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| Pisal
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|Caste
| Maratha

Maratha

The Maratha are an Indian caste, predominantly in the state of Maharashtra. The term Marāthā has three related usages: within the Marathi speaking region it describes the dominant Maratha caste; outside Maharashtra it can refer to the entire regional population of Marathi-speaking people;...

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| Claimed Suryavansha

Suryavansha

The Sooryavamsham or Suryavansh or Suryavamsa or Sun Dynasty or Solar Dynasty was one of the most prominent dynasties in the mythical history of India, along with the "Chandra-vaṃśa" or Lunar Dynasty.-Introduction:...

 (Solar Clan)
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| Ravivarma.
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| Hinduism

Hinduism

Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. Hinduism is known to its followers as , amongst many other expressions...

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| Original kingdom
| Kanchi
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| Wai, Satara Villages
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|Clan god
| Mahadev.
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|Devak

Devak

A devak, in Marathi culture, is a family guardian or totem in the form of a physical object, such as a tree. Some sources define devak as being distinct from the more generic word totem....

| Pancha-pallava

Pancha-pallava

Panch Pallava is a ritual assortment of five different leaves used as a devak by the Maratha culture in India....

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|Gotra

Gotra

In the Hindu society, the term Gotra broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor. Panini defines gotra for grammatical purposes as apatyam pautraprabhrti gotram , which means "the word gotra denotes the progeny beginning with the son's son"...

| Kaushik
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| Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

, Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....

, Gujarat and Goa

Goa

Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...

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| Marathi

Marathi language

Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...

, Gujarati

Gujarati language

Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language, and part of the greater Indo-European language family. It is derived from a language called Old Gujarati which is the ancestor language of the modern Gujarati and Rajasthani languages...

, Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

, Kannada, Sanskrit

Sanskrit

Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...

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Pisal is surname mainly found amongst the 96 Maratha clans

Maratha clan system

The Marāthā clan system refers to the network of families and surnames within the Maratha culture of India. The Maratha primarily reside in the Indian states of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Goa and Tamilnadu...

. They predominate in Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

 states and bordering states.

Origin

Pisal clans, like other Maratha clans, claim a mythic origin. Pisals claim to be Marathas of Kshatriya

Kshatriya

*For the Bollywood film of the same name see Kshatriya Kshatriya or Kashtriya, meaning warrior, is one of the four varnas in Hinduism...

 Aryan origin. Alternately,there are claims that Pisal Maratha Clan traces their Descendancy Back to the Suryavanshi Chalukyas.

History

They holds titles such as Deshmukh, Patil

Patil

Patil is an Indian title or lastname. "Patil" is predominantly used by Inhabitants of Deccan Maratha people . The native language of most Patils is predominantly either Kannada or Marathi...

, Vatandar

Vatandar

Vatandar is an Indian term meaning "landholder". The title was given to landowners, particularly with the Maratha community in Maharashtra, who were a ruling caste in Ancient India....

, Sardar

Sardar

Sardar is a title of Indo-Aryan origin that was originally used to denote feudal princes, noblemen, and other aristocrats. It was later applied to indicate a Head of State, a Commander-in-chief, and an Army military rank...

etc.
Pisals were deshmukhs of two hundred villages of Wai (Satara District

Satara district

Satara District is a district of Maharashtra state in western India with an area of 10,480 km² and a population of 2,808,994 of which 14.17% were urban . Satara is the capital of the district and other major towns include Wai, Karad, Koregaon, Koyananagar, Rahimatpur, Phaltan, Mahabaleshwar...

) under the Sultanate of Deccan

Deccan sultanates

The Deccan sultanates were five Muslim-ruled late medieval kingdoms—Bijapur, Golkonda, Ahmadnagar, Bidar, and Berar—of south-central India. The Deccan sultanates were located on the Deccan Plateau, between the Krishna River and the Vindhya Range. These kingdoms became independent during the breakup...

. Later when Shivaji Bhosale created the Maratha Empire

Maratha Empire

The Maratha Empire or the Maratha Confederacy was an Indian imperial power that existed from 1674 to 1818. At its peak, the empire covered much of South Asia, encompassing a territory of over 2.8 million km²....

, they joined him as bargir and shiledar warriors. Pisal clan had rivalry with other deshmukhs like the Khopade and More before Shivaji era. The Pisal deshmukh were powerful sardars of Shivaji, Sambhaji

Sambhaji

Sambhaji Raje Bhosle was the eldest son and successor to Emporer Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha empire.- Early life :...

, and Rajaram. On 19 October 1689,Suryajirao Pisal, Ozarde's Patil, was a relative of Rajaram, the mighty sardar proved traitor to Maratha Empire by his selfish deeds (As Suryaji Pisal opened gate of Fort Raygad being Killedar (Ruler of Fort), when Moghals gave him bribe and convinced him for the Deshmukhi Rights of Wai Pargana. Wai Pargana of that time was also under administration of Pisals Brotherhood. All this act of Pisal resulted into Defeat of Marathas and Moghals arrested Maharani Yesubai and Prince Shahu, both respectively were Wife ands Son of chhatrapati Sambhaji) and Pisals' glory had received strong blow in Marathas.
Though he proved traitor, his descendants were supported by Shahu and retained their Sardarki (knightship ). Pisals also took an active part to build the Maratha Empire

Maratha Empire

The Maratha Empire or the Maratha Confederacy was an Indian imperial power that existed from 1674 to 1818. At its peak, the empire covered much of South Asia, encompassing a territory of over 2.8 million km²....

, including serving in the third Battle of Panipat

Battle of Panipat

There have been three Battles of Panipat:*The First Battle of Panipat , between the Mughal Babur and the Delhi Sultan Ibrahim Lodi, resulting in a Mughal victory....

 in the year of 1761.

The Pisal clan's centres include (Ozarde, Bavdhan

Bavdhan

Bavdhan is an upcoming area just off the Western Bypass highway in the western side of Pune.Bavdhan, nestled amidst three hills on its South, East and West and the scenic Pashan Lake in the North, has seen a gradual growth in form of planned development...

, Gove Digar, Wai, Taluka Wai and Ghonashi,{karawadi}{yede machindragad},{chorade}(Taluka Karad) of Satara), and Pisalwadi (near Shirwal

Shirwal

Shirwal is a census town in Satara district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.-Geography:Shirwal is located at . It has an average elevation of 603 metres .-Demographics:...

, Tal-Khandala, Satara district).
Also one more Pisalwadi, at Kaldari village, tal: purandhar, Dist: Pune

Pune

Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...

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These community was shifted long back from satara to pune.

Branches

Khalke, Khekde, Garad, Rawre, Ghodmare, Ghodtonde, Ghodmode, Ghodel, Thokane, Bhinge, Bhorkad, Maind,Lakde, Rajoorkar, Latwe, Lipse, Likhirkar, Mhepse, Wadal, Wanchar, Sakchar, Sangrame, Sachite, Sarjerao, Sadafhal, Samgaur, Sawkar, Sayre, Sirpelkar, Singne, Sule, Supekar, Subhedar, Surpal, Surerkar, Zatpade, Nivedak, Neele, Sushte. (Total 40)

Notables

• Keshavji Kondaji Pisal Deshmukh, Deshmukh of Wai,under King Shivaji.
• Dattaji Keshavji Pisal Deshmukh,from Tarf Jorkhore,Deshmukh of Wai under Chhatrapati Rajaram's Jurisdiction who received Watan From Chhatrapati Shivaji.
• Sardar Suryaji Pisal Patil, Patil of Ozarde, sardar and relative of Chhatrapati Rajaram.

• Sardar Vinayakrao Pisal,Sardar of Dewas Junior State. Sardar Vinayak Rao Pisal was brother of dewas junior state Queen. Sardar Vinayak Rao Pisal had 2 children, Krishna Rao Pisal & Shivaji Rao Pisal. Krishna Rao Pisal had 2 children Yeshwant Rao Pisal & Narendra Rao Pisal.

Sources

• Kshytriya Marathyanchi Vanshavali and Shannavkuli aani Surya, Som, Bhramh and Sheshvant.

Author: Balagi Nathugi Gavand and Govind Moroba Karlekar.
Publisher: Tukaram book Depo, Madhavbag, Mumbai 4
Edition 9 th Dated 1997
Printer: Sumangal artec, G-8 MIDC, Marol bus depo, Andheri, (East) Mumbai - 400093

• Shree Shatradharma, Prachalit and pramikh kshtravansh and tyanche gotra, pravar, kuldaivat, kuldevata a Devak.

Author: Bhramibhoot sadguru param pujya Moredada
Publisher: Shree Swami Samarth Seva And Adhyatmik vikas pradhan kendra District Nasik, Taluka Dindori, Maharashtra state.
Printer: Shree Swami Samarth Gurukul Shree Shetra Trambkeshwar.
Edition: Thursday 11 July 2002

• Maratha Kulancha Etihas - Part 1,2,3,4,5,6

Author: Gopal Dajiba Dalwi.
Publisher: Induprakash Press, Mumbai
Dated : 1912
[www.dnyan.in]Dnyaneshwar vidyapeeth
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maratha_clan_system"

• Lectures on Maratha Mughal relations, 1680–1707

Setumadhava Rao Pagdi, Nagpur University
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Printed at Nagpur Vidyapeeth Mudranalaya, 1966 - History - 156 pages

• The rise and fall of the Maratha Empire

Rajaram Vyankatesh Nadkarnia
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Popular Prakashan, 1966 - History - 410 pages

• Land revenue & public finance in Maratha administration

H. B. Vashishta
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Oriental Publishers & Distributors, 1975 - Business & Economics - 196 pages

• Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kolhapur

Bombay (India : State)
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Printed at the Government Central Press, 1886 - Bombay (India : State)

• The Struggle for Hindu supremacy

Shripad Dattatraya Kulkarni, Shri Bhagavan Vedavyasa Itihasa Samshodhana Mandira (Bombay, India)

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Manohar Malgonkar

• Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Volume 24

Bombay (India : State)

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A. Rā Kulakarṇī

• Maratha History Seminar, May 28-31, 1970: papers By

Appasaheb Ganapatrao Pawar, Shivaji University

• The Mughal empire, 1526-1803 A.D.

Ashirbadi Lal Srivastava

• The Mughul empire, 1526-1803 A.D.

Ashirbadi Lal Srivastava