Raghunath Vithal Khedkar (born 1873 in Bombay) was an Indian surgeon. In 1959, he revised, enlarged, and published a historical work written by his father, Vithal Krishnaji Khedkar: '' The Divine Heritage of the Yadavas''. Khedkar studied medicine and surgery in the United Kingdom, at Edinburgh and Glasgow. He practised medicine in

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before returning to India at the start of World War I, and serving as a surgeon in

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, and

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. Among the younger Khedkar's honors were membership in London's Society of Tropical Medicine, and Hygiene and the

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. In 1920, in response to the

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, Khedkar campaigned for the recognition of the

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Gavli Ahir Gavli or Yadav Gawli is a subcaste of the Yadav community, found in the Indian states of Maharashtra and Madhya pradesh. They are referred as Golla in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka. Yadava, Konar, Manyani Nair, Golla and Ahir Ga ...

s as

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s, arguing their descent from Krishna, maintenance of

Kshatriya Kshatriya ( hi, क्षत्रिय) (from Sanskrit ''kṣatra'', "rule, authority") is one of the four varna (social orders) of Hindu society, associated with warrior aristocracy. The Sanskrit term ''kṣatriyaḥ'' is used in the con ...

customs, and service in the Maratha regiments.

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