Kharade

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Kharode(Kharade) is a sub-clan of the Bhonsle clan of the Maratha of India. Their name Kharode(Kharade) comes from the village of Kharadi in Sangli district.

The clan has a presence in western Maharashtra areas like Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara, and Pune.Kharades-Kharodes worship the same totems as Bhoite, Ghorpade, Kates and Bhosale.[1][2][3][4][5]

Kharodes served the Maratha Empire throughout its existence. The Sardar Subhanaji Kharode sarnoubat, General of the Maratha Navy, was a faithful of Chhatrapati Shivaji. Sardar Shetyaji Kharode and his son Sardar Fakirji Shetyaji Kharade died in battle against Shahapasand Khan, the Wazir of Abdali. Sardar Tanaji Kharode was active in the Battle of Baradi Ghat and the Third Battle of Panipat (1761).

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References

  1. Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya. Shivaji the founder of Maratha Swaraj.
  2. Poonam Sagar. Maratha policy towards Northern India.
  3. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kolhapur, Bombay
  4. Nana Phadnis, Antaji Nankeshvar. The Decade of Panipat, 1751-61.
  5. Ganda Singh. Ahmad Shah Durrani: father of modern Afghanistan.
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