Gadkari is a surname native to the Indian state of Maharashtra. Gadkari surname is found among the Hindu CKP[1] and Deshastha Brahmin[2][3][4] communities.[5]
Etymology[edit]
The name Gadkari is believed to be a combination of two words (Gad and Kari). Gad means a fort and Kari means one who maintains or protects it. So Gadkari means a person who protects the fort.[6]
Gadkari as a title[edit]
Gadkari was a historical title given mostly in Maharashtra, to a person who was appointed to protect the fort.[7]
Notable people[edit]
- Ram Ganesh Gadkari (1885-1919), Marathi poet
- Chandrasekhar Gadkari (1928-1998), Indian test cricketer
- Madhav Yeshwant Gadkari (1928–2006), Indian Journalist, Padma Shri award recipient
- Nitin Gadkari (born 1957), India's Minister of Road Transport and Highways
- Sandesh Gadkari (born 1987), Indian cricketer
- Jui Gadkari (born 1988), Indian actress
Other[edit]
- Gadkari – 2023 Marathi language film based on Nitin Gadkari
References[edit]
- ^ "chandraseniya kayastha prabhus aim for better community connect".
CKP as a community has been known for its "writing and fighting skills". Some prominent faces that it boasts as members are [...] Ram Ganesh Gadkari [...]
- ^ Kumar Ketkar. "Obidiently yours". The Hindu. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ^ Harish Damodaran. INDIA'S NEW CAPITALISTS: Caste, Business, and Industry in a Modern Nation. Hachette UK. p. 20. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
The Mhaiskars are Chitpavan, while Gadkari is a Deshastha Brahmin
- ^ "Son Of The Sangh". The Caravan. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
NITIN GADKARI WAS BORN in 1957, to Jairam and Bhanutai Gadkari. The Gadkaris were a Deshastha Brahmin family of modest means, with some agricultural land in Dhapewada village, near Nagpur. They lived in an area of old Nagpur called Mahal, close to the RSS's headquarters.
- ^ Maharashtra State Gazetteers: General Series: Maharashtra, land and its people(CHAPTER 5—ORGANISATION OF SPACE) (PDF). Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications. 1968. p. 136.
There was also a gadkari (head of the civil administration of the fort and for tax-collection from the surrounding villages) who was generally a Kayastha and a Brahmin who was the Temple priest, letter-writer etc. Sometimes, people of some other caste held these posts.
- ^ "Gadkari means protector of fort: BJP". The Siasat Daily. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
- ^ Crispin Bates. Mutiny at the Margins: New Perspectives on the Indian Uprising of 1857: Volume I: Anticipations and Experiences in the Locality. SAGE Publishing. p. 178. Retrieved 26 March 2013.