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	'''~~Gaekwad~~''' (also ~~spelled as~~ '''Gaikwar''' and '''Gaikwad'''~~) (Marathi:~~ Gāyǎkǎvāḍǎ) is a ~~surname native to~~ [[~~Indian state]] of [[Maharashtra~~]].<ref>{{cite book\|title=Communalism and Indian Princely States: Travancore, Baroda, and Hyderabad in the 1930s\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=heNtAAAAMAAJ\|author=Dick Kooiman\|publisher=Manohar\|quote=Gaekwad is actually a surname and not a title or designation.\|year=2002\|isbn = 9788173044212}}</ref> The surname is found among the [[Maratha (caste)\|~~Marathas~~]], [[Koli people\|~~Kolis~~]]<ref>{{cite book\|title=Maharashtra in maps\|author1=Kamal Ramprit Dikshit\|author2=Charulata Patil\|publisher=Maharashtra State Board for Literature and Culture\|year=1986\|page=106\|quote=Maratha surnames like More, Kadam and ~~Gaekwad~~ are found even among the scheduled caste people}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BsBEgVa804IC&q=Mahadeo&pg=PA1091\|title=People of India: Maharashtra\|last=Bhanu\|first=B. V.\|date=2004\|publisher=Popular Prakashan\|isbn=9788179911013\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TmDRNTYw49EC&q=Dhor+Koli&pg=PA74\|title=Encyclopaedic Profile of Indian Tribes\|last=Prasad\|first=R. R.\|date=1996\|publisher=Discovery Publishing House\|isbn=9788171412983\|language=en}}</ref> It is also a common surname among '''Bharadis''',<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FoT6gPrbTp8C&pg=PA113\|title=The Tribes and Castes of Bombay, Volume 1\|author=Reginald Edward Enthoven\|publisher=Asian Educational Services\|year=1990\|page=113\|isbn=9788120606302}}</ref> [[Dhor]],<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xcpa_T-7oVQC&pg=PA181\|title=Global Encyclopaedia of the South Indian Dalit's Ethnography, Volume 1\|author=Nagendra Kr Singh\|publisher=Global Vision Pub House\|year=2006\|quote=There are no sub-divisions among Dhor Kakkayya of Dharwad district. The following surnames are found among them: Sindhe, Pol, Hatgar, Holkar, Borade, Gaikwad, Ingle, Mankar, Salunke and Kavale\|page=181\|isbn=9788182201682}}</ref> and [[Mahar]] communities of [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite book\|title=Untouchability and Its Origin\|author=Tulasīdāsa Viṭhūjī Geḍāma\|publisher=Yugantar Education Society\|year=1999\|page=158\|quote=In Maharashtra we find surnames of Jadhav, Chavan, Pawar, ~~Gaikwad~~, Thorat etc. among the Maratha caste as well as Mahar caste}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|title=Dr Ambedkar and Untouchability: Analysing and Fighting Caste\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zEWTSAe-KkQC&pg=PA152\|author=Christophe Jaffrelot\|publisher=Orient Blackswan\|year=2006\|page=152\|isbn = 9788178241562\|quote=Gaekwad was typical of the Mahar old guard who had joined Ambedkar in the early days. It was a group largely rural in background}}</ref>		{{About\|the Indian surname from Maharashtra\|the former ruling dynasty of Baroda\|Gaekwad dynasty\|the 1992 video game, ''Gaikwad''\|Tsunami Games}}
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			'''Gaikwad''' (also spelt '''Gaikwar''' and '''Gaikwad'''; {{langx\|mr\|Gāyǎkǎvāḍǎ}}) is a [[Marathi people\|Marathi]] surname.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Communalism and Indian Princely States: Travancore, Baroda, and Hyderabad in the 1930s\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=heNtAAAAMAAJ\|author=Dick Kooiman\|publisher=Manohar\|quote=Gaekwad is actually a surname and not a title or designation.\|year=2002\|isbn = 9788173044212}}</ref> The surname is found among the [[Maratha (caste)\|Maratha]], [[Kunbi]], [[Koli people\|Koli]], [[Mali]] & [[Mahar]] castes.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Maharashtra in maps\|author1=Kamal Ramprit Dikshit\|author2=Charulata Patil\|publisher=Maharashtra State Board for Literature and Culture\|year=1986\|page=106\|quote=Maratha surnames like More, Kadam and Gaikwad are found even among the scheduled caste people}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BsBEgVa804IC&q=Mahadeo&pg=PA1091\|title=People of India: Maharashtra\|last=Bhanu\|first=B. V.\|date=2004\|publisher=Popular Prakashan\|isbn=9788179911013\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TmDRNTYw49EC&q=Dhor+Koli&pg=PA74\|title=Encyclopaedic Profile of Indian Tribes\|last=Prasad\|first=R. R.\|date=1996\|publisher=Discovery Publishing House\|isbn=9788171412983\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|title=Untouchability and Its Origin\|author=Tulasīdāsa Viṭhūjī Geḍāma\|publisher=Yugantar Education Society\|year=1999\|page=158\|quote=In Maharashtra we find surnames of Jadhav, Chavan, Pawar, Gaekwad, Thorat etc. among the [[Maratha (caste)\|Maratha caste]] as well as [[Mahar caste]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|title=Dr Ambedkar and Untouchability: Analysing and Fighting Caste\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zEWTSAe-KkQC&pg=PA152\|author=Christophe Jaffrelot\|publisher=Orient Blackswan\|year=2006\|page=152\|isbn = 9788178241562\|quote=Gaekwad was typical of the Mahar old guard who had joined Ambedkar in the early days. It was a group largely rural in background}}</ref>

	==Etymology==		==Etymology==
	The name ~~Gaekwad~~ is ~~believed to be~~ a combination of two words ~~(Gai and Kavad)~~. ''~~Gai~~'' means ''~~a cow~~'' ~~and~~ ''~~Kavad~~'' ~~which means~~ ''~~a small door~~'' ~~therefore Gaekwad means~~ ''~~Cow~~ door''.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=neo1gK3kR7gC&pg=PA52\|title=Tale of the Tulsi Plant and Other Studies\|~~author~~=C.A. ~~Kincaid~~\|publisher=Asian Educational Services\|~~year~~=1994\|page=52\|isbn=9788120603448~~}}</ref>~~		The Marathi historian [[Dattatray Balwant Parasnis\|D.S. Parasnis]] and his co-author, the [[British Raj]] High Court judge, [[Charles Augustus Kincaid\|C.A. Kincaid]] of colonial-era India, wrote in 1908 that the origin of the name ''Gaikwad'' is a combination of two Marathi words. In {{langx\|mr\|gai\|italic=yes}} means ''cow'' and {{lang\|mr\|kavad}} means ''small door''. Therefore, ''gaekwad'' (or ''gaikwad'') denotes ''cow door''.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=neo1gK3kR7gC&pg=PA52\|title=Tale of the Tulsi Plant and Other Studies\|last1=Kincaid\|first1=C.A.\|last2=Parasnis\|first2=Dattatray Balwant \|publisher=Asian Educational Services \|date=1994 \|orig-date=First published 1908 \|page=52 \|isbn=9788120603448}}</ref>
	~~==Origin==~~
	The [[Gaekwad dynasty]] of the Maratha Empire are originally of [[Kunbi]] origin.<ref>{{cite book \|title=The Indian Princes and their States \|series=The New Cambridge History of India \|first=Barbara N. \|last=Ramusack \|authorlink=Barbara Ramusack \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|year=2004 \|isbn=9781139449083 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kz1-mtazYqEC&pg=PA35 \|page=35&36}}</ref>

	==Notable people==		==Notable people==
	~~Notable people with the surname include:~~		* [[Anshuman Gaikwad]], Indian cricketer and coach
			* [[Rajeshwari Gayakwad]], Indian cricketer
	*[[Gaekwad dynasty\|Gaekwad's of Baroda]] - Maharajas of [[Baroda State]]		* [[Raju Gaikwad]], footballer
	*[[Keerti Gaekwad Kelkar]] (born 1974), an Indian television actress and model		* [[Ravindra Gaikwad]], Indian politician
	*[[Anshuman ~~Gaekwad~~]], ~~a former~~ Indian cricketer and ~~two-time Indian national cricket~~ coach		* [[Ruturaj Gaikwad]], Indian cricketer
	*~~Shivaji Rao Gaekwad, known by his stage name~~ [[~~Rajinikanth~~]], an Indian ~~actor and politician~~		* Shivaji Rao Gaikwad, known by his stage name [[Rajinikanth]], Indian actor
	*[[~~Sunil~~ Gaikwad]] ~~Member of Parliament 16th~~, ~~Maharashtra~~		* [[Sunil Gaikwad]], Indian politician from Maharashtra
	[[Ravindra Gaikwad]], ~~a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India~~
	*[[~~Hiralal Gaekwad~~]], an Indian cricketer ~~who played in one Test in 1952~~
	*[[~~Rajeshwari Gayakwad~~]], Indian ~~women cricketer~~
	*[[~~Ruturaj~~ Gaikwad]], Maharashtra ~~domestic and [[Chennai Super Kings]] Cricketer~~

	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[~~Tsunami Games\|Geekwad~~]]		* [[Caste system in India]]

	==References==		==References==
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'''Gaekwad''' (also spelled as '''Gaikwar''' and '''Gaikwad''') (Marathi: Gāyǎkǎvāḍǎ) is a surname native to [[Indian state]] of [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Communalism and Indian Princely States: Travancore, Baroda, and Hyderabad in the 1930s|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=heNtAAAAMAAJ|author=Dick Kooiman|publisher=Manohar|quote=Gaekwad is actually a surname and not a title or designation.|year=2002|isbn = 9788173044212}}</ref> The surname is found among the [[Maratha (caste)|Marathas]], [[Koli people|Kolis]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Maharashtra in maps|author1=Kamal Ramprit Dikshit|author2=Charulata Patil|publisher=Maharashtra State Board for Literature and Culture|year=1986|page=106|quote=Maratha surnames like More, Kadam and Gaekwad are found even among the scheduled caste people}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BsBEgVa804IC&q=Mahadeo&pg=PA1091|title=People of India: Maharashtra|last=Bhanu|first=B. V.|date=2004|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=9788179911013|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TmDRNTYw49EC&q=Dhor+Koli&pg=PA74|title=Encyclopaedic Profile of Indian Tribes|last=Prasad|first=R. R.|date=1996|publisher=Discovery Publishing House|isbn=9788171412983|language=en}}</ref> It is also a common surname among '''Bharadis''',<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FoT6gPrbTp8C&pg=PA113|title=The Tribes and Castes of Bombay, Volume 1|author=Reginald Edward Enthoven|publisher=Asian Educational Services|year=1990|page=113|isbn=9788120606302}}</ref> [[Dhor]],<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xcpa_T-7oVQC&pg=PA181|title=Global Encyclopaedia of the South Indian Dalit's Ethnography, Volume 1|author=Nagendra Kr Singh|publisher=Global Vision Pub House|year=2006|quote=There are no sub-divisions among Dhor Kakkayya of Dharwad district. The following surnames are found among them: Sindhe, Pol, Hatgar, Holkar, Borade, Gaikwad, Ingle, Mankar, Salunke and Kavale|page=181|isbn=9788182201682}}</ref> and [[Mahar]] communities of [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Untouchability and Its Origin|author=Tulasīdāsa Viṭhūjī Geḍāma|publisher=Yugantar Education Society|year=1999|page=158|quote=In Maharashtra we find surnames of Jadhav, Chavan, Pawar, Gaikwad, Thorat etc. among the Maratha caste as well as Mahar caste}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Dr Ambedkar and Untouchability: Analysing and Fighting Caste|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zEWTSAe-KkQC&pg=PA152|author=Christophe Jaffrelot|publisher=Orient Blackswan|year=2006|page=152|isbn = 9788178241562|quote=Gaekwad was typical of the Mahar old guard who had joined Ambedkar in the early days. It was a group largely rural in background}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The name Gaekwad is believed to be a combination of two words (Gai and Kavad). ''Gai'' means ''a cow'' and ''Kavad'' which means ''a small door'' therefore Gaekwad means ''Cow door''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=neo1gK3kR7gC&pg=PA52|title=Tale of the Tulsi Plant and Other Studies|author=C.A. Kincaid|publisher=Asian Educational Services|year=1994|page=52|isbn=9788120603448}}</ref>
==Origin==
The [[Gaekwad dynasty]] of the Maratha Empire are originally of [[Kunbi]] origin.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Indian Princes and their States |series=The New Cambridge History of India |first=Barbara N. |last=Ramusack |authorlink=Barbara Ramusack |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2004 |isbn=9781139449083 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kz1-mtazYqEC&pg=PA35 |page=35&36}}</ref>

==Notable people==
Notable people with the surname include:

*[[Gaekwad dynasty|Gaekwad's of Baroda]] - Maharajas of [[Baroda State]]
*[[Keerti Gaekwad Kelkar]] (born 1974), an Indian television actress and model
*[[Anshuman Gaekwad]], a former Indian cricketer and two-time Indian national cricket coach
*Shivaji Rao Gaekwad, known by his stage name [[Rajinikanth]], an Indian actor and politician
*[[Sunil Gaikwad]] Member of Parliament 16th, Maharashtra
[[Ravindra Gaikwad]], a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India
*[[Hiralal Gaekwad]], an Indian cricketer who played in one Test in 1952
*[[Rajeshwari Gayakwad]], Indian women cricketer
*[[Ruturaj Gaikwad]], Maharashtra domestic and [[Chennai Super Kings]] Cricketer

==See also==
*[[Tsunami Games|Geekwad]]

==References==
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