Sawant
Sawant (सावंत) is the surname of a Kshatriya Maratha clan, found mainly in the state of Maharashtra and neighbouring states in India.
Origin
Sawants are descendants of the Shilahara Dynasty who Ruled Konkan.
Sawant is the surname of a Maratha clan among the 96 royal clans of the Kshatriya Cast. Sawant possess commonly used Maratha honorific titles such as Sardesai, Raje, and Sardar, in addition to having a historic presence in Baroda, Karnataka (predominantly in Karwar region), Kolhapur, Maharashtra, Kokan, Nagpur, Satara, Sangli, and other Maratha-dominated regions of India. However, Maratha Sawants are from different clans such as Brahmavanshi Sawant ( 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. Bhiravande is one of the village who known for "Sawant Patel's" Armor.
Titles
The Sawant clan had numerous honorific titles like Desai, Deshmukh, Raje, Khots, Naik, Sardar, Sardesai, Sarkar, and Sarpatil.
Notable Personalities
- Govind Sawant (Field Hockey Player)
- Kshama Sawant (U.S. Economics Professor and Politician)
- Kunal Sawant (Goalkeeper)
- Nirmiti Sawant (Actress)
- P. B. Sawant (Supreme Court Judge)
- Pandharinath Sawant (Journalist)
- Prajakta Sawant (Badmintion Player)
- Pooja Sawant (Actress)
- Shivaji Sawant (Writer)
- Vishram Sawant (Auteur)
- Vivek Sawant (Supercomputer Designer)