Hegde

Hegde is a surname or Family name which has its roots and manifest in the Indian state of Karnataka.

HEGDE actually is derived from hegg meaning head and gad meaning fort .Hence it means HEAD COMMANDER OF THE FORTS.

During the VIJAYANAGAR EMPIRE Kshatriyas were called from various places to protect the fort .After the fall of the empire the then hegde'swere forced to go their ways . Some of them went down the coast of Karnataka .Where as some of the went up to Maharashtra.

This surname was then adopted by the other communities as their surname.

Hegde is a surname in Havyaka Brahmins originally and later Bunts, Jain, Konkani

Hegde means chiefman or head of a village.

Hegde is also the name of a beautiful village in kumta in Karnataka.

Some prominent Hegdes include:
*Ramakrishna Hegde, erstwhile chief minister of Karnataka state
*K.S. Hegde, Former Supreme Court judge, M.P., and former Speaker of the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Parliament of India)
*K S Subbana, Magasaysay award winner, author, poet, dramatist.
*Dr. Jagannathrao Hegde was the former Sheriff of Mumbai
*Ganesh Hegde (born 1974) is an Indian singer and Bollywood choreographer,
*Doddamane Mahadevi Hegde, social worker, Sarvodaya movement leader, freedom fighter
*"Shivappa Hegde" , a prominent person during the british times.
*N. Santosh Hegde is an a retired Justice of the Supreme Court of India (1999-2005), is the present Lokayukta of Karnataka.
*Dr. Sajan K Hegde,Consultant Spine Surgeon & Head of Department of Orthopaedics,Apollo Hospitals,Chennai
*Jayaprakash Hegde , Wellknown Politician. Brahmavara MLA and now Candidate from Kundapura Assembly Constituency.
*Dr. D.M. Hegde, a world renowned scientist, is a distinguished researcher in the field of agriculture in India.
*Mrs Parvathi V Hegde, a renowned teacher,educationalist and a great thinker of karnataka.