Indian clan
Pawar (also spelled as Pavar [ 1] Puar ) is an Indian surname found among the Maratha , Mahar or Koli people in Maharashtra .[ 2] [ 3] [ 1]
Notable people bearing the Pawar name or its variants include:
Ajit Pawar (born 1959), Indian politician; deputy chief minister of Maharashtra and nephew of Sharad PawarAmeya Pawar (born 1980), American politician and City of Chicago AldermanAnand Pawar , Indian badminton playerAnjali Pawar , Indian social workerBharati Pawar , Indian politicianDagdu Maruti Pawar , Indian Dalit authorHemendra Singh Rao Pawar , titular Maharaja of Dhar State )Krishnaji Rao III Puar , Maharaja of Dewas Senior and Indian politicianKuldeep Pawar , Indian actor in the Marathi language film industryLalita Pawar (1916-1998), popular Hindi TV & Marathi actressNarayan Rao Pawar (1925-2010), Indian independence activist and member of Arya Samaj who plotted to kill the last Nizam of HyderabadRajendra Singh Pawar , Indian businessman, chairman of NIITRajesh Pawar (born 1979), Indian cricketerSharad Pawar (born 1940), Indian politicianTukoji Rao IV Puar , Maharaja of Dewas Senior and Indian politician from Madhya Pradesh , belonging to the Bharatiya Janata PartyTukoji Rao III Puar , Maharaja of Dewas Senior Urmila Pawar (born 1945), Indian Marathi-language writerUttamsingh Pawar , Indian politicianVikram Singh Rao II Puar , titular Maharaja of Dewas Senior
^ a b Apte, Usha Mukund (1982). Vedic, Hindu, and Tribal Marriage: A Study in Culture Change Kshatriya origin. ^ Tulasīdāsa Viṭhūjī Geḍāma (1999). Untouchability and Its Origin In Maharashtra we find surnames of Jadhav, Chavan, Pawar, Gaikwad, Thorat etc. among the Maratha caste as well as Mahar caste ^ K. S. Singh (1996). Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles ISBN 978-0-19-563357-3