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| Surname
| Ghorpade
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|Clan
| Bhosale
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|Caste
| Maratha

Maratha

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| Claimed Suryavansha

Suryavansha

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 (Solar Clan)
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| Hinduism

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| Original kingdom
| Chittorgarh

Chittorgarh

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| Other kingdom
| Mudhol

Mudhol

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, Paithan

Paithan

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| Kapshi, Sandur, Gajendragad, Gutti, Dattawad.
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| Ochre.
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|Nishan

Nishan

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| Rudra

Rudra

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 on flagpole
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|Clan God
| Mahadev ( Khanderao ).
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| Tulja Bhavani.
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|Devak

Devak

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| Panch-Pallava, Rui tree ( Giant Milkweed tree ).
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| Kaushik
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|Gotra

Gotra

In the Hindu society, the term Gotra broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor. Panini defines gotra for grammatical purposes as apatyam pautraprabhrti gotram , which means "the word gotra denotes the progeny beginning with the son's son"...

| Vajpeya ( Kaushik )
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| Rigveda.
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|Mantra
| Gayatri Mantra.
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| Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

, Karnataka

Karnataka

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, Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

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, Gujarat and Goa

Goa

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| Marathi

Marathi language

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, Hindi

Hindi

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Ghorpade is a sub-clan of the Maratha

Maratha

The Maratha are an Indian caste, predominantly in the state of Maharashtra. The term Marāthā has three related usages: within the Marathi speaking region it describes the dominant Maratha caste; outside Maharashtra it can refer to the entire regional population of Marathi-speaking people;...

 Bhosale clan within the Kshatriya Maratha clan system.They are of aryan origin.They are found largely in Maharashtra

Maharashtra

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 and Karnataka

Karnataka

Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

 states of India, as well as other states in which Marathas are found.

History

The name Ghorpade was given to the ancestors in 1470AD when Karna Sinhji, Shubha Krishnaji and Bhim Sinhji the ancestors of Ghorpades and Bhosles scaled an tough fort for the Bahmani Sultan Mahmud Gawan with the help of an iguana(ghorpad in marathi). They were given the title of "Raja Bahadur Ghorpade" . It is claimed that these three brothers Karnaji, Shubha Krishnaji and Bhimji were descendants of Rana Sujjanji the Sisodia scion who migrated to South with devoted band of Sisodia forces and joined Bahmani Sultan.
The subclan consider themselves to be Sisodiya Rajput, settled in Mudhol

Mudhol

Mudhol is a town in the Bagalkot District in the Northern part of the state of Karnataka, India. It is about 60 km from the district headquarters of Bagalkot town on the left bank of the Ghataprabha River...

. They do not intermarry with certain other Maratha clans, such as the Bhoite, Kate

Kate (clan)

Kate is a sub-clan of the Phatak or Mohite Maratha clans, found largely in Maharashtra and neighbouring states of India.-History:Kate's origin is related to Maratha history and is due to the scattering of the 96 main clans of Maratha...

, Bhosale as they share the same totem within the Maratha clan system. The subclan claims descent from King Dorik, an ancient ruler of Chittoud (in modern Rajasthan

Rajasthan

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This subclan has produced many warriors such as Santajirao Ghorpade, Raghojirao Ghorpade, Maloji Ghorpade, Baji Ghorpade and others who served in the Maratha empire

Maratha Empire

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Branches

• Mudhol : these Ghorpades have title Bahadar as the founder of this branch was Pilajirao Ghorpade Bahadar. Sardar Baji Ghorpade, his successor Maloji Ghorpade was from this branch.
• Kapashi: this branch has direct descendancy from Sardar Santaji Ghorpade
  Santaji Ghorpade
  Santaji Mhaloji Ghorpade, popularly known as ‘Santaji’ or ‘Santaji Ghorpade’, was one of the greatest warriors and the chief General of the Maratha Empire during Chhatrapati Rajaram’s regime. His guerrilla technique of war is supposed to be the best besides that of Shivaji and Bajirao...
  
   (Senapati Santaji Maloji Ghorpade). Santaji had two sons named Ranoji and Piraji.
• Madyal : this branch has direct descendancy from Sardar Maloji Ghorpade, the junior brother of Santaji Ghorpade
  Santaji Ghorpade
  Santaji Mhaloji Ghorpade, popularly known as ‘Santaji’ or ‘Santaji Ghorpade’, was one of the greatest warriors and the chief General of the Maratha Empire during Chhatrapati Rajaram’s regime. His guerrilla technique of war is supposed to be the best besides that of Shivaji and Bajirao...
  
  . Maloji was a faithful of Chhatrapati Rajaram when he was at Jinji (Tamilnadu). He alongwith Santaji Ghorpade and Hiroji Chavan attacked camp of Aurangjeb and cut its vertex. This Ghorpades was honoured by title as Amir Ul Umarav.
• Dattawad: descendants of Maloji Ghorpade, the junior brother of Santaji Ghorpade
  Santaji Ghorpade
  Santaji Mhaloji Ghorpade, popularly known as ‘Santaji’ or ‘Santaji Ghorpade’, was one of the greatest warriors and the chief General of the Maratha Empire during Chhatrapati Rajaram’s regime. His guerrilla technique of war is supposed to be the best besides that of Shivaji and Bajirao...
  
  . Maloji was a faithful of Chhatrapati Rajaram when he was at Jinji (Tamilnadu). Maloji was captured and killed by Aurangzeb
  Aurangzeb
  Abul Muzaffar Muhy-ud-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir , more commonly known as Aurangzeb or by his chosen imperial title Alamgir , was the sixth Mughal Emperor of India, whose reign lasted from 1658 until his death in 1707.Badshah Aurangzeb, having ruled most of the Indian subcontinent for nearly...
  
  . This Ghorpades was honoured by title as Amir Ul Umarav.
• Gajendragad : Sardar Santaji Ghorpades another Junior brother Bahirjee Ghorpade was founder of this branch. He received title of Hindurao from Chhatrapati Rajaram as he was part of battle in which Santaji and Marathas destroyed Mughals. Later his son Sidhojirao founded Sandur state. Murarrav Ghorpade (eldest son of Bahirjee) founded Gutti state. Hindurao alias Bahirjee Ghorpade had three sons named Sayaji, Murarrav, Sidhoji. He died in 1708.
• Gutti: descendants of Sardar Murarrav Bahirjee (Hindurao) Ghorpade, Gajendragadkar.
• Sandur: descendants of Sardar Sidhojirao Bahirjee (Hindurao) Ghorpade, Gajendragadkar.
• Brahman Ghorpade: Sardar Santaji Ghorpade had recruited a Brahman named Naro Mahadev Joshi for his Ichalkaranji Jagir. He had given Ichalkaranji as Inam to Naro Mahadev Joshi, who further took name Ghorpade as he was said that adopted there by Santaji.This Ghorpade had relations with Brahmans and termed as Brahman Ghorpade.

Distribution

The Ghorpades are well spread in Maharashtra and in Karnataka states.

• Maharashtra
  Maharashtra
  Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
  
  : Ghorpade Population present in Districts like Satara
  Satara
  Satara is a city located in the Satara District of Maharashtra state of India. The town is 2320 ft. above sea-level, near the confluence of the Krishna and its tributary river Venna. The city was the capital of the Maratha empire in the 17th century, hence one of the the historical cities of...
  
  , Sangli
  Sangli
  Sangli is a city in the state of Maharashtra of India. Sangli is known as the Turmeric city for its vast production of Turmeric. Sangli is situated on the banks of river Krishna and is the largest market place for Turmeric in Asia and houses many sugar factories, which it is also noted for...
  
  , Kolhapur and then Ahmadnagar
  Ahmadnagar
  Ahmadnagar is located in Gujranwala DistricTt, Punjab, Pakistan.-References:...
  
  , Nagpur
  Nagpur
  Nāgpur is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune...
  
  , Solapur
  Solapur
  Solapur is a city in South Western Maharashtra, India governed by municipal corporation.Solapur is one of the four districts that form the region of Western Maharashtra . It is the fourth largest district in Maharashtra in terms of land area and seventh largest in terms of population...
  
   along with Urbanised areas like Mumbai,Pune,Thane and other parts of Maharashtra.
• Karnataka
  Karnataka
  Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...
  
  : Ghorpade Population present in Areas like Maharashtra Karnataka Border disputed areas as Belgaum and places like Bengalore, Sandur
  Sandur
  A sandur is a glacial outwash plain formed of sediments deposited by meltwater at the terminus of a glacier.- Formation :Sandar are found in glaciated areas, such as Svalbard, Kerguelen Islands, and Iceland...
  
  ,Gutti and many other regions where Marathas dominated.

Ghorpades are also present in other Indian states like Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....

, Gujarat, Goa

Goa

Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...

 along with other Maratha clans.

Notables

• Shrimant Mhalojirao Ghorpade, Sarsenapati of Marathas after Hambirrao Mohite, Father of Senapati Santaji Ghorpade.
• Shrimant Santaji Ghorpade
  Santaji Ghorpade
  Santaji Mhaloji Ghorpade, popularly known as ‘Santaji’ or ‘Santaji Ghorpade’, was one of the greatest warriors and the chief General of the Maratha Empire during Chhatrapati Rajaram’s regime. His guerrilla technique of war is supposed to be the best besides that of Shivaji and Bajirao...
  
  ,Maratha Hero of Freedom Fighting against Moghal Emperors.
• Shrimant Maloji Ghorpade,Maratha Sardar.
• Shrimant Bahirjee Ghorpade, Gained title of Hindurao from Chhatrapati Rajaram.
• Shrimant Raghoji Ghorpade,Maratha Knight
  Knight
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   of Peshwa like Some Maratha's as Bhosale of Akkalkot,Pawar of Dhar,Powar,Nimbalkar,Bhoite,Dhybar,Angre's of Colaba etc. clan.
• Rekhadevi Naik Nimbalkar (formerly Ghorpade) wife of Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar of Phaltan
  Phaltan
  Phaltan is a city, a taluka and a municipal council in Satara district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The town is about 59 km north-east of the city of Satara...
  
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