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 Mahar is one of the Indian caste found largely in the state of Maharashtra and neighbouring areas. Most of the Mahar community followed B. R. Ambedkar in converting to Buddhism in the middle of the 20th century. As of 2017 the Mahar caste w ...

Koli Koli may refer to: People * Koli people, Indian caste group * Koli Christians, a Christian subgroup * Muslim Kolis, Muslim community * Koli (surname), Indian surname * Koli Sewabu (born 1975), Fijian rugby union footballer Places * Koli, Fin ...

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 ...

.The Maratha Pawars, in particular, claim descent from the Parmar clan of

Rajputs Rājpūt (, from Sanskrit ''rājaputra'' meaning "son of a king"), also called Thākur (), is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating fro ...

. Historical accounts also link the Pawar lineage to the Puru tribe mentioned in Greek records during Alexander’s invasion of India. Over the centuries, the Pawar clan migrated from regions such as

Malwa Malwa () is a historical region, historical list of regions in India, region of west-central India occupying a plateau of volcanic origin. Geologically, the Malwa Plateau generally refers to the volcanic plateau, volcanic upland north of the ...

and

Ujjain Ujjain (, , old name Avantika, ) or Ujjayinī is a city in Ujjain district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the fifth-largest city in Madhya Pradesh by population and is the administrative as well as religious centre of Ujjain ...

, eventually spreading to

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and Maharashtra. 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 Ameya Pawar (born April 22, 1980) is an American politician who previously served on the Chicago City Council as the alderman for the 47th ward of the City of Chicago. He was first elected in the 2011 municipal elections, and was elected to a se ...

(born 1980), American politician and City of Chicago Alderman *

Anand Pawar Anand Pawar (born 18 July 1986) is a male Indian badminton player who has represented India in the Men's World Team Championships (Thomas Cup) & World Mixed Team Championships ( Sudirman Cup ) & Asian Badminton Championships. He is a Bronze Med ...

, 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 Dewas Senior was established by Tukoji Rao I Pawar during the Maratha conquest of Central India. It was a 15 Gun Salute Maratha princely state. On 12 December 1818 it became a British protectorate. History The original state was founded in ...

and Indian politician *

Kuldeep Pawar Kuldeep Pawar (10 June 1949 – 24 March 2014) was an Indian actor in the Marathi language film industry of India. Early life He was born in Kolhapur in Maharashtra. His grandfather worked for electric power house started by His Highness Sha ...

, Indian actor in the

Marathi Marathi may refer to: *Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India **Marathi people (Uttar Pradesh), the Marathi people in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh *Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Mar ...

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 Narayan Rao Pawar (1925 – 12 December 2010) was an Indian independence movement, Indian independence activist and member of Arya Samaj. He became popular after plotting to kill the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan as the Nizam was u ...

(1925-2010), Indian independence activist and member of Arya Samaj who plotted to kill the last Nizam of Hyderabad *

Rajendra Singh Pawar Rajendra Singh Pawar (Padma Bhushan awardee) is an Indian entrepreneur, chairman and co-founder of NIIT Limited, established in 1981. He also founded NIIT University, a not-for-profit university in Neemrana, Rajasthan, in 2009. Early life a ...

, Indian businessman, chairman of NIIT *

Rajesh Pawar Rajesh Vithal Pawar (born 6 September 1979), in Bombay, Maharashtra, is an Indian former cricketer who played for Mumbai in domestic cricket. He was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and a handy left-handed batsman. Pawar took over 200 first-cla ...

(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 Suraj Pawar is an Indian actor who works in Marathi cinema, debuted in Nagraj Manjule's 2009 Marathi-language short film '' Pistulya'', for which he received the National Film Award for Best Child Actor in the Non-feature film category. Pawa ...

, Indian actor * Tukoji Rao IV Puar, Maharaja of

and Indian politician from

, belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party * Tukoji Rao III Puar, Maharaja of

Urmila Pawar Urmila Pawar (born 1945) is an Indian writer and activist in the Dalit and feminist movements. Writing primarily in Marathi, her works have often been hailed as a critique of social discrimination and the ''savarna'' exploitation by commentator ...

(born 1945), Indian Marathi-language writer *

Uttamsingh Pawar Uttamsingh Pawar was a member of the 11th Lok Sabha and 12th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Jalna constituency of Maharashtra and was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, as well as Janata Party The Janata Party (JP, ) is an ...

, Indian politician *

Vikram Singh Rao II Puar Vikram Singh Rao II Puar (born 3 May 1989), is the present titular and the 10th Maharaja of Dewas Senior . He is a descendant of the Maratha Puar (Pawar) dynasty. He ascended the 'Gadi' of Dewas Senior as the Maharaja, after the death of his f ...

, titular Maharaja of

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