Editing Pawar

{{short description|Indian clan}}
{{pp-extended|small=yes}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2022}}
'''Pawar''' (also spelled as '''Pavar'''<ref name=":0" /> and '''Puar''') is an Indian surname found among the [[Maratha]], [[Mahar]] or [[Koli people|Koli]] people in [[Maharashtra]].<ref name="Geḍāma1999">{{cite book|author=Tulasīdāsa Viṭhūjī Geḍāma|title=Untouchability and Its Origin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UypuAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Yugantar Education Society|page=158|quote=In Maharashtra we find surnames of Jadhav, Chavan, Pawar, Gaikwad, Thorat etc. among the Maratha caste as well as Mahar caste}}</ref><ref name="Singh1996">{{cite book |author=K. S. Singh |title=Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bfAMAQAAMAAJ |year=1996 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |isbn=978-0-19-563357-3}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Apte|first=Usha Mukund|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7kWBAAAAMAAJ|title=Vedic, Hindu, and Tribal Marriage: A Study in Culture Change|publisher=AWARE (Action for Welfare and Awakening in Rural Environment)|year=1982|location=New Delhi, India|pages=201: the Koli - clans names like Cavan, Bhosle, Pavar etc. are of part - [[Kshatriya]] origin|language=en}}</ref>

Notable people bearing the Pawar name or its variants include:
<!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦--->
<!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order ♦♦♦--->
*[[Ajit Pawar]] (born 1959), Indian politician; deputy chief minister of [[Maharashtra]] and nephew of Sharad Pawar
*[[Ameya Pawar]] (born 1980), American politician and City of Chicago Alderman
*[[Anand Pawar]], Indian badminton player
*[[Anjali Pawar]], Indian social worker
*[[Bharati Pawar]], Indian politician
*[[Dagdu Maruti Pawar]], Indian Dalit author
*[[Hemendra Singh Rao Pawar]], titular Maharaja of [[Dhar State]])
*[[Krishnajirao III|Krishnaji Rao III Puar]], Maharaja of [[Dewas Senior]] and Indian politician
*[[Kuldeep Pawar]], Indian actor in the [[Marathi language|Marathi]] language film industry
*[[Lalita Pawar]] (1916-1998), popular Hindi TV & Marathi actress
*[[Narayan Rao Pawar]] (1925-2010), Indian independence activist and member of Arya Samaj who plotted to kill the last Nizam of Hyderabad
*[[Rajendra Singh Pawar]], Indian businessman,  chairman of NIIT
*[[Rajesh Pawar]] (born 1979), Indian cricketer
*[[Sharad Pawar]] (born 1940), Indian politician
*[[Suraj Pawar]], Indian actor
*[[Tukoji Rao Pawar|Tukoji Rao IV Puar]], Maharaja of [[Dewas Senior]] and Indian politician from [[Madhya Pradesh]], belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party
*[[Tukojirao III|Tukoji Rao III Puar]], Maharaja of [[Dewas Senior]]
*[[Urmila Pawar]] (born 1945), Indian Marathi-language writer
*[[Uttamsingh Pawar]], Indian politician
*[[Vikram Singh Rao II Puar]], titular Maharaja of [[Dewas Senior]]
<!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦--->
<!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order ♦♦♦--->

==See also==
* [[Parmar (clan)]]
* [[Parmar (disambiguation)|Parmar]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Surname}}

[[Category:Surnames of Indian origin]]
[[Category:Maratha clans]]
[[Category:Mahar]]
[[Category:Koli clans]]