Chavan, or Chavhan is a
Koli
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Places
* Koli, Finland, a hill in Finland
* Koli National Park, a national park in Finland
* Koli, Iran (disambiguation), several places in Iran
* Koli Airfield, a former airfield in the South Pacific
Other uses
* Koli people ...
and
Maratha clan found largely in
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
, India, and neighbouring states.
Origin
Chavan Maratha claims descent from
Chauhan
Chauhan, historically ''Chahamana'', is a clan name historically associated with the various ruling Rajput families during the Medieval India in Rajasthan.
Subclans
Khichi, Hada, Songara, Bhadauria, Devda etc. are the branches or subclan ...
from whom
Prithviraj Chauhan last Hindu Emperor of Delhi belongs to. Alternately, there are claims that they are Somvanshi, a larger category to which Agnivansh belong.
Branches
Aatle, Achar, Ankushrao, Ambirrao, Esapute, Pachpute, Satpute, Kabhandh, Kalbhor, Kanojiya, Karkre, Kisab, Kaspale, Kalbhar, Kapde, Karbharee, Kedar, Kharkhare, Kharpate, Khartope, Khandekar, Khamkar, Khulale, Gund, Dhagdh, Chandawle, Chudawala, Dang, Dafle, Dhawle, Dhakle, Hambirrao, Sardesai, Tirkhunde, Titway, Tibe, Tegle,Temkar, Topsule, Tablkar, Thorad, Dare, Desai, Dhahibe, Dalpate, Dusing, Dewge, Dhadam, Dhopte, Dhoran, Prabhudesai, Prabhu, Parthe, Parwarkar, Phalke, Phage, Bache, Warge, Bhandare, Bhaykar, Bhalsinh, Bhonwar, Bhoyar, Bhorrdar, Randiwe, Langthe, Lotankar, Majalkar, Wadkar, Sinab, Hawle, Dhipule, Takwe, Dagde, Dangle, Date, Dhadpade, Dhadote, Dhekre, Zambre, Ugale.
[Shahannav Kule va Sadhya Aadanave. Ashok Vasu.]
Notable people
Nobles
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Udaji Chavan (1696-1745), Senapati to Sambhaji II of Kolhapur.
Politicians
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Ashok Chavan (born 1958), 21st Chief Minister of Maharashtra, India
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Harischandra Devram Chavan (born 1951), Indian politician and Lok Sabha member
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Madhukarrao Chavan
Madhukarrao Chavan is an Indian politician from Maharashtra state. He is currently serving his 5th term in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He was the cabinet Minister of Maharashtra Govt of Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Fisheries Department. ...
, Indian politician and a Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Deputy Speaker
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Prithviraj Chavan (born 1946), 22nd Chief Minister of Maharashtra, India
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Shankarrao Chavan, (1920–2004), Chief Minister of Maharashtra, India during 1975-1977 and 1986-1988
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Vandana Chavan (born 1963), Indian politician and Rajya Sabha member
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Yashwantrao Chavan
Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan (Marathi pronunciation: əʃʋənt̪ɾaːʋ t͡səʋʱaːɳ 12 March 1913 – 25 November 1984) was an Indian politician. He served as the last Chief Minister of Bombay State and the first of Maharashtra after l ...
(1913–1984), first Chief Minister of Maharashtra, India
Other
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Ajay Chavan
This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, list A or Twenty20 cricket for Maharashtra cricket team. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all the intervening seasons. Players in bol ...
(born 1957), Indian cricketer
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Ankeet Chavan (born 1985), Indian cricketer
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Pushkaraj Chavan
Pushkaraj Sudhakar Chavan (born 18 May 1989 in Mumbai, Maharashtra) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Maharashtra as well as for Rajasthan Royals in 2009 IPL.He is left-hand batsman who can bowls sow left-arm orthodox balls. He made his List ...
, Indian cricketer
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Sulochana Chavan
Sulochana Kadam (13 March 1933 – 10 December 2022), better known as Sulochana Chavan, was an Indian singer who was known for her lavanis in Marathi.
Amongst various others, her famous lavanis included "Tuzhya Usala Laagal Kolha", "Padarawar ...
, Indian Marathi-language singer
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Usha Chavan
Usha Chavan is an Indian actress working mainly in Marathi movies. She has also had roles in Telugu movies such as '' Durdabitta'', and in the Hindi film ''Shirdi Ke Sai Baba''. She has appeared in many films with actor Dada Kondke
Krishna ...
(born 1955), Indian actress
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Vijay Chavan, Indian Marathi actor
References
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* {{cite book, author=T. T. Mahajan, title=Maratha administration in the 18th century, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QTImAAAAMAAJ, accessdate=18 May 2011, date=1 January 1990, publisher=Commonwealth Publishers, isbn=978-81-7169-081-7
* Maharashtra State Gazetteers: Ahmadnagar, Maharashtra (India), Maharashtra (India). Gazetteers Dept.
Maratha clans
Surnames