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Mohite (मोहीते) is the surname of a prominent Maratha clan, Gotra (Gargya)hailing mostly from Maharashtra and neighbouring states in India.
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Titles associated with the Mohite group include Raje, Sardar, Sarkar, Deshmukh, and Patil. Their major centre is Talbid in Satara District, Maharashtra. They have also scattered through regions of Maratha dominance such as Nagpur, Baroda, Gwalior, Satara, and Kolhapur and some other parts of India. The word Mohite means brave.There is one village in Aurangabad District named Goshegaon where the Mohite are situated. The clan has close ties with Rajasthani Royal clans.
Maratha community is has 60 Somvanshi and 36 Suryavanshi clans, thus the total number of clans of Marathas is 96.There are five highest Royal Clans in Marathas namely Mohite, Jadhavrao,bhosle , Angre and Garud. These royal clans were considered the highest among Kshatriya Marathas and would intermarry among these clans only.
History
Similar to other Maratha groups, the Mohite's were of Aryan Kshatriya origins. Soyarabai (d. 1680), one of the wives of King Shivaji and Tarabai (1675–1761), wife of Rajaram and several other brides in the houses of the Bhosale and other Maratha clans were from the Mohite clan.
Many members of the Mohite clan were prominent warriors in the service of the Maratha Empire during the reign of King Shivaji. Sardar Hambirrao Mohite notably became the first Maratha commander-in-chief stationed at Raigad fort following King Shivaji's coronation in 1674.