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| {{Short description|Indian jeweller}}
| | #REDIRECT [[P. N. Gadgil Jewellers]] |
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| | name = Purshottam Narayan Gadgil
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| | native_name = पुरुषोत्तम नारायण गाडगीळ
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| | native_name_lang = [[Marathi]]
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| | birth_date = 1874
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| | birth_place = [[Sangli]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British Raj]]
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| | death_date = {{Death date and age|1954|10|25|1874}}
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| | death_place = [[Sangli]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British Raj]]
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| | parents = Narayan Gadgil (father), Ramabai Patankar (mother)
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| | spouse = {{ubl|Umabai Sakhdev|Uma Joshi|Sitabai Bhate}}
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| | children = 3
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| | occupation = [[Jeweller]]
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| | known_for = [[Namesake]] of [[P. N. Gadgil Jewellers]]
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| '''Purshottam Narayan Gadgil''' (1874 – October 25, 1954, in [[Sangli]]) was an Indian jeweller, best known for being the [[namesake]] of [[P. N. Gadgil Jewellers]].<ref name="DNA">{{cite news |last1=Deshpande |first1=Renuka |title=Gadgil Jewellers 179-year-old journey from footpath to international showrooms |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-gadgil-jewellers-179-year-old-journey-from-footpath-to-international-showrooms-1586102 |work=[[Daily News and Analysis|DNA]] |date=11 September 2011 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Pahwa |first1=Saloni |title=Haute Brides & Honeymoons |date=January 2016 |publisher=Pioneer Book Co. Pvt. Ltd. |page=71 |language=en}}</ref>
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| Gadgil was born to Narayan and Ramabai Gadgil (née Patankar) of the [[Gadgil]] ''[[Noble house (term)|gharana]]'' of Dongare-Kondhe. His family was [[Chitpavan]] [[brahmin]], and he was the eldest of three brothers and had two sisters.<ref name="Joshi">{{cite book |last1=Joshi |first1=P. K. |title=[[Gadgil]] [[Kulavruttanta]] |trans-title=The Gadgil Family Genealogy Almanac |date=1989 |location=[[Pune]] |language=mr |page=95}}</ref> Shortly after his birth, his grandfather [[Ganesh Gadgil]] renamed the jewellery company he founded in 1832 to [[P. N. Gadgil Jewellers]],<ref name="mp">{{cite book |title=Maharashtra Paricaya |date=1954 |publisher=Prasada Prakasana |location=[[University of California]] |pages=177–181 |language=mr}}</ref> believing that his grandson's name (Purshottam) would bring the business [[good luck]].{{sfnp|Joshi|1989|page=93}}<ref name="DNA"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Jewellery |first1=Association for Contemporary |title=Jewellers Directory |date=18 November 2007 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-0-7136-8409-4 |language=en |quote=P. N. Gadgil Jewellers}}</ref>
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| Gadgil was educated till the [[sixth grade]]. He was married thrice; first to Umabai Sakhdev, second to Uma Joshi, and finally to Sitabai Bhate. He had a daughter per marriage.{{sfnp|Joshi|1989|page=95}}<ref name="DNA"/> After his father's death in 1920, the company was managed by him and his younger brothers, until his own death on October 25, 1954, after which it was managed by his younger brothers and their sons.<ref name="mp"/> In 1958, his nephew [[Dajikaka Gadgil|Anant Gadgil]], set up a branch of the company in [[Pune]].{{sfnp|Joshi|1989|pages=95–97}}
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