Sawant

Sawant (सावंत) is the surname of a Kshatriya Maratha clan, found mainly in the state of Maharashtra and neighbouring states in India.

Origin

Savants were the descendants of the Shilahara Dynasty who Ruled Konkan and even their feudatories as well.

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 Chandravanshi/Yaduvanshi Savant ( Shilahar dynasty/Yadava 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. Sawants from kunkeri,Mangaon,kudal insurli, vengurli are descendants of Bappa Rawal from Mewar.Sawants hold their origin from Shahwant family(Sisodiya family)mewad.goddess of sawant clan is Bhavani.Sawants migrated from from rajputana to Konkan in the early 13th century.

Titles

The Sawant clan had numerous honorific titles like Desai, Deshmukh, Raje, Khots, Naik, Sardar, Sardesai, Sarkar, and Sarpatil.

Notable Personalities

See also

References

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