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  2. List of Brahmins - Wikipedia

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    Brahmin Sub-Cast In Office Jawaharlal Nehru [356] 14 November 1889 27 May 1964 Saraswat Brahmin (Kashmiri Pandit) First PM (15 August 1947 – 27 May 1964) Indira Gandhi [357] 19 November 1917 31 October 1984 Saraswat Brahmin (Kashmiri Pandit) Third PM (24 January 1964 – 24 March 1977 and 14 January 1980 – 31 October 1984) Morarji Desai [358]

  3. Deshastha Brahmin surnames - Wikipedia

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    Deshastha Brahmin surnames are derived by adding the suffix kar or e to the village from which the family originally hailed. [1] For example, Akhegaonkar came from the village Akhegaon, Bidkar came from the town of Bid, Jugade came from the village Jugad, Mulik came from district Muluk and some links say Mulikwadi from Konkan area,Yadwadkar came from Yadwad Nagpurkar comes from the city Nagpur ...

  4. List of Deshastha Brahmins - Wikipedia

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    Deshastha Brahmins form a major sub-caste of Brahmins in states of Maharashtra and North Karnataka in India. They are also found in sizeable number in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. The following is the list of notables from the community.

  5. Brahmin gotra - Wikipedia

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    A list of the Audichya Sashtra Brahmin community's Gotras and Pravaras, written in the Gujrati script. The seven major Brahmin Gotras take the names of the saints whose lineages they represent: Shandilya, Jamadagni, Upreti, Gautama, Atri, Vasishta and Kashyapa. [18] Over time however, as the Brahmin caste expanded, several more Brahmin Gotras ...

  6. List of surnames from Kerala - Wikipedia

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    The titles are given to certain individual of families in Kerala. Nair - Higher caste surname, encompassing several subcastes which includes High ranking martial castes like Pillai, Kurup, Unnithan, Menon, Nambiar, etc that formed the aristocracy and elite of traditional Kerala, which is also used by auxiliary, intermediate and middle-caste Nairs like Padamangalam Nair, Pallichan Nair, Vaniya ...

  7. Karhade Brahmin - Wikipedia

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    Hence, Karhade Brahmins have both Smarthas and Madhvas (also known as Bhagvats or Vaishnavas) among them. [2] [3] [4] Like their Deshastha counterparts, traditionally the karhade allowed cross-cousin marriages. [5] [6] Sub-division and other claims. There are three divisions of Karhade Brahmins - Karhade (from Desh), Padye [7] and Bhatt Prabhu ...

  8. Bairagi Brahmin (caste) - Wikipedia

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    Bairagi Brahmin or Vaishnav Bairagi or Vaishnav Brahmin is a Hindu caste. They are Hindu priests . They are sedentary rasik (temple dwelling or temple priest) Brahmin members of the Vaishnava sampradayas , especially the Ramanandi Sampradaya . [ 2 ]

  9. List of gotras - Wikipedia

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    People belonging to a particular gotra may not be of the same caste (as there are many gotras which are part of different castes) in the Hindu social system. However, there is a notable exception among matrilineal Tulu speakers, for whom the lineages are the same across the castes.