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Pawar

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Pawar (also spelled as Pavar and Puar) is an Indian surname found among the Maratha, Mahar or Koli people in Maharashtra.{{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}}{{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}}{{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}}

Notable people bearing the Pawar name or its variants include:

See also

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Category:Surnames of Indian origin

Category:Maratha clans

Category:Mahar

Category:Koli clans