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Pawar 
Summary
Pawar (also spelled as Pavar[1] and Puar) is an Indian surname found among the Maratha, Mahar or Koli people in Maharashtra.[2][3][1]
Notable people bearing the Pawar name or its variants include:
- Ajit Pawar (born 1959), Indian politician; deputy chief minister of Maharashtra and nephew of Sharad Pawar
- Ameya Pawar (born 1980), American politician and City of Chicago Alderman
- Anand Pawar, Indian badminton player
- Anjali Pawar, Indian social worker
- Bharati Pawar, Indian politician
- Dagdu Maruti Pawar, Indian Dalit author
- Hemendra Singh Rao Pawar, titular Maharaja of Dhar State)
- Krishnaji Rao III Puar, Maharaja of Dewas Senior and Indian politician
- Kuldeep Pawar, One of most popular Indian actor in the Marathi language film industry
- Lalita Pawar (1916-1998), Popular Hindi TV & Marathi actress
- Narayan Rao Pawar (1925-2010), Indian independence activist and member of Arya Samaj who plotted to kill the last Nizam of Hyderabad
- Rajendra Singh Pawar, Indian businessman, chairman of NIIT
- Rajesh Pawar (born 1979), Indian cricketer
- Sharad Pawar (born 1940), Indian politician
- Tukoji Rao IV Puar, Maharaja of Dewas Senior and Indian politician from Madhya Pradesh, belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party
- Tukoji Rao III Puar, Maharaja of Dewas Senior
- Urmila Pawar (born 1945), Indian Marathi-language writer
- Uttamsingh Pawar, Indian politician
- Vikram Singh Rao II Puar, titular Maharaja of Dewas Senior
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References edit
- ^ a b Apte, Usha Mukund (1982). Vedic, Hindu, and Tribal Marriage: A Study in Culture Change. New Delhi, India: AWARE (Action for Welfare and Awakening in Rural Environment). pp. 201: the Koli - clans names like Cavan, Bhosle, Pavar etc. are of part - Kshatriya origin.
- ^ Tulasīdāsa Viṭhūjī Geḍāma (1999). Untouchability and Its Origin. Yugantar Education Society. p. 158.
In Maharashtra we find surnames of Jadhav, Chavan, Pawar, Gaikwad, Thorat etc. among the Maratha caste as well as Mahar caste
- ^ K. S. Singh (1996). Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. Anthropological Survey of India. ISBN 978-0-19-563357-3.
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