The Jadhav is a

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Gotra In Hindu culture, the term gotra (Sanskrit: गोत्र) is considered to be equivalent to lineage. It broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor or patriline. Generally, the gotr ...

) found in the several castes such as Koli,

Maratha The Marathi people (; Marathi: , ''Marāṭhī lōk'') or Marathis (Marathi: मराठी, ''Marāṭhī'') are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are native to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-A ...

, Veershaiv Vani,

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and Mangs living in Indian states of

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, Goa,

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Notable people

* Bharat Jadhav (born 1973), Indian theatre and film producer * Bhaskar Jadhav, Indian politician * Dhanaji Jadhav (1650–1708), warrior of the

Maratha Empire The Maratha Empire, also referred to as the Maratha Confederacy, was an early modern India, early modern polity in the Indian subcontinent. It comprised the realms of the Peshwa and four major independent List of Maratha dynasties and states, Ma ...

* Kedar Jadhav (born 1985), Indian cricketer * Keshav Rao Jadhav, Politician from

Hyderabad State Hyderabad State () was a princely state in the Deccan region of south-central India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and the ...

* Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav (1926–1984), Indian Olympic wrestler *

Kulbhushan Jadhav Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav (born 16 April 1970; also spelled Kulbhushan Yadav, alleged alias Hussain Mubarak Patel) is an Indian national who has been incarcerated in Pakistan since 2016. The Pakistani government alleges that he is a spy for th ...

(born 1970), Indian ex-naval officer and businessman, held by Pakistan since 2016 illegally. * Lakhuji Jadhav, prominent grandee of Sindkhed Raja in 16th century * Loukik Jadhav (born 1989), Indian association footballer * Mary Clubwala Jadhav (1909–1975), Indian philanthropist * Namdeo Jadhav (born 1921), Indian recipient of the

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* Narendra Jadhav (born 1953), Indian economist, bureaucrat, writer and educationist * Pradeep Hemsingh Jadhav (1954–2025), Indian politician * Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav (born 1960), member of the

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of Parliament of India which is Bicameralism, bicameral, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by a ...

in the Parliament of India * Priyadarshan Jadhav (born 1980), Marathi actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter * Ravi Jadhav, Indian film producer and film director * Sanjay Jadhav, Indian film producer and film director * Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav (born 1967), Indian politician *

Siddarth Jadhav Siddharth Jadhav (born 23 October 1981) is an Indian actor, entertainer and comedian widely known for his work in several Hindi cinema, Hindi and Marathi Films, Marathi films and stage productions. He has received several awards including a Fil ...

(born 1981), Indian actor and comedian * Snehal Jadhav (born 1990), Maharashtrian cricketer * Umesh. G. Jadhav (born 1959), Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha * Yamini Jadhav, Indian politician * Keren Jadhav, Indian business woman and women entrepreneur

In fiction

* Inspector Mahesh Jadhav, a fictional character in '' Zapatlela'' film series

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jadhav, Jadav Surnames of Indian origin