Dalvi

The Dalvi is an Indian surname derived from the name of a clan found among the Saraswat Brahmin, Maratha, Koli and Pathare Prabhu communities of Maharashtra.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

People with the name

• John Dalvi (1920–1974), Indian Army officer
• Datta Dalvi, Indian politician
• Jaywant Dalvi (1925–1994), Indian Marathi-language writer
• Jaswantarao Dalvi, ruler of Palval, a small principality under the Sultanates of Deccan (1662)^[8]
• Madhav Dalvi (1925–2012), Indian cricketer
• Michael Dalvi (born 1945), Indian cricketer, son of John Dalvi
• Shireen Dalvi, Indian journalist
• Sudhir Dalvi (born 1939), Indian actor
• Tushar Dalvi, Indian actor

References

1. Commercial & general directory of C. P. & Berar.
2. Bhanu, B. V. (2004). People of India: Maharashtra. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 9788179911013.
3. Hassan, Syed Siraj ul (1989). The Castes and Tribes of H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 9788120604889.
4. India's Communities. Oxford University Press. 1998. ISBN 9780195633542.
5. Bombay (India State) (1885). Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency ... Government Central Press.
6. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ahmadnagar. Government Central Press. 1884. p. 197. Dalvi Koli.
7. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Tha'na (2 pts.). Government Central Press. 1882.
8. Karandikar, Shivaram Laxman (1969). The Rise and Fall of the Maratha Power. Sitabai Shivram Karandikar.