List of Deshastha Brahmins explained

Deshastha Brahmins form a major sub-caste of Brahmins in states of Maharashtra and North Karnataka in India. They are also found in sizeable number in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. The following is the list of notables from the community.

Religious figures

• Nivruttinath (1273–1297) - older brother of Dynaneshwar; Varkari saint and philosopher^[1]
• Dnyaneshwar (1275–1296) - 13th-century Marathi Varkari saint, poet, philosopher and yogi of the Nath Vaishnava tradition^[1]
• Sopan (1277-1296) - saint of the Varkari sect; younger brother of saint Dnyaneshwar^[1]
• Muktabai (1279-1297) - younger sister of Saint Dynaneshwar; Varkari saint and philosopher^[1]
• Chakradhar Swami - 13th century Vaishnava saint; founder of the Mahanubhava sect.^[2]
• Padmanabha Tirtha (Shobhana Bhatta) (samadhi 1324 CE), a Hindu Dvaita philosopher, dialectician, the direct disciple of Madhvacharya and the acharya who is known for spreading Tattvavada outside the Tulunadu region.
• Jayatirtha (1345 – 1388) - a Hindu Dvaita philosopher, dialectician, polemicist and the 6th pontiff of Madhvacharya Peetha.
• Morya Gosavi - a prominent 14th century saint of the Hindu Ganapatya sect.^{[3] [4]}
• Narasimha Saraswati - A prominent 14th Century Indian Guru of the Dattatreya Tradition (Sampradaya) . According to the Gurucharitra, he is considered as the 2nd Avatara of Dattatreya in this yuga.
• Sripadaraja (1422 - 1480) - a Dvaita scholar, composer and the pontiff of the Madhvacharya mutt at Mulbagal, who is widely considered as the founder of Haridasa movement along with Narahari Tirtha.
• Damaji - Prominent Saint of the Varkari Sect of Hinduism. He was the Kamavisdar of Mangalvedha under the reign of the Bahmani kingdom of Bidar
• Vyasatirtha (1460 – 1539) - a Dvaita philosopher, scholar, yogi and poet; Rajaguru of Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara Empire.
• Bhanudasa (1448–1513) - a Hindu Varkari saint and devotee of Vithobha.^[5]
• Purandara Dasa (1484 - 1564) - a Haridasa, Dvaita philosopher and saint; Pitamaha of Carnatic Music.^[6]
• Janardan Swami (1504 -1575) - a prominent Marathi sant, a poet of Varkari sampradaya, a devotee of Dattatreya and the guru of Eknath.^[7]
• Vijayindra Tirtha (1514 - 1595) - a Dvaita philosopher, dialectician and prolific writer, who authored 104 works on Dvaita Vedanta.
• Raghuttama Tirtha (1548 - 1595) - a Dvaita philosopher, scholar, saint and mystic; 14th pontiff of Uttaradi Math
• Eknath (1533–1599) - Marathi saint, scholar, and religious poet of the Varkari Sampradaya^[8]
• Saraswati Gangadhar - 16th Century poet and author of Gurucharitra. Even though his mother tongue was Kannada, he was considered a prolific writer in Marathi.
• Dasopant (1551–1615) - Marathi poet-saint and prolific writer of Varkari sect.; also known as Daso Digambar^[9]
• Vaman Pandit (1608–1695) - a Marathi poet and scholar, who composed poems and kirthanas on Lord Krishna and gave a sound metaphysical foundation to the concept of Bhakti in Maharashtra.
• Raghunath Pandit - a 17th-century Marathi poet, scholar of Pant-Sahitya.^{[10] [11]}
• Samarth Ramdas (1608–1681) - Hindu Vaishnava saint from Maharashtra^{[12] [13]}
• Shridhar Pandit (Shridhar Swami Nazarekar) (1658–1729) - author of works of devotional literature in marathi: Harivijaya, RamVijaya, Shivlilamrut, PandavaPratap, and the AmbikaUdaya; his real name was Khadake Nazarekar^[14]
• Vijaya Dasa (1682–1755) - a prominent Hindu saint from the Haridasa tradition of Karnataka, India.^[15]
• Mahipati (1715–1790) - author of Bhaktavijaya, a Marathi language biography of Varkari and other Hindu saints^[16]
• Gopala Dasa (1721-1769)- Prominent saint and poet belonging to the Haridasa tradition.^[17]
• Satyadharma Tirtha (1743-1830) - a Dvaita philosopher, scholar, saint and mystic ; 28th pontiff of Uttaradi Math .^[18]
• Manik Prabhu (1817 - 1865) - An early 19th-century Hindu Vaishnava saint, philosopher, poet and mystic.^[19]
• Bhausaheb Maharaj (1843 - 1914) - a Hindu saint, philosopher and founder of Inchegeri Sampradaya.
• Brahmachaitanya (Gondavalekar Maharaj) (1845 - 1913) - a Hindu Saint, a spiritual Master, and a devotee of Lord Rama, who advocated Namajapa using the 13 letters Ramanamamantra " to attain enlightenment.^[20]
• Shri Madhavnath Maharaj (1857–1936) - Hindu saint, of Karvi, Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh, who continued the Nath Sampradaya of the famous Navnaths in India.^[21]
• Shreedhar Swami (1908-1973) a prominent Kannada-Marathi saint and religious poet in the Hindu tradition. He was a devotee of Lord Rama and a discple of shree Ramdas Swami.^[22]

Historical figures

Seuna dynasty (860–1317)

• Hemadpant (Hemadri Pandit) - prime minister from 1259 to 1274 C.E. in the regimes of Kings Mahādeva (1259–1271) and Ramachandra (1271–1309) of Seuna Yādava Dynasty of Devagiri, which ruled in the western and southern part of India and also the founder of Hemadpanti architecture.^{[23] [24]}

Vijayanagara Empire (1336–1646)

• Sripadaraja (1422-1480) - Advisor and guru to King Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya of Vijayanagara Empire and also the guru of Vyasatirtha.^[25]
• Vyasatirtha (1460 – 1539) - Rajaguru to Kings Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya and Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara Empire.

Nizams of Hyderabad Deccan

Prime Ministers

• Vitthal Sundar Parshurami (popularly known as Vitthal Sundar) - a diplomat and the Prime Minister of Hyderabad during the reign of Nizam Ali Khan (Asaf Jah II) from 8 July 1762 until his death on 10 August 1763.^[26]
• Renuka Das Bhalerao (popularly known as Sham Raj Rai Rayan) - a general, a member of noble Rai Rayan family and the Prime Minister of Hyderabad during the reign of Nizam Sikandar Jah from 1795 - 1797.^[27]

Maratha Empire (1674–1818)

Peshwas

• Moropant Trimbak Pingle (1657–1683) - the first Peshwa in Shivaji Maharaj's Asthapradhan mandal^[28]
• Nilakanth Moreshvar Pingale (1683-1689) - the second Peshwa of the Maratha Empire and elder son of Moropant Trimbak Pingle.
• Ramchandra Pant Amatya (1689-1708) - Amatya, Peshwa and Hukumat Panah of the Maratha Empire during the reign of Shivaji and Rajaram I.^[29]
• Bahiroji Pingale (1708–1711) - the fourth Peshwa of the Maratha Empire and the younger son of Moropant Trimbak Pingle.
• Parshuram Trimbak Kulkarni (1711–1713) - the fifth Peshwa of the Maratha Empire and also the founder of Aundh and Vishalgad Samsthanams.

Sachivs

• Annaji Datto Sacheev - was the Sachiv in the Ashta Pradhan mandal of Maratha Empire during the rule of Chhatrapathi Shivaji.^[30]
• Shankaraji Narayan Gandekar and his descendants were hereditary Sachiv's of Maratha Empire and the rulers of Bhor.^[31]

Pratinidhis

• Pralhad Niraji - was the Pratinidhi of the Maratha Empire during the reign of Chatrapathi Rajaram I. He was the first occupant of the position of Pratinidhi.^[32]
• Parshuram Pant Pratinidhi and his descendants were the hereditary Pratinidhi's of the Maratha Empire and also the rulers of Aundh and Vishalgad.^[33]
• Krishnarao Pant Pratinidhi- 17th Century Maratha General and was the pratinidhi of Tara Bai in Kolhapur, India. He was the son of the famous Parshuram Pant Pratinidhi

Other notable Maratha Empire people

• Dadoji Konddeo - administrator of Shahaji's fiefdom .^[34]
• The Vinchurkars - generals and nobles at the Peshwa court^[35]
• The Purandares - generals and nobles at the Peshwa court^[35]
• The Chandrachuds - generals and nobles at the Peshwa court^[36]
• Melgiri Pandit -Maratha Sardar who served under Sambhaji of the Maratha empire. A Brahmin from near Melgiri Karnataka-Maharashtra. He was known for successfully leading the Maratha army at Bijapur.
• Ramshastri Prabhune, was the Chief Justice (Mukhya Nyayadhish or "Pantnyayadhish") in the apex court of the Maratha Empire in the latter half of the 18th century, during the heyday of that empire. He is best remembered for having passed strictures against the sitting Peshwa of the time for instigating murder. Ram Shastri's integrity in public affairs is regarded as a model for all times.^[37]
• Sakharam Bapu Bokil - regent to Madhavrao II.^[38]
• Niranjan Madhav Parasnis - diplomat, who also worked as Parasnis under Peshwa Bajirao I.^[39]
• Anandarayar Sahib, Diwan of the Thanjavur Maratha kingdom during the reigns of Shahuji I, Serfoji I and Tukkoji.^[40]

British Empire (1858 to 1947)

Rulers

• Pant Pratinidhi Rajas of Aundh State and Vishalgad estate.
• Gandekar Rajas of Bhor State
• Rao Saheb Rajas of Arni estate.^[41]
• Vinchurkar rulers of Vinchur estate
• Bawadekar rulers of Bavda estate

Diwans and other higher officials

During the rule of British Raj the most powerful Brahmin bureaucrats in the South India were Deshastha Brahmins.^[42] In 19th century, out of 305 high level administrative officials 174 were from Deshastha Brahmin community, while 83 were drawn from other Brahmin groups in South India.^[43]

• T. Madhava Rao (1829–1891) - Diwan of Travancore, 1857–1872; Diwan of Indore, 1873–1875; Diwan of Baroda, 1875 – 1882.^[44]
• T. Ananda Rao (1852 – 1919)- 18th Diwan of Mysore. He was the eldest son of Sir T. Madhava Rao
• T. Rama Rao (1831 – 1895) - Diwan of Travancore from 1887 to 1892
• R. Raghunatha Rao (1831 – 1912) - Dewan Bahadur of the princely state of Indore during British Raj from 1875 to 1888.
• T. Venkata Rao - Diwan of Travancore from 1821 to 1829.
• T. Subba Rao - Diwan of Travancore for two times from 1830 to 1837 and 1839 to 1842.
• V. P. Madhava Rao (1850 – 1934)- 17th Diwan of Mysore^{[45] [46]}
• N. Madhava Rao (1887 – 1972) - 23rd Diwan of Mysore
• Venkata Rayar - Diwan of Cochin kingdom from 1856 to 1860.
• K. Krishnaswamy Rao (1845 – 1923) - Diwan of Travancore from 1898 to 1904.^[47]
• T. Ramachandra Rao (1825-1879) - Indian civil servant and first native Indian to serve as Deputy Commissioner of Police of Madras.
• R. Ramachandra Rao (1871 – 1936) - Indian civil servant and mathematician.
• Gurunath Venkatesh Bewoor (1888 – 1950) - Indian civil servant, the Viceroy's Executive Council during the World War II. His son Gopal Gurunath Bewoor was 9th Chief of Army Staff.
• Raja Shamraj (1898-1987) - a member of noble Rai Rayan family and P. W. D. Member of H. E. H Nizam's Executive Council.^[27]
• Purnaiah (1746 -1812), 1st Diwan of Mysore.^[48]
• P. N. Krishnamurti (1849 - 1911), 16th Diwan of Mysore, 5th Jagirdar of Yelandur estate and great grandson of Diwan Purnaiah.
• Srinivasa IV Rao Sahib (1904-1989)- Twelfth and last ruler of the Jagir of Arni during the British Raj.^[49]
• D. S. Joshi (1908-Unknown) - Indian Civil Service of 1933 Batch who also served as the 9th Cabinet Secretary of India from 27 June 1966 to 31 December 1968^[50]

Indian Independence Movement

Leaders of 1857 War of Independence

• Tantya Tope (Ramachandra Panduranga Yewalkar) (1814 - 1859) - one of the main military leaders of the Indian Rebellion of 1857^[51]

Revolutionaries

• Shivaram Hari Rajguru (1908–1931) - Indian revolutionary and associate of Bhagat Singh^[52]
• Vishnu Ganesh Pingle (1888-1915) - Indian revolutionary and member of the Ghadar Party who was one of those executed in 1915 following the Lahore conspiracy trial for his role in the Ghadar conspiracy.^[53]
• Pandurang Sadashiv Khankhoje (1884 – 1967) - Indian revolutionary, scholar, agricultural scientist and historian who was among the founding fathers of the Ghadar Party.

Others

• Balakrishna Shivram Moonje (1872–1948) - an Indian freedom fighter and early Hindu Nationalist leader^[54]
• Madhu Dandavate (1924 - 2005) - an Indian freedom fighter who participated in Quit India Movement and many other movements during Indian national movement. He was politician and worked as Union minister of Finance and Railways.^[55]
• Ganesh Shrikrishna Khaparde (1854 –1938) - an Indian lawyer, scholar, political activist and a founding member of Tilak's Indian Home Rule League.
• Shripad Amrit Dange (1899 – 1991) - a founding member of the Communist Party of India (CPI) and a stalwart of Indian trade union movement.^[56]
• Balkrishna Ganesh Khaparde (1882–1968) - Son of Ganesh Shrikrishna Khaparde, an Indian lawyer, a prominent leader in Swaraj Party and belonged to ‘Tilak School of Thought’.^[57]
• Madhav Shrihari Aney (1880 - 1968) (Loknayak Bapuji Aney) - educationist, freedom fighter, statesman, 2nd Governor of Bihar; follower of Lokmanya Tilak and recipient of Padma Vibhushan Award.^[58]
• Gangadharrao Balkrishna Deshpande (1871-1960) (also known as Lion of Karnataka) - an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British colonial rule from Belgaum.^[59]
• R. Balaji Rao (1842–1896) - an Indian politician, independence activist, first Secretary of the Madras Mahajana Sabha, represented Tanjore along with S. A. Swaminatha Iyer at the first session of the Indian National Congress.^[60]
• Vasukaka Joshi (Vasudev Ganesh Joshi) (1856 - 1944) - a freedom fighter and sole owner of Chitrashala press of Pune.
• Dada Dharmadhikari (Shankar Trimbak Dharmadhikari) (1899 - 1985) - an Indian freedom fighter, and a leader of social reform movements in India.^[61]
• Pramila Dandavate (1928 – 2001)- a political activist from Mumbai, associated with the Praja Socialist Party and later with the Janata Party.^[62]

Reformers and Social activists

• Nanaji Deshmukh (Chandikadas Amritrao Deshmukh) (1916 – 2010) - social reformer, founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh Party, MP of BJP; Bharat Ratna^[63]
• Baba Amte (Murlidhar Devidas Amte) (1914 - 2008) - an Indian social worker and social activist known particularly for his work for the rehabilitation and empowerment of people suffering from leprosy; Winner of numerous awards and prizes including the Padma Vibhushan, the Dr. Ambedkar International Award, the Gandhi Peace Prize, the Ramon Magsaysay Award, the Templeton Prize and the Jamnalal Bajaj Award; also known as the modern Gandhi of India.^[64]
• N. Subba Rao Pantulu (1856 - 1941) - an Indian social activist and politician who served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council between 1893 and 1909 and also one of the founders of The Hindu.^[65]
• Keshav Rao Koratkar (1867 - 1932) - was a pioneer of political, social, and educational reforms in Hyderabad State, India. He later got involved in Indian independence movement.

Bureaucrats and Diplomats

• Apasaheb Pant (1912 - 1992) - Indian prince, son of Raja Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi, Gandhian, writer, freedom fighter and diplomat; Ambassador to Indonesia (1961–64), Norway (1964–66), Egypt (1966–69),^[66] United Kingdom (1969–72) and Italy (1972–75); Winner of Padma Shri.^[56]
• Dattatraya Shridhar Joshi (born 11 October 1908) - 9th Cabinet Secretary of India from (27 June 1966 to 31 December 1968); Winner of Padma Vibhushan.^[67]
• C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao Sahib (1927 – 2013) - 15th Cabinet Secretary of India from (30 April 1981 – 8 February 1985);Winner of Padma Vibhushan.^[68]

Jurists and lawyers

• Vishvanath Narayan Mandlik (1833 – 1899)- An eminent Bombay citizen, lawyer, author and an erudite expert on Hindu law. He served on the Supreme Legislative Council of India where his expertise on Hindu Law was held in high esteem.^[69]
• Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar (1901 - 1981) - was the 7th Chief Justice of India, serving from 1 February 1964 – 15 March 1966; Recipient of Padma Vibhushan.
• Janardan Raghunath Mudholkar (1902 - 1983) - was the Judge of Supreme court of India from 3 October 1960 to 3 July 1966; son of Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar.^[70]
• Gopal Rao Ekbote (1912 - 1994) - was the Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court from 1 April 1972 to 1 June 1974.
• Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud (1920 – 2008) - was the 16th Chief Justice of India, serving from 22 February 1978 to 11 July 1985.^[56]
• Chandrashekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari (1927 - 2019) - former acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, son of freedom fighter Dada Dharmadhikari; Winner of Padma Bhushan.^[71]
• Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud (born 11 November 1959) is current Chief Justice of India. He has also previously served as the chief justice of the Allahabad High Court from 2013 to 2016 and as a judge of the Bombay High Court from 2000 to 2013.

Politics

• Pramod Mahajan (1949–2006) - BJP politician, former Minister of Communications, Information Technology and Parliamentary Affairs . He was murdered by his brother^[72]
• Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar (1857 - 1921) - an Indian politician who served as the President of the Indian National Congress.^{[73] [74]}
• Ram Naik, BJP,^[75] formerly the 24th Governor of Uttar Pradesh^[76]
• Vinayak Rao Koratkar (1895 – 1962) was a political leader of Hyderabad State and Member of Indian Parliament. He is son of Keshav Rao Koratkar.
• Hari Vinayak Pataskar (1892 - 1970) - an Indian lawyer and politician who was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India and 2nd Governor of Madhya Pradesh and Winner of Padma Vibhushan Award.^[77]
• Narayan Malhar Joshi (1879 – 1955), Trade Union leader, founded the Social Services League, also founder of All India Trade Union Congress along with Lala Lajpat Rai.^[78]
• Keshav Baliram Hedgewar (1889–1940) - founder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).^[79]
• Prabhakar Balwant Dani (1908-1965) Member of the RSS, He served in senior positions of the RSS and played a large role in spreading the RSS network in the erstwhile Indian state of Madhya Bharat.^[80]
• Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras (1915 - 1996) - the fourth Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).^[81]
• Manohar Joshi (original surname ‘Brahme’) (1937-2024) was Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1995 to 1999 and Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2002 to 2004.

Arts

Cinema and theatre

• Gajanan Jagirdar (1907–1988) - veteran Indian film director, screenwriter and actor. He worked in Hindi Cinema, also called Bollywood, as well as Marathi cinema.^[82]

Artists

• Narayan Shridhar Bendre (1910 - 1992) - a 20th-century Indian artist and one of the founder members of Baroda Group; Winner of Padma Bhushan.^[83]

Literature

Scholars & poets

• Bhavabhuti – was an 8th-century Sanskrit scholar of India noted for his plays and poetry.
• Gaga Bhatt - a 17th century scholar presiding over the coronation of Shivaji. Divākara Bhațț(his father), Kamalakara Bhatt(his uncle) and Narayan Bhatt, his grandfather were also scholars of repute.^{[84] [85] [86]}
• Neelakantha Chaturdhara, a 17th Century Sanskrit scholar known for his commentary on the Mahabharata called .^[87]
• Bhaskara Appaji Agnihotri, a 17th century Sanskrit scholar known for his work on anatomy "Sharira Padmini" and other prominent works such as "Padyamritatarangini" and "Smritiprakasa".^[88]
• Bhattoji Diksita - 17th Century Sanskrit scholar and grammarian famous for authoring the Siddhantakaumudi
• Pralhad Keshav Atre, (1898 – 1969) (popularly known as "Acharya Atre") - Marathi writer, poet, educationist, a movie producer–director–script writer and orator; Winner of President's Gold Medal^[89]
• Ram Joshi - (1762 - 1812) Marathi poet, known for his works in Lavani, Powada, and Tamasha genre.^[90]
• Kusumagraj (Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar) (1912 – 1999) - a Marathi poet, playwright, novelist, short story writer; Jnanpith and Padma Bhushan awardee^[89]
• Navaratna Rama Rao (1877 – 1960) - an Indian writer and scholar from Karnataka.^[91]
• Vaman Malhar Joshi (1882 – 1943)- a Marathi writer.
• Lakshman Shastri Joshi (1901–1994) - scholar of Sanskrit, Hindu Dharma, and a Marathi literary critic, and supporter of Indian independence. Awardee of Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan awards^[89]
• Galagali Ramacharya (1892-1981)- Noted Indian Sanskrit scholar and poet of two Mahakavyas. He also received honorary Mahamahopadhyaya honor from Bharatiya Sanskrit Sansthan Parishad Prayag.^[92]
• Rajeshwar Shastri Dravid (1899 - 1950) - Indian writer, scholar, grammarian and translator of Sanskrit literature; Winner of Padma Bhushan.^[15]
• Siddheshwar Shastri Chitrav (1894 - 1984) - Indian Vedic scholar, lexicographer, translator and writer of Marathi literature; Winner of Padma Shri.^[15]
• Bal Sitaram Mardhekar (1909 – 1956) - a prominent Marathi writer and winner of Sahitya Akademi Award^[89]
• Ganesh Trimbak Deshpande (1910 - 1989) - an Indian writer, scholar and winner of Sahitya Akademi Award^[89]
• Shrikrushna Keshav Kshirsagar (1901–1980) - Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.^[93]
• Shridhar Bhaskar Warnekar (1918-2007)- Sanskrit Scholar famous for authoring the Mahakavya ShriShivarajyodayam. This work won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit in 1974
• Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar (popularly known as "Ga Di Mā") (1919 - 1977) - Marathi poet, lyricist, writer and actor. Awardee of Padma Shri.^[89]
• Vyankatesh Digambar Madgulkar (1927 - 2001) - younger brother of Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar, one of the most popular Marathi writers of his time and winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award^[94]
• Vinayaka Krishna Gokak (1909 – 1992) - a writer in the Kannada language and a scholar of English and Kannada literature. Winner of Jnanpith Award]^[89]
• Ram Shri Mugali (1906 – 1993) - a writer in the Kannada language and winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award.^[89]
• G. A. Kulkarni (1923-1987)- writer in the Marathi language. winner of Sahitya Akademi Award.^[89]
• Navaratna Srinivasa Rajaram (1943 – 2019) - an Indian writer, hindutva-scholar and historian.^[95]
• Vasant Purushottam Kale- (1932-2001) Marathi writer. He wrote more than 60 books. His well-known works include Partner, Vapurza, Hi Waat Ekatichi, and Thikri. He was a famous story-teller and had over 1600 stage-shows (कथाकथन) in the theatres.^[96]

Historians & Archeologists

• Anant Sadashiv Altekar (1898–1960) - historian, archaeologist, and numismatist from Maharashtra, India^{[97] [98]}
• Datto Vaman Potdar (Dattatray Vaman Potdar) (1890 - 1979) - Indian historian, writer, orator; Vice-Chancellor of University of Pune during (1961 - 1964); Winner of Padma Bhushan.^[99]
• Conjeevaram Hayavadana Rao (1865 – 1946) - an Indian historian, museologist, anthropologist, economist and polyglot. He was a member of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Indian Historical Records Commission and a fellow of the Royal Society of Economics.^{[100] [101]}
• Dattatray Balwant Parasnis (1870 – 1926) - a historian who lived during the British Raj. Conferred the title of Rao Bahadur by the British.^{[102] [103]}
• Sethu Madhav Rao Pagadi (1910 - 1994) - an accomplished historian, an able civil servant, a polyglot and Winner of Padma Bhushan.^[56]
• Madhusudan Narhar Deshpande (1920 - 2008) - an art historian, archaeologist and conservator who served as Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1972 to 1978.^[104]
• Babasaheb Purandare (1922 - 2021) - an Indian historian and theatre personality from Maharashtra and a Padma Vibhushan awardee.^[56]

Music

Hindustani classical music

• Bal Gandharva (Narayan Shripad Rajhans) (1888 - 1968) - one of the greatest Marathi singers and stage actors. Winner of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the highest musical honour in India and the Padma Bhushan award, the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India.^{[105] [106]}
• Krishnarao Phulambrikar (1898 – 1974) (popularly known as Master Krishnarao) - an Indian vocalist, classical musician and composer of Hindustani music. Winner of Padma Bhushan award.^[107]
• Sawai Gandharva (Ramachandra Kundgolkar Saunshi) (1886 - 1952) - a popular Hindustani Classical vocalist and Marathi stage actor of the Kirana Gharana. He was the first and foremost disciple of Ustad Abdul Karim Khan and guru of Bharat Ratna laureate Pandit Bhimsen Joshi.^[108]
• Bhimsen Joshi (1922 - 2011) - a Hindustani classical vocalist renowned for his contribution to the khayal form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music (bhajans and abhangs); Bharat Ratna awardee.^[109]
• Vasantrao Deshpande (1920 – 1983) - a Hindustani classical vocalist renowned for his contribution to natya sangeet (musical dramas), particularly his role as "Khansaheb" in Katyar Kaljat Ghusli; Winner of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.^[82]
• Narayanrao Vyas (1902–1984) - a Hindustani musician of Gwalior gharana.^[82]
• Vamanrao Deshpande (1907–1990) - an Indian music critic, musicologist and a prolific writer on the subject of Hindustani classical music.^[82]
• Gururao Deshpande (1889–1982) - a Hindustani classical vocalist from Karnataka.^[82]
• Rahul Deshpande is an Indian classical music singer and actor. Winner of National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for Me Vasantrao (2022). He is grandson of famous classical music singer Vasantrao Deshpande

Carnatic classical music

• Purandara Dasa - a Haridasa, who is widely referred to as the Pitamaha (lit, "father" or the "grandfather") of Carnatic Music.^[6]
• Mysore Sadashiva Rao (1800 – 1885) - a notable Indian vocalist and composer of Carnatic music in the traditions of Tyagaraja. He was a member of the court of the king of Mysore, Krishnaraja Wodeyar III.^[110]
• Sakha Rama Rao - an Indian musician credited with having re-introduced the south Indian chitravina (or "gotuvadyam") to the concert scene.^[111]
• S.V.Narayanaswamy Rao - Founder of Sree Ramaseva Mandali the organiser of Annual Sree Ramanavami Music Festival at Bengaluru was a pious Desastha Madhwa Brahmin. A violinist himself, S.V.N Rao was instrumental in grooming many prominent artistes of today.

Sports

Cricket

• Rahul Dravid (born 11 January 1973) is former captain of the Indian national cricket team and currently serving as its head coach. He is nicknamed as Mr. Dependable and often referred to as The Wall.

Military

• Gopal Gurunath Bewoor (11 August 1916 – 24 October 1989) - an officer of the Indian Army who served as the 9th Chief of Army Staff. Winner of Padma Bhushan and Param Vishisht Seva Medal^[112]

Science and Technology

• Dwarkanath Kotnis (1910 - 1949) - Indian physician and one of the five Indian physicians dispatched to China to provide medical assistance during the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1938.^[113]
• Bhalchandra Nilkanth Purandare (1911 - 1990) - Indian Gynecologist; Winner of Padma Bhushan.^[89]
• Bhaskar Dattatraya Kulkarni (1949 - 2019) - Indian Scientist, Chemical Engineer at National Chemical Laboratory, Pune; Winner of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology.

Mathematics and statistics

• Bhaskaracharya II (Bhaskara II) (1114 – 1185) - Indian mathematician and astronomer.^[114]
• Pandurang Vasudeo Sukhatme (1911–1997) - Indian statistician; Winner of Padma Bhushan.^[89]

Education

• Trimbak Krishna Tope (1914 - 1994) - former Vice Chancellor of University of Mumbai from (1971 - 1977).^[89]
• C. D. Deshpande (1912 - 1999) - noted educationist, geographer, author, and teacher.^[89]
• T. Gopala Rao (1832 – 1886) - educationist, served as the Principal of Government Arts College, Kumbakonam after William Archer Porter and first inspector of schools under British government.^[115]

Business and Industries

• Malhar Sadashiv Parkhe (1912 – 1997) - an Indian industrialist and founder of Parkhe Group.^[89]
• Vasantrao Madhavrao Ghatge (1916 – 1986) - an Indian entrepreneur, business magnate, industrialist, and a professor and was the co-founder of Ghatge Patil Transports pvt. Ltd along in the year 1945 based in Kolhapur.^[89]
• Bhalchandra Digamber Garware, (fondly referred to as "Abasaheb Garware") (1903 - 1990) - a pioneering industrialist and Founder Chairman of the Garware Group of Industries; Winner of Padma Bhushan.^[89]
• Gururaj Deshpande - an Indian American venture capitalist and entrepreneur, who is best known for co-founding the Chelmsford, MA-based internet equipment manufacturer Sycamore Networks, the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at MIT and the Deshpande Foundation.^[116]

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Notes and References

1. Book: Mysticism in India: The Poet-Saints of Maharashtra. registration. 31. State University of New York. 1983. 9781438416861.
2. Book: Religious Cultures in Early Modern India: New Perspectives. Rosalind O'Hanlon. David Washbrook. Routledge. 2 January 2014. 201. Swami Chakradhar, a Deshastha Brahmin, is reputed to have founded his Mahanubhava community in nearby Paithan, in 1267.. 9781317982876. 2 January 2014.
3. Book: Images of Maharashtra: A Regional Profile of India. 110. Narendra K. Wagle. Curzon Press. 1980. 9780700701445.
4. Book: Images of Maharashtra: A Regional Profile of India. 110. Narendra K. Wagle. Curzon Press. 1980. 9780700701445. Moroba Gosavi was a Deshastha Brahmin surnamed Shaligram..
5. Book: Mysticism in India: The Poet-Saints of Maharashtra. 213. Ramchandra Dattatraya Ranade. SUNY Press. 1983. Bhanudasa was a Desastha Brahmin, and was probably a contemporary of the saint Damajipant.. 9780873956697.
6. Book: Sree Puranḍara gānāmrutham: text with notation. Purandaradāsa. A. S. Panchapakesa Iyer. Gānāmrutha Prachuram. 1992. Shri Purandara dasa who is considered to be the aadhiguru and Sangeeta Pitamaha of carnatic music was born in purandaragad in Ballary District near the town of Hampi, to a millionaire Varadappa Nayak and Kamalambal, a devoted wife and great lady, belonging to Madhva Desastha Brahmin race, by the blessings of Tirupati Venkatachalapathi in the year 1484..
7. Book: Mysticism in Maharashtra: Indian Mysticism. Ramchandra Dattatraya Ranade. SUNY press. 1983. 214. 9780873956697.
8. Book: Novetzke, Christian Lee . Religion and Public Memory: A Cultural History of Saint Namdev in India . Columbia University Press . 2013 . 978-0-23151-256-5 . 141–142.
9. Book: Language and Literature. 24. Directorate of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State. 1971. But the most important among them is Dasopant. He was born in a Deshastha Brahmin family of Narayanpeth, later settled at Ambejogai in Marathwada in 1551 A.D..
10. Book: Language and Literature. 7. Directorate of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State. 1971.
11. Book: Mahārāshṭra sāhitya patrikā, Volumes 34-36. 75. Mahārashṭra Sāhitya Parishada. 1961. रघुनाथ पंडित हा देशस्थ ब्राह्मण असून तो कवि मोरोपंताच्या ह्यातीतच झाला असावा व त्याचा काल इ. स..
12. Book: Date. V. H.. Spiritual treasure of Saint Rāmadāsa. 1975. Motilal Banarsidass. Delhi. 9780842608053. 1. 1st.
13. Book: Stewart Gordon. The Marathas 1600-1818. 16 September 1993. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-26883-7. 81–. Older Maratha histories asserted that Shivaji was a close follower of Ramdas, a Brahmin teacher, who guided him in an orthodox Hindu path; recent research has shown that Shivaji did not meet or know Ramdas until later in his life.
14. Book: Shri Ramvijay(marathi). Diwakar Anant Ghaisas. Dhavale Prakashan. 4. 2011.
15. Book: The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95. Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 30. 1974.
16. Book: Tellings and Texts: Music, Literature and Performance in North India. Open Book Publishers. 2015. Francesca Orsini. Katherine Butler Schofield. Christian Lee Novetzke. 180. ...Mahipati, who lived throughout the eighteenth century, dying in 1790. He was a Deshastha Brahmin kulkarni or village accountant of Taharabad, but he is more famous now as a kirtankar who specialised in the stories of the lives of the sants. 9781783741021.
17. Book: Ayyappappanikkar . Indian Narratology . 2003 . Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd . 978-81-207-2502-7 . en.
18. Book: The Vanished Raj A Memoir of Princely India. Rajaram N S. Prism Books Private Limited. 12 January 2019. 447. 9789388478113. 12 January 2019.
19. Book: Marāṭhī bhaktiparamparā āṇi Śrīrāmakr̥shṇa-Vivekānanda. Śrīrāmakr̥shṇa Āśrama. Rāmacandra Cintāmaṇa Ḍhere. 1963. माणिक प्रभु (श. १७३९-१७८७) : माणिक प्रभु हे कल्याणीच्या मनोहर नाइकांचे पुत्र. आश्वलायनशाखीय देशस्थ ऋग्वेदी ब्राह्मण. त्यांचा जन्म मार्गशीर्ष शु. १४ श. १७३९ या दिवशीं झाला..
20. Book: K V Belsare. Shri Ram The Saint Of Gondawali The Life And Sayings Of Shri Brahmachaitanya K. V. Belsare. 16.
21. Vaavde B.Y., E: Shree Madhavnath Sanjeevani, Shreenath Mandir Vishwast Mandal, 1922.
22. Web site: Brahmin Surnames Andhra Maharashtra, Goa Deshastha . 28 June 2013 .
23. Book: Kāḷācyā paḍadyāāḍa, Volume 2. 373. Marāṭhī Sāhitya Parishada. 1992. देवगिरी येथे रामचंद्रराव राजा राज्य करीत असता दमरदारीच्या कामावर हेमाद्री ऊर्फ हेमाडपंत हा देशस्थ ऋग्वेदी ब्राह्मण काम करीत होता..
24. Book: Religious Cultures in Early Modern India: New Perspectives. Routledge. 2014. 9781317982876.
25. Book: The Hindu Monastery in South India: Social, Religious, and Artistic Traditions. 62. Nalini Rao. Rowman & Littlefield. 30 September 2020. 978-1793622389.
26. Book: New History of the Marathas: The expansion of the Maratha power, 1707-1772. Govind Sakharam Sardesai (rao bahadur). Phoenix Publications. 1948. 468.
27. Book: Proceedings of the ... Session, Volume 38. 109. Indian Historical Records Commission,The Commission. 1967. Krishnajipant (1608–1688), the known ancestor of the Rai Rayan family, was a Maharashtra Deshastha Brahmin. He was a native of the village of Lamgaon, Pargana Takli, Prant Devgad (Daulatabad), on the bank of the Girija river..
28. https://books.google.com/books?id=iF8MAAAAIAAJ&q=Moropant+Pingle+is+deshastha+brahmin Shivaji and the Maratha Art of War By Murlidhar Balkrishna Deopujari
29. Book: Shivaji and the Maratha Art of War. Murlidhar Balkrishna Deopujari. Vidarbha Samshodhan Mandal. 1973. Ramchandra Nilkanth was a Deshastha Brahmin, His ancestor, Sonbhat Bahutkar, was the Deshmukh of Kalyan-Bhiwandi. Sonopant was in the retinue of Jijabai at Shivner fort. He had two sons, Nilopant and Abaji Pant..
30. Book: Bhatia, Harbans Singh . Mahrattas, Sikhs and Southern Sultans of India: Their Fight Against Foreign Power. Deep and Deep Publications. 2001. 75. 9788171003693.
31. Book: Life of His Highness Raja Shreemant Sir Raghunathrao S.: Alias Babasaheb Pandit Pant Sachiv, K.C.I.E., Raja of Bhor . V.G. Ranade (Rao Sahib.) . 1951 . cii . Shankaraji Narayan Gandekar, the first Pant £acl iv and The Founder of the Bhor State. The Gandekars are Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmans. They were, some two centuries back, residents of Gandapur, a village, (now extinct) near Paithan.
32. Book: Mahadev Govind Ranade. 241. Mahadev Govind Ranade. Deep and Deep Publications. 1990. The Deshastha brahmins had from the first taken an important part in organizing the dominions and the power of shivaji, and many of them- the Hanmates, the pingles,Abbaji sondev, Pralhad Sonddev and others had shown great abilities in the field. The brahmins of konkan had not taken any prominent part in first six years of development of the Maratha power. 9788171002450.
33. Copland, I., 1973. The Maharaja of Kolhapur and the Non-Brahmin Movement 1902-10. Modern Asian Studies, 7(2), pp.209-225.
34. Book: The Life and Mission of Samarth Ramdas. 105. S. Ramchandra & Company. K. S. Thackeray. 1918. He told her to manage his jagir with the assistance of a Deshatha Brahmmin clerk named Daoji Konddeo.
35. Karve, I., 1940. KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY AND KINSHIP USAGES OF THE MARA̅ṬHA̅ COUNTRY: PART II. Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute, 2(1/2), pp.9-33.
36. Book: Sadgrihasth: The Relocation of Sociopolitical Power in Nineteenth Century Maharashtra. Michael David Metelits. 157. University of California,Berkeley. 1973. The descendants of the Chandrachud family, rigvedi deshastha sardars who resided in the city of Poona, held Ganegaon village in personal inam and realized an annual 7.1% profit from it of Rs 1,991.
37. Book: A History of the Maratha People: From the death of Shahu to the end of the Chitpavan epic. Charles Augustus Kincaid. Dattātraya Baḷavanta Pārasanīsa. 1925. S Chand Publications. 241.
38. Book: Poona in the eighteenth century: an urban history. Balkrishna Govind Gokhale. Oxford University Press. 1988. 112. 9780195621372. (page 112) One is that with the exception of Sakharam- bapu Bokil, no Deshastha belonged to the uppermost stratum of leadership in Poona city. (page 116) A document of 1767 describes Sakharam Bapu Bokil (also a Deshastha) as a protege of Nilakantha Mahadeva (Aba) Purandare..
39. Book: Delhi affairs (1761-1788): (News-letters from Parasnis collection). Director of Archives, Government of Bombay. Sir Jadunath Sarkar. viii to x. 1953.
40. Book: People of India: India's communities, Volume 5. 2086. 978-0195633542. Oxford University Press. 1998.
41. News: Willed by Binny and Parry. THE HINDU. S. Muthaiah. 30 October 2017.
42. Book: A Companion to the Anthropology of India. 1963. Isabelle Clark-Decès. John Wiley & Sons. 10 February 2011. 9781444390582. 10 February 2011.
43. Book: Tamil Brahmans: The Making of a Middle-Class Caste. C. J. Fuller. Haripriya Narasimhan. University of Chicago Press. 3 October 2014. 61. 9780226152745. 3 October 2014.
44. https://books.google.com/books?id=WxPmlV2KMu4C&q=brahmin A National Biography for India, Volume 1 By Jyotis Chandra Das Gupta, Page 64
45. https://books.google.com/books?id=fhwaAAAAMAAJ The Indian Review, Volume 18 By G.A. Natesan,Page 863
46. https://books.google.com/books?id=RXodAAAAMAAJ Indian Statesmen, Dewans and Prime Ministers of Native States By G.A. Natesan, Page 113
47. Book: The Indian Biographical Dictionary, 1915 (Classic Reprint). 238. C. Hayavandana Rao. Fb&c Limited. 24 February 2018. (page 238) Krishnaswami Rao Kanchi, Dewan Bahadur, (1895), C.I.E, (1898), Dewan of Travsncore (retired), belongs to respectable Madhwa Deshastha Brahmin family; of late Mr. Kanchi Venkat Rao; b. 1845.. 9780666284051. 24 February 2018.
48. Book: Western colonial policy: a study on its impact on Indian society. 257. Institute of Historical Studies. 1981.
49. Book: The Who's who in Madras: ... A Pictorial Who's who of Distinguished Personages, Princes, Zemindars and Noblemen in the Madras Presidency, Issue 9. 1939 . Pearl Press. 246. Srinivasa, Rao Sahib A., Jagirdar of Arni, North Arcot Dist. e. s. of Tirumal Rao Sahib; b. in 1905. Belongs to the Desastha Madhwa Community. Educ. in Arni Bishop Cotton High School, Bangalore, Newington College and Christian College.
50. Book: History of Services, State of Bombay . 1949 . Printed at the Government Central Press . en.
51. Book: Mahmud. Syed Jafar. Pillars of modern India, 1757-1947. 1994. Ashish Pub. House. New Delhi. 9788170245865. 14–15. 30 November 2017.
52. Book: Govind. Nikhil. Between Love and Freedom The Revolutionary in the Hindi Novel.. 2014. Routledge India. New Delhi. 978-1138019768. 67.
53. Book: Lālā Haradayāla. Dharmavīra. Rājapāla. 1970. देशस्थ ब्राह्मण विष्णु गणेश पिंगले बड़े तेजस्वी एवं उत्साही भारतीय थे।.
54. Book: Jaffrelot. Christophe. The Hindu nationalist movement and Indian politics : 1925 to the 1990s : strategies of identity-building, implantation and mobilisation (with special reference to Central India). 1996. Hurst. London. 9781850653011. 45.
55. Web site: Madhu Dandavate the Finance Minister of India. India Infoline.
56. Book: The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95, Part 4. Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 1974. 31. Eminent Deshasthas you are looking at the woolmark The international symbol, the Communist leader S.A. Dange, T. S. Bharde, former Speaker and Minister for Cooperation in Maharashtra, R. S. Hukkerikar, former Speaker of the Bombay Legislative Assembly, Apasaheb Pant, our Ambassador to Italy, Justice Y. V. Chandrachud have all made their impact on national life.Setumadhavrao Pagdi and Babasaheb Purandare are em in ent as historians and scholars..
57. Book: Dominance and state power in modern India: decline of a social order. Francine R. Frankel. M. S. A. Rao. Oxford University Press. 1989. 158. 9780195620986. In Vidarbha also, Tilak's Swarajists were in charge of the Congress, led by Khaparde, a deshastha brahman..
58. Book: The Myth of the Lokamanya: Tilak and Mass Politics in Maharashtra. registration. Cashman, Richard I. . University of California Press. 190. 1975. 9780520024076.
59. Book: Gangadhar Rao Deshpande. . R.S. NARAYAN. Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. 31 May 2017. 13. Deshpande belongs to Rig Vedic deshasta sect of the Brahmin community. 9788123024424. 31 May 2017.
60. Book: The legal profession in colonial South India. 220. John Jeya Paul. Oxford University Press. 1991. 9780195625585.
61. Book: Man and Life, Volume 29. 105. Institute of Social Research and Applied Anthropology. 2003. Tatya Tope who fought for war of Independence of 1857, Acharya Dada Dharmadhikari, a Gandhian thinker and many others were the Deshastha Brahmins..
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63. Book: Religion, Caste, and Politics in India. Christophe Jaffrelot. Primus Books. 2010. 194. 9789380607047.
64. News: Death Anniversary: What Made Baba Amte Dedicate Himself to Rid Society of Leprosy Scourge. News18. 9 February 2022. Baba Amte’s full name was Murlidhar Devidas Amte. He was born in a Deshastha Brahmin family in Hinganghat village of Wardha, Maharashtra on 26 December 1914. His father was Devidas Harbaji Amte. His childhood went in royalty as his father was the landlord..
65. Book: The Calcutta Historical Journal, Volume 18. University of Calcutta. 1996. 44. The second Andhra Conference, held at Bezwada (Vijayawada) under the presidentship of Nyapati Subba Rao Pantulu, a (Maratha-Telugu Brahman) Desastha descended from a long line distinguished civil servants, unanimously passed the resolution demanding a separate province for Andhras which had been drawn up the previous year in Bapatla.
66. Web site: Middle East Institute . Middle East Institute . 2015 . 30 March 2015.
67. Book: History of Services, State of Bombay, Part 1. Printed at the Government Central Press. 1949. 109.
68. Book: Feature Writing. 137. N. Meera Raghavendra Rao. PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.. 12 September 2012. 9788120345799. 12 September 2012.
69. Web site: Brahmin Surnames Andhra Maharashtra, Goa Deshastha . 28 June 2013 .
70. Book: Judges of the Supreme Court of India: 1950–1989. George H. Gadbois, Jr. Oxford University Press. 2 May 2011. 978-0199088386. 102.
71. News: Silence Eva Jayate. Outlook. 23 July 2012.
72. News: BJP loses its master strategist . Rediff News . 3 May 2006 . "Pramod Mahajan's was a truly meteoric rise in the country's political landscape...The wily 56-year old Deshastha Brahmin was not only the Bharatiya Janata Party's master strategist....
73. Book: Jejurīcā Khaṇḍobā. Shankar Ganesh Dawne. Jayasiṃha Priṇṭinga Presa. 1963. 2. महाराष्ट्रांतील पुष्कळ देशस्थ ब्राह्मण घराण्यांतून खंडोबाची उपासना आढळून येते.त्यांत मुधोळकर, मुतालिक, मुजुमदार, विंचूरकर, पंतसचिव या सरदार घराण्यांचा प्रामुख्यान उल्लेख करावा लागेल..
74. Book: Provincial Legislatures and the National Movement: A Study in Interaction in Central Provinces and Berar, 1921-37. 15. Raghaw Raman Pateriya. Northern Book Centre. 1991. 978-8185119588.
75. Web site: BJP veteran Ram Naik to take oath as UP Governor on 22nd July. News18 India. 17 July 2014. 20 July 2018.
76. News: I'm happy that what I've done so far has been recognised now, says Naik. news18. 14 July 2014.
77. Book: The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95, Part 4. Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 1974. 31. Eminent Deshasthas you are looking at the woolmark, In modern times Lokanayak Bapuji Aney, former Governor of Bihar and follower of Lokamanya Tilak, Gangadharrao Deshpande. known as Karnatak Sinha, H. V. Pataskar, the former union minister for Law, the Communist leader S.A. Dange, T. S. Bharde, former Speaker and Minister for Cooperation in Maharashtra, R. S. Hukkerikar, former Speaker of the Bombay Legislative Assembly, Apasaheb Pant, our Ambassador to Italy, Justice Y. V. Chandrachud have all made their impact on national life..
78. Book: N. M. Joshi: Servant of India. 2. V. B. Karnik. United Asia Publications. 1972. As the family hailed originally from the Desh, Joshi fell in the Deshastha sub- caste of the Brahmin caste and not in the Chitpawan sub-caste which held a dominating position in the social and political life of Maharashtra.
79. Book: Goodrick-Clarke, N.. Hitler's Priestess: Savitri Devi, the Hindu-Aryan Myth, and Neo-Nazism.. 2000. NYU Press. 0-8147-3110-4. 58. 18 October 2015.
80. Web site: 2013-06-28 . Brahmin Surnames Andhra Maharashtra, Goa Deshastha . 2023-12-07 . Ramanisblog . en.
81. Book: New Quest, Issues 25-30. 4. the Indian Association for Cultural Freedom. 1981. Nanaji Deshmukh, Moropant Pingle and the deoras brothers too, insist are deshastha brahmins.
82. Book: The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95. Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 1974. 31. ARATHI literature is strewn with the names of Deshastha writers.The popular classical and light musician, DrVasantrao Deshpande, also from this community. Other schools of music are well represented by such veterans as Pandit Narayanrao Vyas, Meera Khirwadkar, Gururao Deshpande and musicologist Vamanrao Deshpande G. V. Bhonde, popularly known as " Nakalakar", gave mimicry the status of an art in Maharashtra. Famous actor and director Gajanan Jagirdar, Prabhakar Panshikar, magician Raghuvir Bhople all belong to this community..
83. Book: Bendré: The Painter and the Person. 4. Ram Chatterjee. Bendré Foundation for Art and Culture & Indus Corporation. 1990. Nana, as he was known to close friends and family members, was born on August 21, 1910, in a Deshastha Brahmin (Rigvedi) family, whose family deity is Narasimha..
84. Book: Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa. Richard Salomon. The Bridge to the Three Holy Cities. 16 June 2013. 1985. Motilal Banarsidass . Delhi. 978-0-89581-647-4. xxvi–xxvii.
85. Book: Viśveśvara Bhaṭṭa. Bendrey, V. Sitaram. Coronation of Shivaji the Great (Gagābhaṭṭakrlaḥ: Śrīśivarājabhiṣekaprayogaḥ): or, The procedure of the religious ceremony performed by Gagabhatta for the consecration of Shivaji as a Sawraj's king. 1960. 24–27. P. P. H. Bookstall.
86. Book: Gajanan Bhaskar Mehendale. Param Mitra Publications. 2012. Shivaji His Life and Times. 480. 978-9380875170.
87. Book: Endless Siege Education and Nationalism in Vidya Bharati Schools. 246. Krzysztof Iwanek. 13 May 2022. Oxford University Press. 9780192689283. Nilakantha Chaturdhara was a 17th- century Deshastha Brahman, famous for writing a Sanskrit commentary on Mahabharata, Bhāratabhāvadīpa..
88. Book: Language and Literature. 1971. 7. Directorate of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State. Bhaskara Apaji Agnihotri was a Deccani Brahmin of the Kashyapa Gotra and a Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin. He wrote a work on Sanskrit and Anatomy entitled Sharira Padmini which, according to the chronogram, was composed in samvat 1735. His padyamritatarangini was composed in A. D. 1676. He has also composed another work entitled smritiprakasa..
89. Book: The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95. Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 31. 1974. Marathi literature is strewn with Deshastha writers. Some of the luminaries are B. S. Murdhekar, the neo classical poet and critic; the popular dramatists Acharya P. K. Atre, V.V.Shirwadkar; the poet and story writer G.D.Madgulkar popularly known as the "Modern Walmiki” of Maharashtra, Sahitya Akademi Award winners G. T. Deshpande, Laxmanshastri Joshi, S. N. Banhatti, V. K. Gokak and Mugali all belong to this community. Industry has been enriched by K. H. Kabbur, Padma Bhushan B. D. Garware, the first producer of nylon thread in India, M.S.Parkhe, leading paper and pulp producer, and Vasantrao Ghatke of Ghatke and Patil Transport Company, Anantrao Kulkarni of Continental Prakashan and R. J. Deshmukh of Deshmukh Prakashan are leading publishers in Maharashtra.In the field of administration, there are P.J. Chi- mulgund (ICS), S. B. Kulkarni (IAS), S. Y. Jakatdar, General Manager of Telco, and N. S. Kulkarni (IAS). Leading educationists of the community are Dr G. S. Khair, Principal N. G. Suru, Dr T. K. Tope, Vice-Chancellor, University of Bombay, and C. D. Deshpande. The statistician of international repute, Dr P. V. Sukhatme, the well-known gynaecologist, Dr B. N. Purandare, and the noted biologist, Dr T. S. Mahabale, are Deshasthas..
90. Book: O'Hanlon . Rosalind . Religious Cultures in Early Modern India: New Perspectives . Washbrook . David . 2014-01-02 . Routledge . 978-1-317-98287-6 . en.
91. Book: The Vanished Raj A Memoir of Princely India. Rajaram N S. Prism Books Private Limited. 12 January 2019. 18. 9789388478113. 12 January 2019.
92. Web site: Brahmin Surnames Andhra Maharashtra, Goa Deshastha . 28 June 2013 .
93. Book: Marathi niyatakalikanci suchi. Shankar Ganesh. Mumbai Marathi Granthsangrhalaya. 1976. क्षीरसागर, श्रीकृष्ण केशव देशस्थ ऋ. ब्राह्मण यांची अर्वाचीन वाङ्मयक्षेत्रांतील कामगिरी. त्रैमासिक ५-२ काश १८५६ : ७०-७२. पुरुषार्थ १३-१२ ८९१•४६ मराठी वाङमय $ २ - प्राचीन मराठी वाङ्मय ....
94. Book: Marching Ahead!. Ram Naik. Prabhat Prakashan. 1 January 2016. 9789386231628. January 2016.
95. Book: The Vanished Raj A Memoir of Princely India. Rajaram N S. Prism Books Private Limited. 12 January 2019. 300. 9789388478113. 12 January 2019.
96. https://www.instagram.com/deshasthabrahmins/
97. "Professor Anant Sadashiv Altekar commemoration volume", Journal of the Numismatic Society of India, 22, 1960
98. Moraes, G., 1959, January. PANEGYRIC UPON THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE LATE Dr. AS ALTEKAR. In Proceedings of the Indian History Congress (pp. 8-12). Indian History Congress.
99. Book: History of modern Marathi literature, 1800-1938. 589. Govind Chimnaji Bhate. The author. 1939. Datto Vaman Potdar comes from a Desasth Brahmin family hailing from Kolaba district. Dattu (the colloquial for Datto fuller name being Dattatraya) was born at Biravadi, taluka Mahad, district Kolaba in 1890..
100. The quarterly journal of the Mythic society (Bangalore). 94. 56. Mythic Society. 1966.
101. at page 94; Quote - "Rao Bahadur C.Hayavadana Rao was born on Tenth of July 1865 at Hosur, Krishnagiri talk in a Madhwa Deshastha Family.His father was C.Raja Rao"
102. Book: City, countryside and society in Maharashtra. University of Toronto, Centre for South Asian Studies. 1988. 46. Donald W. Attwood, Milton Israel, Narendra K. Wagle. 9780969290728.
103. Book: House of Shivaji: Studies and Documents on Maratha History, Royal Period. Sir Jadunath Sarkar. 1955 . They had conferred on him the title of Rao Bahadur in 1913.
104. Book: Archaeology and the Public Purpose: Writings on and by M.N. Deshpande. 19. Nayanjot Lahiri. Oxford University Press. 30 November 2020. 9780190993863.
105. Book: The Kincaids, two generations of a British family in the Indian civil service. Aruṇa Ṭikekara. 237. Promilla & Co.. 1992. Bal Gandharva alias Narayanrao Rajhans was a Deshastha Brahmin and not a Chitpavan.. 9788185002132.
106. Book: Gender, Culture, and Performance: Marathi Theatre and Cinema before Independence. Meera Kosambi. Routledge. 5 July 2017. 272. 9781351565899. 5 July 2017.
107. Book: The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95. Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 31. 1974. Padma Bhushan Krishnarao Phulambrikar, the famous musician and music director, is another important Deshastha of that time..
108. Book: The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95. Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 31. 1974. The kirana gharana has been kept alive by Deshastha stalwarts like Rambhau Kundgolkar, popularly known as the Sawai Gandharva, and the internationally known Prabha Atre..
109. Book: Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. 13. Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. Kasturi Paigude Rane. Eldest of 16 siblings, Bhimsen Joshi is born to a family that belonged to a Kannada Deshastha Madhva Brahmin lineage.. 2021. 9789354092619.
110. Book: Krishnaraja Wodeyar III: A Historical Study. R. Gopal. Es Narēndra Prasād. Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Government of Karnataka]. 2010. 88. Besides Veena Shamanna belonging to Brahmin Brihatcharana groups, veena player Padmanabhaiah of Chikkanayakanahalli taluk, Chittur Sadashiva Rao (Mysore Sadashiva Rao) belonging to Maratha Deshastha Brahmin sect of Andhra Pradesh were the main musicians of the king's court..
111. Book: The Journal of the Music Academy, Madras, Volume 58. 110. Music Academy. 1987. Sakharam Rao was born at Madhyarjunam (Tiruvidaimarudur) in the Tanjore District. He was the eldest son of Gottu Vadya Srinivasa Rao, a famous player of the preceding generation from whom he learnt the art. He was a Madhva Desastha Brahmin and a Rigvedi..
112. Book: The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95, Part 4. Pritish Nandy. Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 1974. Though the Deshasthas are not famous for their military valour, yet, as in every field, they rise to the occasion in times of crisis—take the example of General G. G. Bewoor, Chief of Army Staff, and Rear Admiral Kulkarni. This community has equally distinguished itself in the fine arts, drama, music, painting, etc..
113. News: China commemorates Dr Kotnis, slips in opinion about how Asia's India-China must work together to defeat West. Times Now. 12 October 2020.
114. Book: The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95. Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 30. 1974. Deshasthas have contributed to mathematics and literature as well as to the cultural and religious heritage of India. Bhaskaracharaya was one of the greatest mathematicians of ancient India..
115. Book: Rise of Maratha Power. Mahadeo Govind Ranade. Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. 2017. 125. 9788123025117.
116. http://web.mit.edu/deshpandecenter/about.html