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[[File:Saswad 019XZZ000000400U00031000(SVC2).jpg|thumb|Saswad from the Sangameshwar temple in 1813 by British artist Robert Melville Grindlay. The Purandare palace can be seen in the background.]]'''Purandare''' is prominent Indian family of [[Nobles]], [[Sardar]]s, [[Patil (title)|Patil]], [[Jagirdar]]s during [[Maratha Empire]]. They belong to [[Deshastha Brahmin|Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin]] ([[DRB]]) community.<ref>{{cite book|title=Poona in the eighteenth century: an urban history|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=THR5AAAAIAAJ|author=Balkrishna Govind Gokhale|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1988|page=116|quote=The Purandares belonged to the original group that rose to eminence from the time of Balaji Vishwanath. They were Rigvedi Deshastha Brahmans and Deshpandes of Saswad, enjoying one- half part of the rights of the Deshkulkarnis of the district Raryat Marval.}}</ref> Dhondo Malhar Purandare, a member of purandare family held the [[Patil (title)|patilki]] [[Vatandar|watan]] of Vadule, a village in Shevgaon subdivision.<ref>{{cite book|title=Institutions and economic change in South Asia|author1=Burton Stein|author2=Sanjay Subrahmanyam|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1996|page=73}}</ref> Purandare Wada was the seat of the Purandares of the [[Maratha Empire]] until 1818, when the Peshwas lost control to the [[British East India Company]] after the [[Third Anglo-Maratha War]]. The famous Purandare Wada still standing defiantly in Saswad, about 20 miles from [[Poona]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Poona: Look and Outlook: Editor-in-chief: R. V. Oturkar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JD1LAAAAIAAJ|author=Rajaram Vinayak Oturka|publisher=Municipal Corporation|page=60|year = 1951}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
Peshwa [[Balaji Vishwanath]] rose to prominence through the support of Purandare.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Journal of the Anthropological Society of Bombay, Volume 10|publisher=Anthropological Society of Bombay|year=1917 |page=138|quote=According to Mr. Deshmukh, the first Peshwa Balaji came into prominence through the support of Purandare.}}</ref> After becoming Peshwa, Balaji made Ambaji Pant Purandare as his Mutalik, or 'deputy Peshwa.'<ref>{{cite book|title=dvanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d1wUgKKzawoC|author=Jaswant Lal Mehta|publisher=Sterling Publishers|accessdate=1 January 2005|page=63|quote=On the recommendation of Balaji Vishwanath, the Chhatrapati was pleased to appoint Ambaji Pant Purandare as the Peshwa's mutalik or 'deputy', and Ramaji Pant Bhanu his fadnavis|isbn = 9781932705546|date = January 2005}}</ref> Ambaji Pant Purandare is the founder of the Purandare family.<ref>{{cite book|title=Mahadev Govind Ranade|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oJlyfJBXlUsC|page=241|author=Mahadev Govind Ranade|publisher=Deep and Deep Publications|year=1990|isbn = 9788171002450}}</ref> In 1727, a dispute concerned the posts of [[Kulkarni]] and [[Deshkulkarni]] between the Purandares and Atreyas in which the Purandares won.<ref>{{cite book|title=Poona in the eighteenth century: an urban history|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=THR5AAAAIAAJ|author=Balkrishna Govind Gokhale|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1988|page=116|quote=In 1727 there was a dispute concerning the posts of Kulkarni and Deshkulkarni, between the Purandare's and Atre's in which the Purandares won out.}}</ref><br />
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==Notables==<br />
*[[Balwant Moreshwar Purandare]], writer and theatrical personality from [[Maharashtra]], India<br />
*[[Bhalchandra Nilkanth Purandare]], Gynecologist and Director of the Dr. N.A. Purandare Medical Centre for Family Welfare and Research in Mumbai, India<br />
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