Bhide

Bhide is a surname among the Chitpavan Brahmin or Kokanastha Brahmin community, a Hindu Brahmin community inhabiting Konkan, the coastal region of the state of Maharashtra in India. The community came into prominence during the 18th century when the heirs of Peshwa from the Bhat family of Balaji Vishwanath became the de facto rulers of the Maratha Empire. Under the British Raj, they were one of the Hindu communities in Maharashtra to flock to western education and, as such, they provided the bulk of social reformers, educationalists and nationalists of the late 19th century. Until the 18th century, the Chitpavans were held in low esteem by the Deshastha, the older established Brahmin community of Maharashtra region. Notable people with the surname include:Monica Bhide, American cookbook writer V. G. Bhide (1925–2006), Indian physicist and educationist Shamika Bhide, Indian singer Sambhaji Bhide (1933–Present), Hindutva activist

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