Ghorpade is a surname found among Marathi Brahmins and Marathas in the
Indian states
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions.
History
Pre-indepen ...
of
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 ...
and
Karnataka
Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...
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Notable people
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Santaji Ghorpade
Santaji Mahaloji Ghorpade,(1645–1696) popularly known as ‘Santajirao’ or ‘Santaji Ghorpade’, was the most celebrated Maratha warrior and the sixth Sarsenapati of the Maratha Empire during Rajaram's regime. His name became inseparable f ...
(1645–1696), Maratha warrior, chief general of
Rajaram Maharaj
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Yeshwantrao Ghorpade
Maharaja Srimant Yeshwantrao Hindurao Ghorpade (13 November 1908 - 11 October 1996) was the ruler of the princely state of Sandur from 1928 to 1949. He was the last Rajah of Sandur and presided over the accession of the state to the Dominion of I ...
(1908–1996), last raja of
Sandur
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M. Y. Ghorpade (1931–2011), politician from
Karnataka
Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...
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Jayasinghrao Ghorpade
Jaysinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade (2 October 1930 – 29 March 1978) was an Indian cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at eac ...
, Indian cricketer
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Sujay Ghorpade (born 1965), Indian table tennis player
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K. V. Ghorpade (1919–1997), Indian pathologist
References
Sources
Marathi
*{{cite book, author1=Balagi Nathugi Gavand, author2=Govind Moroba Karlekar, title=Kshytriya Marathyanchi Vanshavali and Shannavkuli aani Surya, Som, Bhramh and Sheshvant, year=1997, publisher=Tukaram book Depo, Madhavbag, Mumbai 4
Maratha clans
Marathi-language surnames
Surnames