Phatak (surname)

Phatak is a surname used by Chitpavan Brahmins of the Kaushik gotra.

People

• Ashutosh Phatak, Indian music composer
• Balkrishna Phatak, war secretary during the Peshwai
• Deepak B. Phatak (b. 1948), Indian computer scientist
• Chimnaji Phatak, aide-de-camp during the Peshwai
• Jairaj Phatak, Indian IAS officer
• Narahar Raghunath Phatak (1893–1979), Indian biographer and literary critic
• Ramachandra Krishanji Phatak (1917–2002), Marathi music composer and singer
• Ravindra Phatak, Indian politician for Shiv Sena

Groups

• Phatak, a clan of the Ahir community of the kshatriya caste

See also

References