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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. [49] T. Madhava Rao (1829–1891) - Diwan of Travancore, 1857–1872; Diwan of Indore, 1873–1875; Diwan of Baroda, 1875 – 1882. [50]
Deshastha Brahmin is a Hindu Brahmin subcaste mainly from the Indian state of Maharashtra and North Karnataka. [5] Other than these states, according to authors K. S. Singh, Gregory Naik and Pran Nath Chopra, Deshastha Brahmins are also concentrated in the states of Telangana [6] [1] (which was earlier part of Hyderabad State and Berar Division), Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh (Which was ...
Major Sundarrajan [50] ... Irawati Karve, first woman Anthropologist of India [421] ... List of Deshastha Brahmins; List of Gaud Saraswat Brahmins;
In modern times the Maharashtrian brahmin and CKP communities of Indore dominated the RSS and Bharatiya Janasangh (the forerunner of the BJP). [5] Brahmins are about 8-10% of the total population of Maharashtra. [6] Among Maharashtrian Brahmins, almost 60 per cent (three-fifth) are Deshastha Brahmins and 20 per cent (one-fifth) are Chitpavan ...
[8] [58] Educationally and professionally, 20th century research showed that the Saraswat, CKP, Deshastha and Chitpawan were quite similar. [15] Researcher and professor Dr.Neela Dabir sums it up as follows "In Maharashtra for instance, the family norms among the Saraswat Brahmins and CKPs were similar to those of the Marathi Brahmins".
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Pages in category "Brahmin communities of Maharashtra" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
KHALADKAR; DESHASTHA RUGVEDI BRAHMIN; VISHWAMITRA GOTRA: PUNE —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.246.36.184 12:49, 27 August 2008 (UTC) BOBDE;DESHASTHA RUGVEDI BRAHMIN;KAUSHIK GOTRA; you cannot simply list all of them - there are too many. I can give another: Kulkarni; Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin; Harita Gotra; Maharashtra/Karnataka