Sawant is the surname of a Maratha clan, found mainly in the state of Maharashtra and neighbouring states in India.
Notable people
People with this surname include:
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Abhijeet Sawant
Abhijeet Sawant is an Indian singer, television personality, and the winner of first season of ''Indian Idol''. He was the first runner up of '' Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star'' and finished third in ''Asian Idol''. He was also the first runner up o ...
, singer
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Arvind Sawant
Arvind Ganpat Sawant (born 31 December 1951) is an Indian politician from the Shiv Sena (UBT) party who have served as Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises from 30 May 2019 to 11 November 2019. He is Member of Lok Sabha since 2 ...
, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
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Ashlesha Sawant
Ashlesha Sawant (born 24 September 1984) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television. She made her acting debut with ''Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'' portraying Teesha Mehta Virani. Sawant is best known for her portrayal of T ...
, Indian television actress
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Deepak Sawant, politician
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Govind Sawant, field hockey player
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Kamlesh Sawant
Kamlesh Sawant is an Indian actor who works in Hindi and Marathi films. He is most known for his roles in the films ''Force'', '' Bhoothnath Returns'', and ''Drishyam
''Drishyam'' () is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller fil ...
, actor
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Kshama Sawant
Kshama Sawant ( ; born October 17, 1973) is an Indian-American politician and economist who served on the Seattle City Council from 2014 to 2024. She was a member of Socialist Alternative as the first and only member of the party to date to be ...
, U.S. economics professor and politician
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Kunal Sawant, football goalkeeper
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Nirmiti Sawant
Nirmiti Sawant is a Marathi people, Marathi actress, who mainly acts in Marathi films, television and dramas. She became popular after her performance in Indian soap opera, daily TV soap ''Kumari Gangubai Non-Matric'' along with Pandharinath K ...
, actress
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P. B. Sawant, Indian Supreme Court judge
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Pandharinath Sawant, journalist
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P. K. Sawant
Parashuram Krishnaji Sawant (also known as Balasaheb Sawant) (9 January 1905 – 29 October 2000) was an India, Indian politician. He served as interim List of chief ministers of Maharashtra, Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 25 November 1963 ...
, politician
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Pooja Sawant
Pooja Sawant (born 25 January 1990) is an Indian actress, dancer and model. She works in Marathi and Hindi movies. She is best known for her role in the 2015 blockbuster hit '' Dagadi Chawl''. She is also recipient of Maharashtra State Film Awa ...
, actress
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Prajakta Sawant
Prajakta Sawant (born 28 October 1992) is a badminton player from India. She was the national women's doubles champion in 2010 and 2011 and also won the mixed doubles title in 2010. In 2013, she won the Bangladesh International tournament partn ...
, badminton player
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Pramod Sawant
Pramod Sawant (born 24 April 1973) is an Indian politician and ayurveda medical practitioner who has served as the 11th Chief Minister of Goa since March 2019. He represents the Sanquelim constituency in the Goa Legislative Assembly as a memb ...
, Chief Minister of Goa
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Pradip Sawant
Pradip Sawant (born 1962) is an Indian Police Officer, currently serving as the DCP Security Branch in Mumbai Police. He is a recipient of the President's Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 2002. He was behind more than 300 encounters in ...
, Police Officer
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Rakhi Sawant
Rakhi Sawant (also Rakhi Sawant Fatima; born Neeru Bheda; 25 November 1978) is an Indian media personality, actress and dancer, who has performed item numbers predominantly in Hindi films. Her notable film appearances have been in '' Chura L ...
, film actress, talk show host
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Shivaji Sawant, writer
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Sudhir Sawant, politician, lawyer and brigadier in Indian Army
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Sandeep Sawant, Indian film director
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Tejaswini Sawant, shooter
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Trupti Sawant, politician
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Vishram Sawant
Vishram Shivram Sawant is an Indian film director. He made his directorial debut with '' D'', which is about the meteoric rise of a fictional underworld don, ''Deshu'' (played by Randeep Hooda), which appears to be loosely based upon Dawood Ibr ...
, author
See also
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Bhonsle
The Bhonsle (or Bhonsale, Bhosale, Bhosle) are a prominent group within the Maratha clan system of India.
History Earliest members
The earliest accepted members of the Bhonsles are Mudhoji Bhonsle and his kin Rupaji Bhonsle, who were the vi ...
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List of Maratha dynasties and states
This is a list of Maratha dynasties and Maratha princely states in the Indian subcontinent.
Maratha States
The Maratha Salute state and Head of State by precedence
* Baroda, title Maharaja Gaikwad, Hereditary salute of 21-guns
* Gwalior, tit ...
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Maratha (caste)
The Maratha caste is composed of Maratha clan system, 96 clans, originally formed in the earlier centuries from the amalgamation of families from the peasant (Kunbi), shepherd (Dhangar), blacksmith (Lohar (caste), Lohar), pastoral (Gavli), ...
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Maratha clan system
The Maratha Clan System (also referred to as Shahannava Kuli Marathas, 96 Kuli Marathas) refers to the 96 Maratha (caste), Maratha clans. The clans together form the Maratha caste of India. These Marathas primarily reside in the Indian state of ...
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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 ...
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Sawantwadi
Sawantwadi is a city located in Sawantwadi taluka, Sawantwadi Taluka, in the state of Maharashtra in Konkan region which is in the mid-western coast of India.
It is a prominent town in the vicinity of Moti Lake and is well known for its woo ...
References
External links
''Siva Chhatrapati''
''The castes and tribes of H.E.H. the Nizam's dominions''
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Maratha clans