KULVRUTANT
Had there been such efforts collectively, a wider history of the nation would have been a reality. However, following the footsteps of the Chitpavans, are some other castes who had taken to this task on a notable proportions. The first speaker of the erstwhile Mumbai state (as also the first Loksabha), Shri. G.V alias Dadasaheb Mavalankar, had taken initiative in compilation of the kulvruttant of Sardesai?s by name ‘Sardesai Gharanyacha Itihas’. This was the maiden effort among the Karhade Brahmins. The second speaker of the Mumbai state shri. Kundanmal alias Bhausaheb Firodia, in a first such initiative from a Marwadi Jain community, had penned down the ‘Firodia Kulvruttant’ of the Firodia clan who had migrated to Mumbai from a village named ‘Firod’ in Rajasthan. It was finally published by his sons ‘Navalmal’ and ‘Hastimal’ Firodia by name ‘Mi Kundanmal’. A renowned reporter Shri. Baburao Jakkal from Solapur had taken initiative in publishing the ‘Jakkal Kulvruttant’. This was the maiden effort from the Telugu speaking ‘Padmasali’ community from Andhra who had migrated to Maharashtra. The retired managing director of the Janata Shakari Bank Ltd, Pune Shri. H.N. Kunden compiled the ‘Kunden Kulvruttant’.
Mahamahopadhyay Datto Waman Potdar had said that a fruitful evaluation of the history of the different clans/ castes which form the population of the country will be instrumental in constructing the history of the nation in a wider sense. Shri. Hari Kruishna Pendse, Pune had published a booklet named ?Kulvruttant ? Margadarshan?, in Marathi. It states that though some other Brahmin Castes, the Marathas and the Prabhus had made some inroads in this direction, at least as far as recording the history of the clan if not the Kulvruttants is concerned, such efforts were lacking on part of other castes like the Chambhars, Vaishyas, and Mahars. The reasons could be many- lack of awareness, understanding the importance or even the intellect and the finances.
