Pisal
Pisal is surname mainly found amongst the Marathas.
Origin
Pisal clans, like other Maratha clans, Pisals claim traces their Descendancy Back to the Suryavanshi Chalukyas.The tribes and castes of Bombay: Volume 3 By Reginald Edward Enthoven Popular people with this surname include Madanrao Pisal, former minister in Maharashtra.{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Former-minister-Madanrao-Pisal-dies/articleshow/16932743.cms|title=Former minister Madanrao Pisal dies |date=October 23, 2012|first=Sandeep|last=Ashar|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702190238/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Former-minister-Madanrao-Pisal-dies/articleshow/16932743.cms|archive-date=2018-07-02|url-status=live}}
History
Pisal were Deshmukhs of two hundred villages of Wai (Satara District) under the Sultanate of Deccan.Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Volume 60 By Indian History Congress ,Page no.177. Later when Shivaji created the Maratha Empire, they joined him as bargir and shiledar warriors. The Pisal deshmukh were powerful sardars of Chhatrapati Shivaji, Sambhaji, and Rajaram.
On 19 October 1689, Suryajirao Pisal was involved in the defeat of Marathas and Mughals arrested Maharani Yesubai and Prince Shahu, the wife and young son of Sambhaji, respectively.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1hM9AAAAMAAJ|title=The Rise and Fall of the Maratha Empire|last=Nadkarnia|first=Rajaram Vyankatesh|publisher=Popular Prakashan|year=1966|language=en|page=125}}
Pisals also took an active part in building the Maratha Empire, including serving in the Third Battle of Panipat in the year of 1761. Chhatrapati Rajaram's Daughter was married to son of Suryaji Pisal.[https://books.google.com/books?id=U5FdJnnDhSwC&q=Creative+pasts:+historical+memory+and+identity+in+western+India,+1700-1960 Creative pasts: historical memory and identity in western India, 1700-1960] By Prachi Deshpande. Pg 61