Saswad from the Sangameshwar temple in 1813 by British artist Robert Melville Grindlay. The Purandare palace can be seen in the background.

Purandare is prominent Indian family of Nobles, Sardars, Patil, Jagirdars during Maratha Empire. They belong to Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin (DRB) community.[1] Dhondo Malhar Purandare, a member of purandare family held the patilki watan of Vadule, a village in present day Shevgaon taluka in Ahmednagar district.[2] Purandare wada (palace} in Saswad was the seat of the Purandares until 1818, when the Peshwas lost control to the British East India Company after the Third Anglo-Maratha War.The Purandare Wada still stands but is in a much dilapidated state.[3] The design of the Purandare wada was the inspiration for the better known Shaniwar Wada in Pune.[4]

History

Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath rose to prominence through the support of Purandare.[5] After becoming Peshwa, Balaji made Ambaji Pant Purandare as his Mutalik, or 'deputy Peshwa.'[6] Ambaji Pant Purandare is the founder of the Purandare family.[7] In 1727, a dispute concerned the posts of Kulkarni and Deshkulkarni between the Purandares and Atreyas in which the Purandares won.[8]

Notables

References

  1. ^ Balkrishna Govind Gokhale (1988). Poona in the eighteenth century: an urban history. Oxford University Press. p. 116. The Purandares belonged to the original group that rose to eminence from the time of Balaji Vishwanath. They were Rigvedi Deshastha Brahmans and Deshpandes of Saswad, enjoying one- half part of the rights of the Deshkulkarnis of the district Raryat Marval.
  2. ^ Burton Stein; Sanjay Subrahmanyam (1996). Institutions and economic change in South Asia. Oxford University Press. p. 73.
  3. ^ Rajaram Vinayak Oturka (1951). Poona: Look and Outlook: Editor-in-chief: R. V. Oturkar. Municipal Corporation. p. 60.
  4. ^ Lavand, V. (2018). Understanding Heritage potential of Saswad,“A HISTORIC Medieval Town of Deccan”. International Journal of Engineering Research, 7(special3), 239-242.[]
  5. ^ The Journal of the Anthropological Society of Bombay, Volume 10. Anthropological Society of Bombay. 1917. p. 138. According to Mr. Deshmukh, the first Peshwa Balaji came into prominence through the support of Purandare.
  6. ^ Jaswant Lal Mehta (January 2005). dvanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813. Sterling Publishers. p. 63. ISBN 9781932705546. Retrieved 1 January 2005. On the recommendation of Balaji Vishwanath, the Chhatrapati was pleased to appoint Ambaji Pant Purandare as the Peshwa's mutalik or 'deputy', and Ramaji Pant Bhanu his fadnavis
  7. ^ Mahadev Govind Ranade (1990). Mahadev Govind Ranade. Deep and Deep Publications. p. 241. ISBN 9788171002450.
  8. ^ Balkrishna Govind Gokhale (1988). Poona in the eighteenth century: an urban history. Oxford University Press. p. 116. In 1727 there was a dispute concerning the posts of Kulkarni and Deshkulkarni, between the Purandare's and Atre's in which the Purandares won out.
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