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This is no longer so when people move away from their native village and especially when family names like Chavan , Bhonsle , Kale , Ghorpade when family names like Chavan , Bhonsle , Kale , Ghorpade , are found among Brahmins , Marathas , artisans and [former]untouchable castes like the Mahar and Chambhar.
- ↑ Maratha Kshatriyancha Itihaasa By K. B. Deshmukh
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The Chief of Ichalkaranji, styled Ghorpade, was a Konkanasth Brahman and his family name was Joshi.
- ↑ Report on the Administration of the Madras Presidency.
Raja Srimant Venkatrao Rao Sahib, Hindu Rao Ghorpade Mamlukat- General and madar, Senapati, Raja of Sandur, is a Mahratta Brahmin by caste.
- ↑ Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala; Viśveśvara Prasāda Koirālā (2001). Atmabrittanta: Late Life Recollections. Himal Books. p. 56. ISBN 9789993313083.
Ghorpade was a Brahmin while the maharaja [Kolhapur State] was not. The latter used to promote mass marriages without a pundit officiating.
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Among the Brahmins Shivarampant Karkun and Narsingrao Ghorpade were in the service of Nawab Khair Khan.
- 1 2 "Royal Ghorpade Dynasty Archive". Ghorpade Dynasty Roy. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
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