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Pant Pratinidhi family | |
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Current region | Pune, India |
Etymology | The Viceroy |
Place of origin | Kinhai, Satara, Satara District, Maharashtra, India |
Members | Parshuram Trimbak Pant Pratinidhi Krishnarao Pant Pratinidhi Shripatrao Pant Pratinidhi Jagjivanrao Pant Pratinidhi Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi Parashuram Rao Pant Pratinidhi Parashuramrao Shrinivas I |
Connected families | Gandekar family |
Estate(s) | Aundh State Vishalgad estate |
Pant Pratinidhi family is a prominent aristocratic noble family of India, who served as Pratinidhis to Chhatrapatis of Maratha Empire and later became rulers of the Princely states of Aundh and Vishalgad. [1] [2]
The Pant Pratinidhi's were officers of the highest dignity under the Maratha Empire. They were ranked above all Ashta Pradhans and even above Peshwas during Rajaram I to Shahu I times. [3]
The family of the Pant Pratinidhi is descended from Trimbak Krishna, the Kulkarni (village officer) of Kinhai. Parshuram Trimbak Pant Pratinidhi, son of Trimbak Krishna was the founder of the family. Parshuram Pant Pratinidhi was born in 1660 in kinhai village. [4] The family name of Pant Pratinidhi family is Jaykar. [5]
Parshuram Trimbak married, had five sons and two daughters.
Shrimant Krishnaji Parshuram married and had four sons.
The Chief of Vishalgad, styled Pant Pratinidhi, was a Deshasth Brahman and his family name was Jaykar.