Pant Pratinidhi family is a prominent aristocratic noble family of India, who served as Pratinidhis to Chhatrapatis of Maratha Empire and later became rulers of the Princely states of Aundh and Vishalgad.
[1][2] The Pant Pratinidhi's were officer's of the highest dignity under the Maratha Empire.
They were ranked above all Ashta Pradhans and even above Peshwas during Rajaram I to Shahu I times.
[3] The family of the Pant Pratinidhi is descended from Trimbak Krishna, the Kulkarni (village officer) of Kinhai.
Parshuram Pant Pratinidhi was born in 1660 in kinhai village.