Chandrachud

Chandrachud is prominent Indian family of Nobles, Sardars, Jagirdars during Maratha Empire in Pune. They belong to Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin (DRB) community.[1] Diwan Yashwant Gangadhar Chandrachud, a member of chandrachud family held twenty two villages as watan, including Newasa Budruk as Jagirdar.[2] Chandrachud Wada was the seat of the Chandrachuds of the Maratha Empire until 1818, when the Peshwas lost control to the British East India Company after the Third Anglo-Maratha War. The famous Chandrachud Wada still standing defiantly in Poona.

Notables

Jurists and lawyers

• Y. V. Chandrachud, 16th Chief Justice of India
  • Chandrachud Commission, a commission setup for Indian Match-fixing Investigations in 1997
• Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, son of Y. V. Chandrachud and the current sitting judge of the Supreme Court of India

References

1. Michael David Metelits (1973). Sadgrihasth: The Relocation of Sociopolitical Power in Nineteenth Century Maharashtra. University of California,Berkeley. p. 157. The descendants of the Chandrachud family, rigvedi deshastha sardars who resided in the city of Poona, held Ganegaon village in personal inam and realized an annual 7.1% profit from it of Rs 1,991
2. Proceedings, Volume 60. Indian History Congress. 2000. p. 467.