Mohite (clan)

Mohite (clan)

The Mohite (Marathi: मोहीते) are found largely in Maharashtra and neighbouring states in India. Their major centre is Talbid in Satara District, Maharashtra. They are also found in other regions of Maratha presence such as Nagpur, Baroda, Gwalior, Satara, and Kolhapur and some other parts of India. The word mohite means "brave, "Maratha community is made of 60 Somvanshi and 36 Suryavanshi clans Thus the total number of clans of Marathas is 96. There is one village in Aurangabad District named Goshegaon where the Mohite are situated and they have close loop with Rajastan RajGharana


There are five Royal Clans in Marathas namely

Bhosale,Mohite,Jadhavrao,Angre and Garud etc. These royal clans were considered the highest among kshatriya Marathas and would intermerry among these clans only. .

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