Ghorpade is a surname found among Marathi Brahmins and Marathas in the

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of Maharashtra and

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Notable people

Santaji Ghorpade Santaji Mahaloji Ghorpade,(1645–1696) popularly known as ‘Santajirao’ or ‘Santaji Ghorpade’, was the most celebrated Maratha warrior and the sixth Sarsenapati of the Maratha Empire during Rajaram's regime. His name became inseparable fr ...

(1645–1696), Maratha warrior, chief general of Rajaram Maharaj *

Yeshwantrao Ghorpade Maharaja Srimant Yeshwantrao Hindurao Ghorpade (13 November 1908 - 11 October 1996) was the ruler of the princely state of Sandur from 1928 to 1949. He was the last Rajah of Sandur and presided over the accession of the state to the Dominion of I ...

(1908–1996), last raja of Sandur *

M. Y. Ghorpade Murarirao Yeshwantrao Ghorpade (7 December 1931 – 29 October 2011) was an Indian politician. He was the son of the last Raja of the Sandur State, a former Princely State. He was a former MLA from Sandur and one-time MP from Raichur, Karnata ...

(1931–2011), politician from

Jayasinghrao Ghorpade Jaysinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade (2 October 1930 – 29 March 1978) was an Indian cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at eac ...

, Indian cricketer * Sujay Ghorpade (born 1965), Indian table tennis player *

K. V. Ghorpade Krishna Rao Voomaji Rao Ghorpade, better known as K. V. Ghorpade (March 17, 1919 – December 23, 1997) was an Indian pathologist. He was born on 17 March 1919. After medical education, he worked under Dr. P. Krishna Rao and obtained Ph.D. fr ...

(1919–1997), Indian pathologist

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*{{cite book, author1=Balagi Nathugi Gavand, author2=Govind Moroba Karlekar, title=Kshytriya Marathyanchi Vanshavali and Shannavkuli aani Surya, Som, Bhramh and Sheshvant, year=1997, publisher=Tukaram book Depo, Madhavbag, Mumbai 4 Maratha clans Marathi-language surnames Surnames