Yerunkar

Yerunkar is The INDIAN family surname common among the Hindu 96 Kuli Maratha caste in the Konkan region of Western coast of Maharashtra, India.

People with 'Yerunkar' surname have their origins in the Raigad district in the Western coast of Maharashtra.

Moreover,there are around 18 villages of Yerunkar in the Konkan region.These villages are popularly known as Half Saan Patta in Marathi.The alternate surname for Yerunkar is Ghadge.

The forefathers of Yerunkar families took up several military roles since centuries. They have worked under the leadership of the legendary Maratha emperor the Great Chhatrapati Shivaji Raje Bhosale in the 17th century in India to conquer Forts of Maharashtra which were then under the control of the Mughal Empire.

Relatives Of Yerunkar: Ghosalkar, Shinde, Chavan, Surve, Bhosale, Kadam, Ghag, Sawant, Salvi, More, Sawant-Desai,Dalvi, Khanvilkar, Darekar, Surve,Palande,Salunke, Belose, Vichare, Dhar-Pawar, Nimbalkar,Khanvilkar, Shirke, Rane et al.

SOURCES

↔︎ Maratha Empire ↔︎ Maratha

ARTICLES

↔︎ The 96 Clans of Marathas-http://marathas.tripod.com/clans.html ↔︎ The Royal Maratha Warriors-http://the-royal-maratha-warriors.blogspot.in/2008/11/royal-maratha-warriors.html ↔︎ 96 Kuli Maratha Clans-http://www.sainionline.com/research-notes/96-kuli-maratha-clans

References

1.^ "Maratha (people)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 2009.2 .^ a b Rosalind O'Hanlon (22 August 2002). Caste, Conflict and Ideology: Mahatma Jotirao Phule and Low Caste Protest in Nineteenth-Century Western India. Cambridge University Press. pp. 17–. ISBN 9780521523080. Retrieved 13 May 2011. 3.^ Louis Dumont (1980). Homo hierarchicus: the caste system and its implications. University of Chicago Press. pp. 121–. ISBN 9780226169637. Retrieved 13 May 2011.