Pisal


Pisal is surname mainly found amongst the 96 Maratha clans.

Origin

Pisal clans, like other Maratha clans, claim a mythic origin. Pisals claim to be Marathas of Kshatriya Aryan origin. Alternately, there are claims that Pisal Maratha Clan traces their Descendancy Back to the Suryavanshi Chalukyas. Popular people with this surname include Madanrao pisal, former minister in Maharashtra.

History

Pisals were Deshmukhs of two hundred villages of Wai under the Sultanate of Deccan. Later when Shivaji created the Maratha Empire, they joined him as bargir and shiledar warriors. The Pisal deshmukh were powerful sardars of Chhatrapati Shivaji, Sambhaji, and Rajaram.
On 19 October 1689, Suryajirao Pisal was involved in the defeat of Marathas and Mughals arrested Maharani Yesubai and Prince Shahu, the wife and young son of Sambhaji, respectively. The allegations levied on him were all false and he proved to be instrumental in commencing a pact of Raigadh between Marathas and the Mughals at that crucial period
Pisals also took an active part in building the Maratha Empire, including serving in the third Battle of Panipat in the year of 1761. Chatrapati Rajarams Daughter was married to son of suryaji pisal.