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Template:Short description Desai (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is an Indian administrative, princely or honorary title and surname.[1][2]
Etymology
The word is derived from the Sanskrit deśa (country) and svāmī (lord).[3]
Desai as a title
Desai was a title given to feudal lords, and others who were granted a village or group of villages in Maharashtra, and North Karnataka. The title Desai should not be associated with a particular religion or caste, though a Desai would use the title of Rao or Rai or Raje as a suffix to his name denoting he is a king of those villages, The "Desai" title was given by Maratha emperors, Mughal emperors and by the Deccan sultanates.[4]
- In Maharashtra, the title Desai is conferred to feudal lords and village council members. Most of them are either Gaud Saraswat Brahmins,[5] Deshastha Brahmins,[6] Karhade Brahmins, Prabhus (CKP- Davane Prabhus and Pathare Prabhus), Lingayats, Patidars and Marathas.[7][8]
- Desais were the rulers of Kudal (Sindhudurg) in Maharashtra.[9][10][11]
- Desai, or a loftier compound, was a rare title for rulers of a few princely states, notably - Raja Sar Desai in the Maratha Savantvadi State from 1627 until the adoption of "Raja Bahadur" in 1763.
- Desai Shri in Patdi (the former Viramgam State), in Eastern Kathiawar, where Desai was also the name of the ruling family, which belongs to the Desai clan of Kadwa Patidar.
- In Gujarat, Desai is honoured to Anavil Brahmin, Khedaval Brahimins, Vaishnav Vanik and Rabari and Patidars caste people. The title was also given to feudal lords and revenue collectors[12]
Desai as a surname
Desai as a surname is used by Gaud Saraswat Brahmin, Deshastha Brahmin,[13] Karhade Brahmin,[14] Marathas, Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu, Pathare Prabhu, Panchkalshi, Anavil Brahmin, Khedaval Brahmin, [15] Rabari,[16] Leva Patel,[17] Patidar,[18] and Lingayat communities of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka.[19]
Individual people
Notable individuals with the surname Desai include:
- Public officers
- Gopaldas Ambaidas Desai – politician; former Prince of Dhasa
- Babubhai Desai - Ex MLA of kankrej
- Kantilal Thakoredas Desai – second Chief Justice of Gujarat
- Kevit Desai - Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education state department for Vocational and Technical Training, Kenya
- Krishna Desai – CPI politician
- Morarji Desai – Prime Minister of India (1977–79)
- Mahadev Desai – Secretary to Mahatma Gandhi
- S. T. Desai – first Chief Justice of Gujarat
- Haridas Viharidas Desai - Diwan of Junagadh state (1883–95)
- Bhimsen Venkatrao Desai - Politician; Member of the 7th and 8th Lok Sabha representing the Raichur constituency of Karnataka[20][21]Template:Circular reference
- Shamburaj Shivajirao Desai- State Minister Of Home Affairs, Maharashtra, Currently Serving His 4th Term As MLA in Maharashtra Assembly
- Prakash K. Desai – Air Marshal of Indian Air Force
- Arts, sciences and business
- Anita Desai – Author; mother of author Kiran Desai
- Bhairavi Desai – American labor union leader
- Bindu Desai – Actress
- C. D. Desai – Banker and philatelist
- Ebrahim Desai – Islamic scholar
- Kiran Desai – Author; 2006 Man Booker Prize winner
- Kishwar Desai – Author
- Manmohan Desai – Director
- Mavjibhai Desai – Vice Chairman of Banas Dairy
- Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai – economist
- Mihir A. Desai - American economist and professor at Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School
- Nitin Chandrakant Desai – Art director
- Padma Desai – American economist and professor at Columbia University
- Ramanlal Desai - Gujarati writer
- Ranjit Desai – Marathi writer
- Salil Desai – Author
- Sapan Desai – American physician; publisher and discredited researcher
- Umedram Lalbhai Desai – Physician
- Jhinabhai Desai – Gujarati poet and author better known by his pen name Snehrashmi, educator, political leader and Indian independence activist
- Usha Desai - Medical doctor and environmentalist
- Prasannavadan Bhagwanji Desai – Demographer, economist and Indian independence activist
- K. B. Desai – Medical doctor, Indian independence activist and political leader
- Roopali Desai – American federal judge
- Culture & Sports
- Anoop Desai – American singer
- Gunwant Desai – Indian cricketer
- K. R. Desai - Cricketer; philanthropist; educator
- Prachi Desai – Actress
- Ramakant Desai – Cricketer; India's first fast bowler
- Rashami Desai – Actress
- Ravish Desai – Actor
- Renu Desai – Actress
- Satyaki "Sattu" Desai – Environmental officer
- Sean Desai - American football coach; Defensive Coordinator for the Chicago Bears
- Subhash Desai – Shiv Sena leader
- Tina Desai – Actress
- Rajdeep Sardesai - News Anchor
See also
References
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- ↑ Also, "Mahr. deśāī; in W. and S. India a native official in charge of a district, often held hereditarily; a petty chief." Henry Yule, Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, pp. 292, 306.
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- ↑ List of members of the 7th Lok Sabha#Karnataka
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