PRESENT HEAD OF FAMILY:

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: A small estate lying 62 kilometres south of Kolhapur. The estate holders were...

• Shrimant Senapati Malojirao Ghorpade, ancestor of the family, married and had issue, three sons. He died in the battle of Sangmeshwar while fighting the Mughals.

  • Senapati Santajirao I Malojirao Ghorpade (qv) ,

  • Shrimant Bahirjirao Malojirao Ghorpade, ancestor of Gajendragadh family.

  • Shrimant Malojirao Malojirao Ghorpade, ancestor of the Dattawad family.

• Senapati SANTAJIRAO MALOJIRAO GHORPADE I, 1st Chief of Kapshi -/ca1696, famous Maratha general, granted the title of Senapati, he adopted Mahadev Bhatt, his Brahmin accountant, as his own son, who shortly thereafter changed his name to Ghorpade and was granted the inam of Ichalkaranji, married Rani Dwarkabai, and had issue. He died ca 1696.

  • Shrimant Ranojirao Santajirao Ghorpade

  • Senapati Pirajirao Santajirao Ghorpade (qv)

  • (A) Shrimant Mahadevrao Santajirao Ghorpade, adopted son, born as Mahadev Bhatt, a Brahmin, ancestor of the Ichalkaranji family.

• Senapati PIRAJIRAO SANTAJIRAO GHORPADE, 2nd Chief of Kapshi, married and had issue.

  • Senapati Ranojirao Pirajirao Ghorpade (qv)

• Senapati RANOJIRAO PIRAJIRAO GHORPADE I, 3rd Chief of Kapshi, married and had issue, nine sons.

  • Senapati Santajirao II Ranojirao Ghorpade (qv)

  • Shrimant Malojirao Ranojirao Ghorpade, ancestor of the Hasurkar Ghorpade family of Hasur.

  • Shrimant Pirajirao Ranojirao Ghorpade, ancestor of the Galgale branch

  • Shrimant Raghojirao Ranojirao Ghorpade

  • Shrimant Jairamrao Ranojirao Ghorpade, ancestor of the Navnihal branch

  • Shrimant Subbarao Ranojirao Ghorpade, ancestor of the Pangare branch

  • Shrimant Sakharamrao Ranojirao Ghorpade

  • Shrimant Narayanrao Ranojirao Ghorpade, ancestor of the Khadkewad branch

  • Shrimant Dwarkojirao Ranojirao Ghorpade

• Senapati SANTAJIRAO II RANOJIRAO GHORPADE, 4th Chief of Kapshi, married and had issue.

  • Senapati Ramchandrarao I Santajirao Ghorpade (qv)

• Senapati RAMCHANDRARAO I SANTAJIRAO GHORPADE, 5th Chief of Kapshi, married and had issue.

  • Senapati Santajirao Ramchandrarao Ghorpade (qv)

  • Shrimant Lakshmanrao Ramchandrarao Ghorpade

• Senapati SANTAJIRAO III RAMCHANDRARAO GHORPADE, 6th Chief of Kapshi, married and had issue, four sons.

  • Senapati Ramchandrarao II Santajirao Ghorpade (qv)

  • Shrimant Yeshwantrao Santajirao [Bhau Saheb] Ghorpade, died after 1861.

  • Shrimant Daulatrao Santajirao Ghorpade

  • Shrimant Madhavrao Santajirao Ghorpade

• Senapati RAMCHANDRARAO II SANTAJIRAO GHORPADE, 7th Chief of Kapshi -/1857, married Shrimant Akhand Saubagyavati Yeshwada Bai, and had issue, two sons. He died 1857.

  • Senapati Santajirao IV Ramchandrarao Ghorpade (qv)

  • Shrimant Lakshmanrao Ramchandrarao Ghorpade, married and had issue.

    • Senapati Jaysinhrao Lakshmanrao Ghorpade (qv)

• Senapati SANTAJIRAO IV RAMCHANDRARAO GHORPADE, 8th Chief of Kapshi 1857/1889, born 1848, married and had adoptive issue. He died 1889.

  • (A) Senapati Jaysinhrao Lakshmanrao Ghorpade I (qv)

• Senapati JAISINHRAO I LAKSHMANRAO GHORPADE, 9th Chief of Kapshi 1889/-, born 1875, married and had issue, three sons.

  • Senapati Santajirao V Jaysinhrao Ghorpade (qv)

  • Shrimant Lakshmanrao Jaysinhrao Ghorpade

  • Capt. Sardar Shrimant Ramchandrarao Jaysinhrao Ghorpade, born 1910.

• Senapati SANTAJIRAO V GHORPADE, 10th Chief of Kapshi, married and had issue.

  • Senapati Jaisinghrao II Santajirao Ghorpade (qv)

• Senapati JAISINGHRAO II SANTAJIRAO GHORPADE, 11th Chief of Kapshi -/1985, married and had issue, two sons. He died 23rd December 1985.

  • Shrimant Ranojirao Jaisinghrao Ghorpade

  • Shrimant Pirajirao Jaisinghrao Ghorpade