Surve( सुर्वे) is a

Maratha The Marathi people (Marathi: मराठी लोक) or Marathis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are indigenous to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language. Maharashtra was formed as a M ...

warrior clan from India. A family belonging to the Surve clan held the

jagir A jagir ( fa, , translit=Jāgir), also spelled as jageer, was a type of feudal land grant in the Indian subcontinent at the foundation of its Jagirdar (Zamindar) system. It developed during the Islamic rule era of the Indian subcontinent, start ...

Shringarpur Shringarpur is a small village in Ratnagiri district, Konkan, Maharashtra state, India. It is one of the base villages for the trek to Prachitgad. The jagir of Shringarpur was originally held by a family belonging to the Surve clan. Accordin ...

. According to their lore, their ancestor was Shyam Singh (also known as Ajit Singh), a

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from

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. In 14th century, he came to Deogiri, where he served the

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dynasty. Later, he changed his alliance to the

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, and was given the Shringarpur jagir. He was also given the title "Shurvir", which later got corrupted to "Surve". People with surname Surve include: *

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, Indian South African businessman *

Manya Surve Manohar Arjun Surve (8 August 1944 – 11 January 1982), popularly known as Manya Surve, was an Indian Underworld Don in Bombay. He was one of the educated gangsters who graduated from college and very well known for challenging and d ...

, Mumbai mobster * Narayan Gangaram Surve, Marathi-language poet *

Prakash Surve Prakash Surve is a Shiv Sena politician from Mumbai, 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 ...

, Shiv Sena politician *

Shivani Surve Shivani Surve is an Indian television actress. She made her acting debut with '' Navya..Naye Dhadkan Naye Sawaal'' playing Nimisha and is best known for her role of Vividha in Star Plus's show ''Jaana Na Dil Se Door''. She made her film debut w ...

, television actress in Hindi and Marathi TV serials

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