Kulkarni

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'''Kulkarni''' ([[Marathi language|Marathi]]: कुलकर्णी, [[Kannada language|Kannada]]: ಕುಲಕರ್ಣಿ), is a [[family name]] native to the Indian state of [[Maharashtra]] and [[North Karnataka|Northern Karnataka]].The name "Kulkarni" is a combination of two words (''kula'' and ''karni''). ''Kula'' means "family", and ''Karanika'' means "archivist".<ref name="Bloch1970">{{cite book|author=J. Bloch|title=Formation of the Marathi Language|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1noaklDiSOEC&pg=PA318|year=1970|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ.|isbn=978-81-208-2322-8|pages=318–}}</ref> Traditionally, Kulkarni was a title used by people who maintained the accounts and records of the villages that were used in collecting taxes. The title of the Kulkarni was later replaced by the [[Talathi]]. The [[Pargana]] and Kulkarni [[Saranjamdar|watans]] (land rights) were abolished in 1950.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/libweb/acts/1950.60.pdf|title=The Bombay Paragana and Kulkarni Watans' (Abolition) Act 1950|publisher=[[Bombay High Court]]|accessdate=13 November 2014}}</ref>

The name is found among the Brahmin<ref name="Kulkarni Family History">{{cite web | url=http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=kulkarni | title=Kulkarni Family History | work=Dictionary of American Family Names |year=2013 |publisher=Oxford University Press | accessdate=27 July 2016}}</ref> communities of these states such as [[Deshastha Brahmins|Deshastha]],<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j2puAAAAMAAJ|title=Maharashtra: society and culture|author=A. Rā Kulakarṇī|publisher=Books & Books|year=2000|page=74|quote=However, the rural areas were still dominated by the Deshasthas, another sub-caste of the Brahmins. The Kulkarni generally belonged to the rural-based Deshastha community, even under the Chitpavan rule.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Home, Family and Kinship in Maharashtra|editor1=Irina Glushkova |editor2= Rajendra Vora |publisher=Oxford University Press|page=118|quote= The wada tells us of a story of three generations of a family called Deshpande who belong to the Deshastha Brahmin caste. ....Spread all over Maharashtra as a result of this process, Deshastha Brahmans held, in particular, the office of Kulkarni.}}</ref> [[Karhade]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Bombay Teachers and the Cultural Role of Cities|publisher=University of California, Berkeley|year=1973|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bBG_QmivOWgC&pg=PA106|page=106|author=Bryan Sharpe}}</ref> and also among the [[Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu]] ([[CKP]])<ref name="IWI">{{cite magazine |title=Unknown |magazine=The Illustrated Weekly of India |volume=91 |issue=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Glk6AQAAIAAJ |date=July 1970 |publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Company |page=12 |quote=Generally speaking, excepting names such as Kulkarni, Thackerey, Chitnis, Deshmukh, Deshpande, which are common to many communities in Maharashtra, a C.K.P. can be recognised by his surname. }}</ref> community.
The reason the Kulkarni was a [[Brahmin]] or [[CKP]] was because literacy was mandatory for the office. The Kulkarni operated at the village level but at a [[Pargana]] level he was known as a "Deshkulkarni", [[Deshpande]] or [[Nadkarni]] (in [[Karnataka]]).<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Quarterly Review of Historical Studies - Volume 8|page=44|publisher=Institute of Historical Studies|year=1969|quote=The accountant of the Village was simply known as 'Kulkarni' and that of the Pargana or smaller areas was called Deshkulkarni, or Deshpande, or Nadkarni (in the Karnatak)...As work required the incumbent to be a literate man, he was generally a [Brahmin] or a [Chandraseniya] Kayastha Prabhu by caste}}</ref>

== Notable Kulkarnis ==

=== Saints ===
* [[Jñāneśvar]]:pre-sainthood name: Dhnyandev Kulkarni 1275–1296
* [[Eknath]]: Pre-sainthood name: Eknāth Kulkarni : 1533–1599
* [[Samarth Ramdas]]: Pre-sainthood name: Narayan Kulkarni (Thosar): 1608–1681
* [[Nivruttinath]]: Pre-sainthood name: Nivrutti Kulkarni : Elder brother and teacher of Dnyaneshwar
* [[Sopan]]: Pre-sainthood name: Sopan Kulkarni
* [[Muktabai]]: Pre-sainthood name: Mukta Kulkarni
* [[Mahipati]]: Chronicler of many Indian saints, author of the Bhaktavijaya: (1715–1790)

=== Historic Figures ===
* [[Ramchandra Pant Amatya]]: 1650–1716 The third Peshwa, Finance Minister (Amatya) to Emperor (Chhatrapati) Shivaji and Imperial Regent (Hukumat Panah)
* [[Parshuram Pant Pratinidhi|Parshuram Trimbak Kulkarni]]: 1660–1718 Held post of [[Pant Pratinidhi]], the fifth [[Peshwa]] and the founder of [[Aundh State|Aundh]] and [[Vishalgad]] princely states.

=== Entertainment ===
* [[Atul Kulkarni (actor born 1965)|Atul Kulkarni]]: Marathi film and theater actor
* [[Chandrakant Kulkarni]]: Film director
* [[Dhondutai Kulkarni]]: Vocalist of the Jaipur-Atrauli Ghara
* [[Girish Kulkarni]]: Marathi film actor
* [[Mamta Kulkarni]]: Bollywood actress
* [[Mrinal Dev-Kulkarni]]: Marathi television actress.
* [[Saleel Kulkarni]]: Marathi singer and composer
* Sameep Kulkarni: Sitarist
* [[Sandeep Kulkarni]]: Marathi actor
* [[Sonali Kulkarni]]: Bollywood actress
* [[Sonalee Kulkarni]]: [[Marathi film]] actress
* [[Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni]]: Film Director

=== Literature ===
* [[G. A. Kulkarni]] (1923–1987): Short story writer

=== Sports ===
* [[Nilesh Kulkarni]]: Indian cricketer
* [[Raju Kulkarni]]: Former Indian cricketer
* [[Shubhangi Kulkarni]]: Indian woman cricketer and secretary of the Women's Cricket Association of India
* [[Vineet Kulkarni]]: Indian cricket umpire and member of the International Cricket Council's International Panel of Umpires and Referees
*[[Dhawal Kulkarni]] Indian cricketer, fast bowler from Mumbai.

=== Professionals ===
* [[Ravi S. Kulkarni]] (born 1942): Indian mathematician
* [[Sudha Murthy|Sudha Kulkarni Murty]]: [[Kannada]] writer, Founder of Sudha Murty Foundation and wife of [[Narayan Murthy]]
* [[Sri Preston Kulkarni]] (born 1978): American diplomat and politician

== See also ==
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* [[Marathi people]]
* [[Deshpande]]
* [[Patwari]]
* [[Patil (title)|Patil]]
* [[Indian honorifics]]
* [[Indian feudalism]]
* [[Deshmukh]]
* [[Jagirdar]]
* [[Lambardar]]
* [[Mankari]]
* [[Sarpanch]]
* [[Zaildar]]
* [[Zamindar]]
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== References ==
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[[Category:Surnames]]
[[Category:Indian surnames]]
[[Category:Indian feudalism]]
[[Category:Indian words and phrases]]
[[Category:Marathi-language surnames]]

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