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Pant Pratinidhi family | |
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Current region | Pune, India |
Etymology | The Viceroy |
Place of origin | Kinhai, Satara, Satara District, Maharashtra, India |
Members | Parshuram Trimbak Pant Pratinidhi Krishnarao Pant Pratinidhi Shripatrao Pant Pratinidhi Jagjivanrao Pant Pratinidhi Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi Parashuram Rao Pant Pratinidhi |
Connected families | Gandekar family |
Estate(s) | Aundh State Vishalgad estate |
Pant Pratinidhi family is a prominent aristocratic noble family of India, who served as Pratinidhis to Chhatrapatis of Maratha Empire and later became rulers of the Princely states of Aundh and Vishalgad.[1][2]
The Pant Pratinidhi's were officer's of the highest dignity under the Maratha Empire. They were ranked above all Ashta Pradhans and even above Peshwas during Rajaram I to Shahu I times.[3]