Pawar (also spelled as Pavar and Puar) is an Indian surname found among the

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 ...

, Mahar or Koli people in

Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...

. Notable people bearing the Pawar name or its variants include: *

Ajit Pawar Ajit Anantrao Pawar (Marathi pronunciation: �d͡ʒit̪ pəʋaːɾ born 22 July 1959) is an Indian politician serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra along with Eknath Shinde under Devendra Fadnavis since 5 December 2024. He is t ...

(born 1959), Indian politician; deputy chief minister of

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 Hemendra Singh Rao Pawar (18 September 1968 - 07 November 2023), was the titular Maharaja of Dhar State. He was a descendant of the Pawar (Pawar, Puar) dynasty that ruled Dhar State. He was crowned as the Maharaja of Dhar State on 15 January 20 ...

, titular Maharaja of

Dhar State Dhar State was a princely state. It was a salute state in the colonial sway of the Central India Agency. Dhar began as one of the states during Maratha Empire, Maratha dominance in India about 1730. In 1941 it had an area of and a populatio ...

) * Krishnaji Rao III Puar, Maharaja of Dewas Senior and Indian politician * Kuldeep Pawar, Indian actor in the Marathi language film industry *

Lalita Pawar Lalita Pawar (née Amba Laxmanrao Shagun; 18 April 1916 – 24 February 1998) was a prolific Indian actress, who later became famous as a character actress, appearing in over 700 films in Bollywood, Hindi, Marathi cinema, Marathi and Gujarati c ...

(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 Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar (, pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, �əɾəd̪ pəʋaːɾ born 12 December 1940) is an Indian politician. Pawar served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for four terms and in the Union Council of Ministers ...

(born 1940), Indian politician * Suraj Pawar, Indian actor * Tukoji Rao IV Puar, Maharaja of Dewas Senior and Indian politician from

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (; ; ) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore, Indore. Other major cities includes Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar. Madhya Pradesh is the List of states and union te ...

, 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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{{Surname Surnames of Indian origin Maratha clans Mahar Koli clans

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