List of Gaud Saraswat Brahmins

This is a list of notable Gaud Saraswat Brahmins.

Politicians

• Kashinath Trimbak Telang (1850–1893) - judge, politician, writer and educationalist ^[1]
• N. G. Chandavarkar (1855–1923) - judge, politician and social reformer ^[1]
• Manohar Parrikar (1955–2019) -Ex Defence Minister of India, and Chief Minister of Goa for multiple term. ^[2]
• Suresh Prabhu, Ex Minister of Railways Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, former chairman of Saraswat Bank ^[2]

Writers and academics

• Shenoi Goembab, popularly known as Shenoi Goembab, was a Konkani writer and activist.
• M. Govinda Pai, also known as Rastrakavi Govinda Pai, was a Kannada poet
• R.G. Bhandarkar (1837–1925) - orientalist, and social reformer ^[3]
• Vijay Tendulkar (1928–2008) - playwright, screenplay writer and journalist ^[4]
• Dharmananda Damodar Kosambi (1876–1947) - scholar of Buddhism and Pali language ^[5]
• Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi (1907–1966) - polymath ^[6]
• Meera Kosambi (1939–2015) - writer and sociologist. Daughter of Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi ^[7]
• Girish Karnad, Indian playwright, actor, director, and writer.
• Gopalakrishna Pai, Pai has received the Karnataka Sahitya Academic award, Centre's Kendra Sahitya Academi Award
• Dhairya Dand, Indian American inventor and artist, multiple international awards.

Film actors and directors

• Guru Dutt (1925–1964) - Hindi film actor and director ^[8]
• Shyam Benegal, Film director
• Anant Nag, Kannada Actor
• Shankar Nag, Kannada Actor and director.
• Girish Karnad, Kannada Actor and director.

Businessmen

• Dayananda Pai, Indian billionaire real estate developer, philanthropist and educationist in Bangalore, India
• T. M. A. Pai, founder of Manipal University and founder of syndicate bank.
• Vittal Mallya, former chairman of United breweries Group.
• Vijay Mallya - Failed businessman son of Vittal Mallya.
• Ammembal Subba Rao Pai -Founder of Canara Bank.

See also

• Gaud Saraswat Brahmin temples in Kerala

References

1. Chandrachud, Abhinav (2015). An Independent, Colonial Judiciary: A History of the Bombay High Court during the British Raj, 1862-1947 1st Edition by (1st ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0199453306.
2. Kelekar, Samir (23 November 2014). "Forward castes must think forward as well". Hindustan Times . Retrieved 8 April 2019.
3. Deshpande, M.M., 2010. Pañca Gauḍa and Pañca Drāviḍa: Contested borders of a traditional classification. Studia Orientalia Electronica, 108, pp.41.
4. Bhimrao, R.S., 2015. Reconstructing Dramatics Dramaturgy in Contemporary Experimental Plays of Vijay Tendulkar Satish Alekar and Mahesh Elkunchwar
5. Lahiri, N., 2009. DD Kosambi: The Historian as Writer. Economic and Political Weekly, pp. 41-48.
6. Kosambi, M., 2008. DD Kosambi: The Scholar and the Man. Economic and Political Weekly, pp.34-42.
7. Kulkarni, M. (2015). "Reclaiming feminism: The legacy of Meera Kos". Contributions to Indian Sociology. 49 (2): 250–254. doi:10.1177/0069966715585653. S2CID   149160830.
8. Dawar, Ramesh (2006). Bollywood : yesterday, today, tomorrow (2nd ed.). New Delhi: Published by Star Publications on behalf of Indian Book Shelf. p. 46. ISBN   9781905863013.