Solunke

Solunke (सोळुंके) is the surname of a prominent Maratha or Rajput clan mostly from Maharashtra and neighbouring states in India.

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Titles associated with the Solunke group include Patil, Raje, Sardar, Sarkar, and Deshmukh. Their major centre is Majalgaon (Beed District). They have scattered through regions of Maratha dominance such as Beed, Akola, Buldana, Parbhani, Jalna, [[Chhatrapati Sambhaji nagar, Maharashtra|], Chalisgaon, Jalgaon, Solapur, Latur, Nagpur, Amravati, Baroda, Gwalior, Satara, and Kolhapur and some other parts of India.

Surname in this clan include Patil ,Salunke, Pandhare, Patankar, Patole, Shevale, Babar, Padwal, Magar, Randheer, Ranpise, Sonvane, Gunjal, Lahane, Vyawahare, Navale.

Notables

• Shrimant Sundarrao Solankhe - Maratha leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra

History

The Solunke clan descendants of the Chalukyas . Solunkhe is a Maratha clan. The Solunkhe clan belongs to the Kshatriya varna. They have Manavya gotra. The descendants of the Chalukya dynasty of the 5th century CE came to be known by the surname Solunkhe in Maharashtra and Solanki in Gujarat. Prabhas Patan, a city in present day Gujarat, was the main Thane of the Chaulukyas. The name "Prabhas" arises from Sun God (savitar or bhaskar). His wife named Prabha's son Prabhat. The twelve idols (matching the twelve Adityas or months) of Sun God at Prabhas Patan were later moved to Kanakaditya Temple in Kasheli, Ratnagiri. Salukya/Solunke are the corrupt forms of Chaulukya surname. The Solunke dynastic clan is regarded as the largest of the 96 Maratha clans.

Titles associated with the Maratha group include- Deshmukh - -Head of the states, , Raje, Sardar, Naik, Sarkar, , Patil. Surnames included in Deshmukh royal clan are Solunke, Chalke, Pandhare, Masaram,Patankar, Patole, Shevale, Babar, Padwal, Magar, Randheer, Ranpise, Sonawane, Gunjal, Lahane, Vyavhare, Navale.

See also

• Chalukya dynasty
• Sundarrao Solanke
• Prakashdada Solanke