Vinchurkar family

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{{Infobox royal house
| name = Vinchurkar family
| image = Raghunathrao Vinchurkar.jpg
| crest =
| caption =
| ethnicity =
| region = [[Pune]], [[India]]
| early_forms =
| origin = [[Vinchur]], [[Nasik District]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| members =
*Vitthal Shivdev Vinchurkar
**Khanderao Vinchurkar
***Narsig Khanderao Vinchurkar
****Vithalrao Vinchurkar
*****Raghunathrao Vitthal Vinchurkar
*****Krishnarao Vitthal Vinchurkar
*****Madhavrao Vithal Vinchurkar
| otherfamilies = [[Pant Sachiv family|Pant Sachiv family of Bhor]]
| distinctions =
| traditions =
| heirlooms =
| estate =[[Vinchur|Vinchur estate]]
| meaning = Native of [[Vinchur]]
| footnotes =
}}

'''The Vinchurkar family''' is a prominent Indian family of [[Nobles]], [[Sardar]]s, [[Patil (title)|Patil]], [[Jagirdar]]s of [[Vinchur]] during [[Maratha Empire]], [[East India Company]] and [[British Raj]] times.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Hand Book of the Bombay Archives|author=Bha. Ga Kuṇṭe|publisher=The Department|year=1978|page=113}}</ref>

==History==
===Under Maratha Empire===
The Vinchurkar family rose to importance in the middle of the eighteenth century when Vithal Shivdev Vinchurkar was at its head, he distinguished himself at the siege of Ahmadabad in 1755, and accompanied the Maratha army in the fatal expedition which ended in the defeat of Panipat.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8kc1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT13|page=13|title=Rise of Maratha Power|author=Mahadeo Govind Ranade|publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting|accessdate=29 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Dakhan History Musalman|author=W. W. Loch|page=663|publisher=Asian Educational Services|year=1989|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lWYq9H7ER78C}}</ref> The Vinchurkars hail from Vinchur village of [[Maratha Empire]] (now part of Maharashtra). However Nasik district was the home of the well-known Sardar Vinchurkar family. The Vinchurkars held forty five villages in Nasik as well as elsewhere in Maratha Empire of which Yeola was one.<ref>{{cite book|title=Indian Secularism: A Social and Intellectual History, 1890-1950|page=64|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6xtrPKa59j4C|author=Shabnum Tejani|publisher=Indiana University Press|year=2008}}</ref>

The Vinchurkar family also played a crucial role in the [[Third Battle of Panipat]] which took place in 14 January 1761, Where the army of Marathas fought Afghan invader [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Memories, men, and matters|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LJ2KAAAAMAAJ|author=N. Raghunathan|publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan|page=39-31|year=1999}}</ref>

Vitthal Narsingh Vinchurkar was the Sardar of Peshwa and one of the grandees of Maratha Empire who continued to be loyal to Peshwa almost to the bitter end. The Vinchurkars have their land of inams and watans in Khandesh.<ref name="Deshpande1987">{{cite book|author=Arvind M. Deshpande|title=John Briggs in Maharashtra: A Study of District Administration Under Early British Rule|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=79sS_w_bOQYC&pg=PP15|year=1987|publisher=Mittal Publications|pages=52, 151|id=GGKEY:3PWQPD9RCCT}}</ref>

===Under East India Company===
After the defeat of Bajirao II by Yashwantrao Holkar at the [[Battle of Poona]], Bajirao II fled to British protection, and in December 1802, concluded the [[Treaty of Bassein (1802)|Treaty of Bassein]] with the [[British East India Company]], ceding territory for the maintenance of a subsidiary force and agreeing to treaty with no other power. This provoked the [[Second Anglo-Maratha War]] that began the breakup of the [[Maratha confederacy]]. Holkar appointed Amrutrao as the Peshwa and went to Indore on 13 March 1803.

When Bajirao II surrendered to [[John Malcolm]], Vitthal Narsing Vinchurkar was present. He tendered his submission to Sir John Malcolm when his master the Peshwa accepted the Malcolm's terms.

Sir [[John Malcolm]] believed that ''Narsing Vinchurkar was to a large extent responsible for influencing Bajirao II for accepting the Malcolm's terms''. According to these terms ''jagir'' of Vinchurkars was restored to them by the [[British people|British]].<ref>{{cite book|title=John Briggs in Maharashtra: A Study of District Administration Under Early British Rule|author=Arvind M. Deshpande|publisher=Mittal Publications|year=1987|page=151}}</ref>

The British reinstated Bajirao II as the Peshwa at Pune on 13 May 1803. During his second reign of Bajirao II began the [[Third Anglo-Maratha War]]. After the defeat at the [[Battle of Koregaon]] in January 1818, The British took over his dominion and made the Maratha King [[Pratap Singh, Raja of Satara|Pratap Singh of Satara]] declare in favour of the British. This ended the Peshwa's legal position as head of the Maratha confederacy.

===Under British Raj===
The Vinchurkars are classified as first class Sardars under [[British Raj]]. One of the member of Vinchurkar family,
Sardar Madhavrao Vithal Vinchurkar along with Jugannath Sunkarset, and Rushtomji Jamshesji were appointed to the Council of the Governor of Bombay.<ref>{{cite book|title=Studies in Modern Indian History: A Regional Survey|author=Siba Pada Sen|publisher=Institute of Historical Studies|page=87}}</ref> Sardar Raghunathrao Vitthal Vinchurkar was the Jagirdar of [[Vinchur]]. He was awarded the title ''Umdut-ul-Mulk'' by the British Raj. Raghunathrao Vinchurkar was also awarded the medal [[Companion of the Order of the Star of India|Order of the Star of India]] ([[C.S.I]]) by the British for his excellence in the service.<ref>{{cite book|title=Official report Volume 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CygBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR13|publisher=Calcutta internat. exhib. 1883-84|page=13}}</ref>Sardar Krishnarao Vitthal Vinchurkar was appointed as Sub-Judge as 1st Class under 2nd Grade for [[Satara district|Satara]] by the [[British Raj]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_3kIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA146&dq=Krishnarao+Vinchurkar+sub+judge&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiuubuOiOrcAhWNXCsKHZLHAtQQ6AEIKTAB#v=onepage&q=Krishnarao%20Vinchurkar%20sub%20judge&f=false|title=The India List, Civil and Military|author=W.H. Allen|year=1877|page=148}}</ref>

Note:The names mentioned above Sardar Bahadur Raghunathrao Vitthal Vinchurkar, Sardar Krishnarao Vitthal Vinchurkar and Sardar Madhavrao Vitthal Vinchurkar are the sons of Sardar Bahadur Vitthalrao Vinchurkar.

==Family tree==
The family tree of Vinchurkar family is collected from the book ''Brief story of the Vinchoorkar family''
by S. R. Vinchoorkar<ref>{{cite book|title=Brief story of the Vinchoorkar family|year=1909|url=https://archive.org/details/briefstoryofthev025254mbp|publisher=Arya Bhushana Press, Poona|page=[https://archive.org/details/briefstoryofthev025254mbp/page/n11 6]}}</ref>
===First generation===
*Vitthal Shivdev - founder of Vinchurkar family.

===Second generation===
*Shivaji Vitthal
*Narsinghrao
*Malharrao
*Bajirao
*Khanderao

===Third generation===

*Narsing Khanderao - son of Khanderao

===Fourth generation===
*Vitthalrao - Son of Narsing Khanderao

===Fifth generation===
Vitthalrao married and had three sons
*Raghunathrao
*Krishnarao
*Madhavrao

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite book|title=Brief story of the Vinchoorkar family|url=https://archive.org/details/briefstoryofthev025254mbp|author=S.R.Vinchoorkar|publisher=Arya Bhushana Press,Poona|year=1909}}

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