Sawant
Sawant is a Hindu religion surname of a Kshatriya Maratha clan, found mainly in the state of Maharashtra and neighbouring states in India.
Origin Sawants are considered as Royal Knights of the Shilahara Dynasty who Ruled Konkan and were ruled by kings such as Khem Raje Sawant and Fond Raje Sawant. Sawant is the surname of a Maratha clan among the 96 royal clans of the Kshatriya Caste. Sawant possess commonly used Maratha honorific titles such as Sardar, Raje and Patil and they were active, having a historic presence in Maharashtra, Karnataka( predominantly in Karwar region ), Baroda, Nagpur, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur, Goa and other Maratha-dominated regions of India. Sawant (Savant) word is derived from samant ("feudatory"). However, Maratha Sawants are from different clans such as Chandravanshi Sawant (knights of Shilahar dynasty ), Sawant-Bhosale (Sisodiya descendant), Sawant - Salunkhe (Chalukya dynasty, settling the city of Ratnagiri), Sawant-Patel (Parmar descendant). Sawant was also a high rank feudal title given to Salunkhe-Patankar clan by Bahamani sultans. The Sawant branches are related to the kings and sardars of the Maratha clans. Bhirawade is one of the village who known for "Sawant Patel's" Armor. Titles The Sawant clan enjoyed the numerous feudal titles like Patil, Deshmukh, Desai, Sardesai, Naik, Sarpatil, Sardar, Sarkar under different Administrative powers like the Shilahars, the Bahamanis, the Mughals, the Marathas and the Britishers etc.
Notable peopleEdit
People with this surname include:
- Abhijeet Sawant, singer
- Arvind Sawant, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
- Ashlesha Sawant (born 24 September 1972), Indian television actress
- Deepak Sawant, politician
- Govind Sawant, field hockey player
- Kamlesh Sawant, actor
- Kshama Sawant, U.S. economics professor and politician
- Kunal Sawant, football goalkeeper
- Nirmiti Sawant, actress
- P. B. Sawant, Indian Supreme Court judge
- Pandharinath Sawant, journalist
- Pooja Sawant, actress
- Prajakta Sawant, badminton player
- Pramod Sawant, Chief Minister of Goa
- Shivaji Sawant, writer
- Sudhir Sawant, politician, lawyer and brigadier in Indian Army
- Tejaswini Sawant, shooter
- Trupti Sawant, politician
- Vishram Sawant, author
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