# Patwardhan

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'''Patwardhan''' may refer to the surname used by members of the [Maharashtrian Chitpavan Brahmin](/source/Chitpavan_Brahmin) community, They are often associated with the [Shukla Yajurvedi](/source/Shukla_Yajurvedi) Brahmins and belong to specific gotras like [Kaundinya](/source/Kaundinya) or [Kashyapa](/source/Kashyapa).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=iHK-BhVXOU4C&dq=patwardhans+are+chitpavan+brahmins&pg=PA174   The Marathas 1600–1818, Part 2, Volume 4 By Stewart Gordon]</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Patwardhan |first1=V. G. |title=चित्पावन कौण्डिन्य गोत्री पटवर्धन कुलवृत्तांत |trans-title=Genealogy of the Chitpavan Patwardhan Family belonging to the Kaundinya Gotra |date=1958 |publisher=V. G. Patwardhan |location=[Sangli](/source/Sangli) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UbXNHAAACAAJ |access-date=10 September 2022 |language=mr |oclc=23868645 |lccn=79912249}}</ref> The [Karhade](/source/Karhade) Patwardhans belong to the [Kashyapa](/source/Kashyapa) and [Naidhruva](/source/Naidhruva) [Gotra](/source/Gotra) and their history in the [Rajapur](/source/Rajapur%2C_Maharashtra) region of the [Konkan](/source/Konkan) dates back to 1191 A.D. Copper plate grants have been recovered from the region.<ref>D.R.Bhandarkar – Foreign Elements in the Hindu Population (1968), p 37.</ref>

==Notable people==
* [Achyut Patwardhan](/source/Achyut_Patwardhan), Indian independence activist and political leader and founder of the Socialist Party of India.
* [Aditya J Patwardhan](/source/Aditya_J_Patwardhan), Indian film director, producer and scriptwriter.
* [Anand Patwardhan](/source/Anand_Patwardhan), Indian documentary filmmaker.
* [Anant Sadashiv Patwardhan](/source/Anant_Sadashiv_Patwardhan), Indian politician.
* [Appa Patwardhan](/source/Appa_Patwardhan), Popularly known as Konkan Gandhi. Social reformer. Worked on sanitation, khadi and education issues.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thinkmaharashtra.com/node/2391 |title='कोकण गांधी' अप्पासाहेब पटवर्धन {{!}} थिंक महाराष्ट्र |website=www.thinkmaharashtra.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170115073711/http://thinkmaharashtra.com/node/2391 |archive-date=2017-01-15}}</ref>
* [Avinash Balkrishna Patwardhan](/source/Avinash_Balkrishna_Patwardhan), Indian civil engineer and lawyer.
* [Bhagyashree](/source/Bhagyashree) Patwardhan, Indian film actress.
* [Bhushan Patwardhan](/source/Bhushan_Patwardhan), former Vice Chancellor of [Symbiosis International University](/source/Symbiosis_International_University).
* [Govindrao Patwardhan](/source/Govindrao_Patwardhan), harmonium and organ player.
* [Madhav Tryambak Patwardhan](/source/Madhav_Julian), Marathi poet and scholar who wrote under the pen name [Madhav Julian](/source/Madhav_Julian).
* [Nikhil Patwardhan](/source/Nikhil_Patwardhan), Indian former first-class cricketer.
* [Nirmala Patwardhan](/source/Nirmala_Patwardhan), Indian ceramic artist.
* [Padma Gole](/source/Padma_Gole), Marathi poet.
* [Patwardhan dynasty](/source/Patwardhan_dynasty)
* [Ravi Patwardhan](/source/Ravi_Patwardhan), Indian actor
* {{anbl|Shivajirao Patwardhan}}
* [Sudhir Patwardhan](/source/Sudhir_Patwardhan), Indian contemporary painter.
* [Vinayakrao Patwardhan](/source/Vinayakrao_Patwardhan), Indian vocalist.
* [Waman Dattatreya Patwardhan](/source/Waman_Dattatreya_Patwardhan), Indian nuclear chemist.

==References==
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==Sources==
* {{cite book |last1=Patwardhan |first1=V. G. |title=चित्पावन कौण्डिन्य गोत्री पटवर्धन कुलवृत्तांत |trans-title=Genealogy of the Chitpavan Patwardhan Family belonging to the Kaundinya Gotra |date=1958 |publisher=V. G. Patwardhan |location=[Sangli](/source/Sangli) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UbXNHAAACAAJ |language=mr |oclc=23868645 |lccn=79912249 |via=[Google Books](/source/Google_Books)}}

==See also==
* [Padye](/source/Padye)
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