Kelkar is a surname native to the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is found mainly among Chitpavan Brahmin community.[1]
Notable people
[edit]Notable people with the surname include:
- Ashok Ramchandra Kelkar (born 1929), linguist and critical Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India
- Bhalchandra Vaman Kelkar (1920–1987), Marathi writer and stage actor, from Maharashtra, India
- Dinkar G. Kelkar (1896–1990), Indian writer, art collector and historian
- Diwakar Krushna Kelkar (1902–1973), Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India
- Girijabai Kelkar (1886–1980), feminist and writer from India
- Keerti Gaekwad Kelkar (born 21 January 1974), Indian actor
- Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar (1872–1947), British era Indian Nationalist leader, lawyer, journalist, dramatist, writer, critic and historian
- P. K. Kelkar, Indian scientist, founding director of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
- Ratnakar Hari Kelkar (1901–1985), revisor and translator of the Bible into Marathi
- Sharad Kelkar (born 7 October 1972), Indian television and film actor
- Vijay Kelkar (born 1942), Indian economist and academic, chairman of the Forum of Federations, Ottawa
See also
[edit]- P K Kelkar library or Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, established by an Act of Parliament in 1959
- Vinayak Ganesh Vaze College of Arts, Science & Commerce (Kelkar College), Mumbai, a Mumbai University affiliated college
- Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum, in Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Kela (disambiguation)
- Kelar
- Kelk (disambiguation)
References
[edit]- ^ Richard I. Cashman (25 September 2018). The Myth of the Lokamanya: Tilak and Mass Politics in Maharashtra. University of California Press. p. 222.
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