The Vinchurkar family is a prominent Indian family of

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History

Under Maratha Empire

The Vinchurkar family rose to importance in the middle of the eighteenth century when Vithal Shivdev Vinchurkar was at its head, he distinguished himself at the siege of Ahmadabad in 1755, and accompanied the Maratha army in the fatal expedition which ended in the defeat of Panipat. The Vinchurkars hail from Vinchur village of

(now part of Maharashtra). However Nasik district was the home of the well-known Sardar Vinchurkar family. The Vinchurkars held forty five villages in Nasik as well as elsewhere in Maratha Empire of which Yeola was one. The Vinchurkar family also played a crucial role in the Third Battle of Panipat which took place on 14 January 1761, Where the army of Marathas fought Afghan invader

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. Vitthal Narsingh Vinchurkar was the Sardar of Peshwa and one of the grandees of Maratha Empire who continued to be loyal to Peshwa almost to the bitter end. The Vinchurkars have their land of and in Khandesh.

Under East India Company

After the defeat of Bajirao II by Yashwantrao Holkar at the

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, Bajirao II fled to British protection, and in December 1802, concluded the Treaty of Bassein with the

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, ceding territory for the maintenance of a subsidiary force and agreeing to treaty with no other power. This provoked the

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that began the breakup of the

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. Holkar appointed Amrutrao as the Peshwa and went to Indore on 13 March 1803. When Bajirao II surrendered to

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, Vitthal Narsing Vinchurkar was present. He tendered his submission to Sir John Malcolm when his master the Peshwa accepted the Malcolm's terms. Sir

believed that ''Narsing Vinchurkar was to a large extent responsible for influencing Bajirao II for accepting the Malcolm's terms''. According to these terms ''jagir'' of Vinchurkars was restored to them by the

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. The British reinstated Bajirao II as the Peshwa at Pune on 13 May 1803. During his second reign of Bajirao II began the

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. After the defeat at the

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in January 1818, The British took over his dominion and made the Maratha King Pratap Singh of Satara declare in favour of the British. This ended the Peshwa's legal position as head of the Maratha confederacy.

Under British Raj

The Vinchurkars are classified as first class Sardars under

. One of the member of Vinchurkar family, Sardar Madhavrao Vithal Vinchurkar along with Jugannath Sunkarset, and Rushtomji Jamshesji were appointed to the Council of the Governor of Bombay. Sardar Raghunathrao Vitthal Vinchurkar was the Jagirdar of

. He was awarded the title ''Umdut-ul-Mulk'' by the British Raj. Raghunathrao Vinchurkar was also awarded the medal

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( C.S.I) by the British for his excellence in the service. Sardar Krishnarao Vitthal Vinchurkar was appointed as Sub-Judge as 1st Class under 2nd Grade for Satara by the

. Note:The names mentioned above Sardar Bahadur Raghunathrao Vitthal Vinchurkar, Sardar Krishnarao Vitthal Vinchurkar and Sardar Madhavrao Vitthal Vinchurkar are the sons of Sardar Bahadur Vitthalrao Vinchurkar.

Family tree

The family tree of Vinchurkar family is collected from the book ''Brief story of the Vinchoorkar family'' by S. R. Vinchoorkar.

First generation

*Vitthal Shivdev – founder of Vinchurkar family

Second generation

*Shivaji Vitthal *Narsinghrao *Malharrao *Bajirao *Khanderao

Third generation

*Narsing Khanderao – son of Khanderao

Fourth generation

*Vitthalrao – Son of Narsing Khanderao

Fifth generation

Vitthalrao married and had three sons *Raghunathrao *Krishnarao *Madhavrao

References

External links

*{{cite book, title=Brief story of the Vinchoorkar family, url=https://archive.org/details/briefstoryofthev025254mbp, author=S.R.Vinchoorkar, publisher=Arya Bhushana Press,Poona, year=1909 History of Pune Indian families Hindu families People of the Maratha Empire Indian Hindus