Gokhale is an Indian

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community native to the western state of

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People

* Anupama Gokhale, Indian chess player * Ashok B. Gokhale, Indian diplomat *

Bapu Gokhale Bapu Gokhale was army chief (Senapati) of the Marathas in the Third Anglo-Maratha War. Early life Gokhale was born Narhar Ganesh Gokhale into the Chitpavan brahmin Gokhale ''gharana'' of Tale Khajan. Career Gokhale was appointed commander-in ...

, Maratha general * Chandrakant Gokhale, Yesteryear marathi actor and father of Vikram Gokhale * Gopal Krishna Gokhale, leader in the Indian independence movement *

H. R. Gokhale H. R. Gokhale (5 October 1915 – 15 February 1978) was an Indian politician who was a member of the Indian National Congress from Maharashtra and of the Lok Sabha from Mumbai North West. He served as cabinet minister of Law and Justice in t ...

, Indian politician, former minister of law and justice, father-in-law of writer

Namita Gokhale Namita Gokhale (born 1956) is an Indian writer, editor, festival director, and publisher. Her debut novel, ''Paro: Dreams of Passion'' was released in 1984, and she has since written fiction and nonfiction, and edited nonfiction collections. She ...

Hemant Gokhale Hemant Laxman Gokhale is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He was a chief justice of Madras High Court before being appointed to the Supreme Court of India as a Judge in 2009. He also served as Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court ...

, former judge of the

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, and former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court *Kamlabai Gokhale, one of India's first female actresses, mother of actor Chandrakant Gokhale * Mohan Gokhale, actor *

, writer, daughter-in-law of politician

*Padmavati Gokhale Shaligram, Hindustani vocalist and music educator *Poorva Gokhale, leading marathi television actress * Rajesh Sudhir Gokhale, chemical biologist * Ramesh Gokhale, Indian bridge player *Sakhi Gokhale , marathi television actress and daughter of Mohan Gokhale and Shubhangi Gokhale *Sayali Gokhale, Indian badminton player * Shanta Gokhale, writer, translator, journalist, theater critic and mother of actress Renuka Shahane *Shubhangi Gokhale, actress and wife of actor Mohan Gokhale *Vidyadhar Gokhale, Marathi playwright, editor, and politician * Vijay Keshav Gokhale, diplomat, 32nd Foreign Secretary of India * Vikram Gokhale, actor * Vishnubawa Brahmachari (Vishnu Bhikaji Gokhale), Sannyasi, Vedic revivalist, Social reformer

Other uses

* Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics

References

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