List of Deshastha Brahmins

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
Dnyaneshwar, a 13th-century Marathi Varkari saint

Historical figures

Seuna dynasty (860–1317)

Vijayanagara Empire (1336–1646)

Prime Ministers

Maratha Empire (1674–1818)
Bust of Ramchandra Pant Amatya

Peshwas

Sachivs

Pratinidhis

Other notable Maratha Empire people

British Empire (1858 to 1947)
Rajah T. Madhava Rao Diwan of Travancore, Baroda and Indore, a painting by Raja Ravi Verma.
Gurunath Venkatesh Bewoor on 1989 commemorative stamp of India.

Rulers

Diwans and other higher officials

During the rule of British Raj the most powerful Brahmin bureaucrats in the South India were Deshastha Brahmins.[52] 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.[53]

Indian Independence Movement
Statue of Tatya Tope
Shripad Amrit Dange, a founding member of the Communist Party of India (CPI).

Leaders of 1857 War of Independence

Revolutionaries

Others

Reformers and Social activists
Bharat Ratna Nanaji Deshmukh on 2017 commemorative stamp of India.

Bureaucrats and Diplomats

Jurists and lawyers

Politics
Portrait of K. B. Hedgewar, founder of RSS.


Arts

Cinema and theatre

Artists

Scholars & poets

Historians & Archeologists

Music

Hindustani classical music

Carnatic classical music

Military

Science and Technology

Mathematics and Statistics

Education

Business and Industries

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  70. The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95, Part 4. Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 1974. p. 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.
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  79. "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.
  80. The Calcutta Historical Journal, Volume 18. University of Calcutta. 1996. p. 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
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  95. V. B. Karnik (1972). N. M. Joshi: Servant of India. United Asia Publications. p. 2. 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
  96. Goodrick-Clarke, N. (2000). Hitler's Priestess: Savitri Devi, the Hindu-Aryan Myth, and Neo-Nazism. NYU Press. p. 58. ISBN 0-8147-3110-4. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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  99. Elleke Boehmer (4 October 2010). The Indian Postcolonial: A Critical Reader. Routledge. p. 138. ISBN 9781136819575. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  100. The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95. Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 1974. p. 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.
  101. Ram Chatterjee (1990). Bendré: The Painter and the Person. Bendré Foundation for Art and Culture & Indus Corporation. p. 4. 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.
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  103. Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa (1985). Richard Salomon (ed.). The Bridge to the Three Holy Cities. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. pp. xxvi–xxvii. ISBN 978-0-89581-647-4. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  104. Viśveśvara Bhaṭṭa (1960). Bendrey, V. Sitaram (ed.). 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. P. P. H. Bookstall. pp. 24–27.
  105. Gajanan Bhaskar Mehendale (2012). Shivaji His Life and Times. Param Mitra Publications. p. 480. ISBN 978-9380875170.
  106. Krzysztof Iwanek (13 May 2022). Endless Siege Education and Nationalism in Vidya Bharati Schools. Oxford University Press. p. 246. ISBN 9780192689283. Nilakantha Chaturdhara was a 17th- century Deshastha Brahman, famous for writing a Sanskrit commentary on Mahabharata, Bhāratabhāvadīpa.
  107. Language and Literature. Directorate of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State. 1971. p. 7. 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.
  108. The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95. Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 1974. p. 31. 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.
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  128. The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95. Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 1974. p. 31. 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.
  129. Kasturi Paigude Rane (2021). Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. p. 13. ISBN 9789354092619. Eldest of 16 siblings, Bhimsen Joshi is born to a family that belonged to a Kannada Deshastha Madhva Brahmin lineage.
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  131. The Journal of the Music Academy, Madras, Volume 58. Music Academy. 1987. p. 110. 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.
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