Ghorpade

Ghorpade is a surname and family name found among Marathas, Marathi Brahmins, Mahar and even Chambhar caste in the Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka[1][2][3][4][5][6] and may refer to members of the Ghorpade Dynasty.

  1. ^ Akshayakumar Ramanlal Desai (1976). Essays on Modernization of Underdeveloped Societies, Volume 1. Humanities Press, New York. This is no longer so when people move away from their native village and especially when family names like Chavan , Bhonsle , Kale , Ghorpade when family names like Chavan , Bhonsle , Kale , Ghorpade , are found among Brahmins , Marathas , artisans and [former]untouchable castes like the Mahar and Chambhar.
  2. ^ Maratha Kshatriyancha Itihaasa By K. B. Deshmukh
  3. ^ Maharashtra State Gazetteers: Kolhapur. Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State. 1960. p. 94. The Chief of Ichalkaranji, styled Ghorpade, was a Konkanasth Brahman and his family name was Joshi.
  4. ^ Report on the Administration of the Madras Presidency. Raja Srimant Venkatrao Rao Sahib, Hindu Rao Ghorpade Mamlukat- General and madar, Senapati, Raja of Sandur, is a Mahratta Brahmin by caste.
  5. ^ Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala; Viśveśvara Prasāda Koirālā (2001). Atmabrittanta: Late Life Recollections. Himal Books. p. 56. ISBN 9789993313083. Ghorpade was a Brahmin while the maharaja [Kolhapur State] was not. The latter used to promote mass marriages without a pundit officiating.
  6. ^ Krishnaji Nageshrao Chitnis (2000). The Nawabs of Savanur. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 123. ISBN 9788171565214. Among the Brahmins Shivarampant Karkun and Narsingrao Ghorpade were in the service of Nawab Khair Khan.