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{{short description|Maharajas of Bhor from 1699 to 1948}}
{{infobox royal house|name=Pant Sachiv family (Gandekar) गंडेकर|image=|crest=|caption=Maharaja [[Shankarrao Chimnajirao Gandekar]]|ethnicity=|region=[[Pune]], [[India]]|early_forms=|origin=Gandapur Village (now extinct), near Paithan, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, [[India]]|members=[[Shankaraji Narayan Gandekar]] [[Naro Shankaraji Gandekar]] [[Shankarrao Chimnajirao Gandekar]] [[Raghunathrao Shankarrao Gandekar]]|otherfamilies=[[Vinchurkar family]] [[Patwardhan|Patwardhan family]] [[Pant Pratinidhi family]]|distinctions=|traditions=|heirlooms=|estate=[[Bhor State]]|meaning=The Chief Secretary|footnotes=}}
The '''Gandekars''' (prominently known as '''The Pant Sachiv family''') are the [[royal family]] of erstwhile [[Bhor State]], who were rulers of the [[Bhor State]] from 1699 to 1948<ref>{{cite book|title= British Raj and the Indian princes: paramountcy in western India, 1857-1930|author=Ian Copland|publisher=Sangam Books|year=1982|page=13|quote=After distinguishing themselves in the field as military commanders, they were appointed Pant Sachiv and Pant Pratinidhi respectively in 1698, receiving saranjams, or royal grants, from Rajaram}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Offbeat Tracks in Maharashtra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHA9SzLMj3EC&q=Pant+Sachiv+rulers|author=Milind Gunaji|publisher=Popular Prakashan|year=2010|page=41|isbn = 9788179915783}}</ref>{{Sfn|Ranade|1930|p=8}}

Previously they served as [[Sachiv]]s to [[Chhatrapati]]s of [[Maratha Empire]] and later became independent rulers of the [[Bhor State|Bhor]] princely state. Under the [[British Raj]], the ''Pant Sachiv Family'' are classified as first class Sardars.In 1917 the Ruler of Bhor was granted a permanent salute of 11 guns.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Imperial Gazetteer of India: Berhampore to Bombay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GYNDAAAAYAAJ|publisher=Today & Tomorrow's Printers & Publishers|year=1972|page=148|quote=The chief has the title of Pandit of Bhor and Pant Sachiv, and ranks as a first-class Sardar of the Deccan. A tribute of Rs. 10,000, being the commuted value of an elephant subsidy once annually furnished by the chief, is paid}}</ref>{{Sfn|Ranade|1930|p=46}}

==History==
The family of the Pant Sachiv is descended from [[Shankaraji Narayan Pant Sachiv]], who was in 1697 appointed as hereditary Pant Sachiv and was awarded an estate or [[jagir]] and other hereditary rights ({{transl|mr|watans}}) for his services by [[Rajaram I]], the third Chhatrapati of the Maratha state.{{Sfn|Copland|1982|p=13}}
The family name of Pant Sachiv's is Gandekar.The Gandekars are [[Deshastha Brahmin|Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin]]s and were residents of Gandapur, a village, (now extinct) near [[Paithan]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Life of His Highness Raja Shreemant Sir Raghunathrao S.: Alias Babasaheb Pandit Pant Sachiv, K.C.I.E., Raja of Bhor |author=V.G. Ranade (Rao Sahib.) |date=1951 |page=cii |quote= Shankaraji Narayan Gandekar, the first Pant £acl iv and The Founder of the Bhor State. The Gandekars are Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmans. They were, some two centuries back, residents of Gandapur, a village, (now extinct) near Paithan}}</ref>

According to C. Ovans, the estate of the Pant Sachiv family consisted of 552 villages in 1838.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Satara Raj, 1818-1848: A Study in History, Administration, and Culture |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=SYOSHaZnBy8C |author= Sumitra Kulkarni |publisher= Mittal Publications |year=1995 |page=43|isbn = 9788170995814}}</ref>

==Family tree==
===First generation===
*[[Shankaraji Narayan Gandekar]] (1665-1707), was the first of a series of hereditary Sachivs (Marathi for Secretary) hailing from the Marathi- [[Deshastha Brahmin]] family. Shankaraji first joined service under Pant Pradhan Moropant Pingale as an ordinary clerk. Within a few years of service, he was able to prove his high ability and valour and was appointed as ''Pant Sachiv'' by [[Rajaram I]] in 1697.<ref>{{cite book|title=Freedom movement in princely states of Maharashtra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pzZuAAAAMAAJ|author1=Arun Bhosale|author2=Ashok S.|author3=Chousalkar|author4=Lakshminarayana Tarodi|publisher=Shivaji University|year=2001|page=64|quote=As a matter of fact, the founder of the State - Shankaraji Narayan Gandekar was a man of high ability and valour. The owner of a petty ancestral property, he joined service under Pant Pradhan Moropant Pingale as an ordinary clerk.}}</ref>{{Sfn|Ranade|1930|p=2}}

===Second generation===
Shankaraji Narayan married and had three sons:<ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay, Volume 23|publisher=Asiatic Society of Bombay|year=1969|page=336}}</ref>

*Abaji Shankaraji
*Lakshman Shankaraji
*[[Naro Shankaraji]] - 2nd ruler of [[Bhor State]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7apKV4O8uiAC&q=shankaraji+Narayan+son&pg=PA137|title=Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay, Volume 16|page=138|publisher=Asiatic Society of Bombay|year=1885}}</ref>

===Third generation===
* Chimnajirao I Narayanrao - 3rd ruler of Bhor and nephew of Naro Shankaraji.{{Sfn|Ranade|1930|p=19}}

===Fourth generation===
Chimnajirao I married and had three son's:
* Sadashivrao Chimnajirao - 4th ruler of Bhor{{Sfn|Ranade|1930|p=21}}
* Anandrao Chimnajirao
* Ragunathrao Chimnajirao - 5th ruler of Bhor.{{Sfn|Ranade|1930|p=22}}

===Fifth generation===
Ragunathrao Chimnajirao married and had a son:
*Shankarrao I Ragunathrao - 6th ruler of Bhor.{{Sfn|Ranade|1930|p=22}}

===Sixth generation===
Shankarrao I Ragunathrao adopted his Father's nephew as his son:
*Chimnajirao II Shankarrao - 7th ruler of Bhor.{{Sfn|Ranade|1930|p=25}}

===Seventh generation===
Chimnajirao II Shankarrao had adopted his nephew as his successor:
*Ragunathrao I Chimnajirao - 8th ruler of Bhor.{{Sfn|Ranade|1930|p=29}}

===Eighth generation===
Ragunathrao I Chimnajirao had adopted his nephew as his successor:
*Chimnajirao III Ragunathrao - 9th ruler of Bhor.{{Sfn|Ranade|1930|p=31}}

===Ninth generation===
Chimnajirao III Ragunathrao married and had a son:
*[[Shankarrao Chimnajirao Gandekar|Shankarrao II Chimnajirao]] - he was the 10th ruler of Bhor. He succeeded to the throne on 12 February 1871 as a minor. He was invested with full ruling powers on 20 July 1874 by the [[British Raj]] upon reaching maturity. The Raja was awarded with personal salute of 11 guns at the [[Delhi Durbar]] of 1911. He died on 17 July 1922.{{Sfn|Ranade|1930|p=39}}<ref>{{cite book|title=The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated of the Indian Empire|author=Sir Roper Lethbridge|publisher=Aakar Books|year=2005|page=79}}</ref>

===Tenth generation===
*[[Raghunathrao Shankarrao Gandekar]] - He was the 11th ruler with the title [[Raja]] of Bhor.{{Sfn|Ranade|1930|p=51}}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|title=The British Raj and the Indian princes: paramountcy in western India, 1857-1930|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zNeAAAAAIAAJ|first=Ian|last=Copland|year=1982|publisher=Sangam Books|isbn = 9780861312450}}
*{{cite book|title=A Short history of the Bhor State|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206843|first=V. G.|last=Ranade|year=1930|publisher=Bhor}}

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