NIIT
- Rajesh Pawar (born 1979), Indian cricketer
- Sharad Pawar (born 1940), Indian politician
- Tukoji Rao IV Puar, (Maharaja of Dewas Senior and Indian politician from Madhya Pradesh, belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party)
- Tukoji Rao III Puar, (Maharaja of Dewas Senior)
- Urmila Pawar (born 1945), Indian Marathi-language writer
- Uttamsingh Pawar, Indian politician
- Vikram Singh Rao II Puar (Present Maharaja of Dewas Senior)
See also
References
- Tulasīdāsa Viṭhūjī Geḍāma (1999). Untouchability and Its Origin. Yugantar Education Society. p. 158.
In Maharashtra we find surnames of Jadhav, Chavan, Pawar, Gaikwad, Thorat etc. among the Maratha caste as well as Mahar caste
- A. Aiyappan; L. K. Bala Ratnam (1956). Society in India. Social Sciences Association. p. 41. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- K. S. Singh (1996). Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. Anthropological Survey of India. ISBN 978-0-19-563357-3.
- "Surinder Singh Gilli as a new President of Yuva Rajput Sabha". Jammu.
Kuldeep Singh Bhau, Sanjay Singh Pawar, Surjeet Singh, Vikram Jeet Singh, Vijay Singh, Parveen Singh, and Miss Pallavi Singh as Joint Sectary.
- Singh, K.S.; Anthropological Survey of India (2005). People of India: Uttar Pradesh (3 pts.). Anthropological Survey of India. ISBN 9788173041143. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
The Chhetri clans (thar) include Adhikari, Bania, Basnet, Bhandari, Bist, Bohra, Burathoki, Charti, Karki, Khanka, Khatri, Kanwar, Manghi, Mahat, Panwar, Rana, Rawat, Roka, Thapa, etc.
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