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The Marathas (Marathi: , also Mahrattas) are Indo Aryan speaking castes of Hindu warrior
Warrior

According to the Random House Dictionary, the term warrior has two meanings. The first Literal and figurative language use refers to "a person engaged or experienced in warfare." The second Literal and figurative language use refers to "a person who shows or has shown great vigor, courage, or aggressiveness, as in politics or athletics...
s and peasants hailing mostly from the present-day state of Maharashtra
Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a States and territories of India located on the western coast of India. Maharashtra is a part of Western India. It is India's List of states of India by area and List of states of India by population....
, who created the expansive Maratha Empire
Maratha Empire

The Maratha Empire or the Maratha Confederacy was a Hindu state located in present-day India. It existed from 1674 to 1818. At its peak, the empire's territories covered much of South Asia....
, covering a major part of India
Indian subcontinent

The Indian subcontinent is a large section of the Asian continent consisting of the land lying substantially on the Indian Plate. The subcontinent includes parts of various countries in South Asia, including those on the continental crust , an Island#Continental islands country on the continental shelf , and an Island#Oceanic islands countr...
, in the late 17th and 18th centuries. They were also considered as Kshatriyan
Kshatriya

Kshatriya is one of the four varna in Hinduism in Hinduism. It constitutes the military and ruling order of the traditional Vedic-Hindu social system as outlined by the Vedas and the Laws of Manu....
 warriors.

The "Maranthas" were known by that name since their native tongue was almost invariably Marathi, however, not all those whose native tongue is Marathi are Marathas.






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The Marathas (Marathi: , also Mahrattas) are Indo Aryan speaking castes of Hindu warrior
Warrior

According to the Random House Dictionary, the term warrior has two meanings. The first Literal and figurative language use refers to "a person engaged or experienced in warfare." The second Literal and figurative language use refers to "a person who shows or has shown great vigor, courage, or aggressiveness, as in politics or athletics...
s and peasants hailing mostly from the present-day state of Maharashtra
Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a States and territories of India located on the western coast of India. Maharashtra is a part of Western India. It is India's List of states of India by area and List of states of India by population....
, who created the expansive Maratha Empire
Maratha Empire

The Maratha Empire or the Maratha Confederacy was a Hindu state located in present-day India. It existed from 1674 to 1818. At its peak, the empire's territories covered much of South Asia....
, covering a major part of India
Indian subcontinent

The Indian subcontinent is a large section of the Asian continent consisting of the land lying substantially on the Indian Plate. The subcontinent includes parts of various countries in South Asia, including those on the continental crust , an Island#Continental islands country on the continental shelf , and an Island#Oceanic islands countr...
, in the late 17th and 18th centuries. They were also considered as Kshatriyan
Kshatriya

Kshatriya is one of the four varna in Hinduism in Hinduism. It constitutes the military and ruling order of the traditional Vedic-Hindu social system as outlined by the Vedas and the Laws of Manu....
 warriors.

The "Maranthas" were known by that name since their native tongue was almost invariably Marathi, however, not all those whose native tongue is Marathi are Marathas. Historically "Maratha" was a common term used for people of Maharashtra region that speak Marathi. In present time, the term "Maratha" refers only to those Marathi-speaking people who also belong to certain specific Hindu caste
Caste

Castes are hereditary systems of wikt:occupation, endogamy, culture, social class, and political power, the assignment of individuals to places in the social hierarchy is determined by social group and culture....
s: for one available listing, refer to Maratha clan system
Maratha clan system

The Marathas is a collective term referring to an Indo-Aryans group of Hindu, Marathi-speaking castes of Kshatriya, warriors, commoner and peasants, hailing mostly from the Indian state of Maharashtra....
. Thus, the terms "Marathi people
Marathi people

The Marathi people or Maharashtrians are an Indo-Aryans ethnic group, that inhabit the Maharashtra region and state of western India. Their language Marathi is part of the southern group of Indo-Aryan languages....
" and "Maratha people" are not interchangeable and should not be confused for each other.

Etymology

The etymology of the words "Maratha" and "Marathi" is uncertain. It may be a derivative of the Prakrit
Prakrit

Prakrit refers to the broad family of the Indic languages and dialects spoken in ancient India. The Prakrits became literary languages, generally patronized by kings identified with the Kshatriya caste, but were regarded as illegitimate by the Brahmin orthodoxy....
 word Marhatta found in Jain Maharashtri literature, itself from Sanskrit Mahara?h?ra "great realm" (from maha
Maha

Maha may refer to:...
 "great" and ra??ra "nation, dominion, district"). One theory holds that a reference to a clan known as Ra??rika in some of Ashoka
Ashoka

Ashoka was an Indian emperor, of the Maurya Empire who ruled from 273 BCE to 232 BCE. Often cited as one of India's as well as world's greatest emperors, Ashoka reigned over most of present-day India after a number of military conquests....
's inscriptions alludes to a people of the Deccan who were progenitors of the Marathi
Marathi language

Marathi is an Indo-Aryan languages spoken by the Marathi people of western India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are 90 million fluent speakers worldwide....
-speaking people; that the later "Mahara?h?ri Prakrit" is associated with these people

Other theories link the words Maratha and Ra?h?ri with Ratta, supposedly a corruption of Rashtrakuta
Rashtrakuta

The Rashtrakuta Dynasty was a Royal family Indian dynasty ruling large parts of southern, central and northern India between the sixth and the thirteenth centuries....
, the name of a dynasty that held sway over the Deccan from the 8th to 10th centuries.

All theories however affirm, as do linguists, that the modern Marathi language has developed from the Prakrit
Prakrit

Prakrit refers to the broad family of the Indic languages and dialects spoken in ancient India. The Prakrits became literary languages, generally patronized by kings identified with the Kshatriya caste, but were regarded as illegitimate by the Brahmin orthodoxy....
 known as Maharashtri
Maharashtri

Maharashtri , is a language of ancient and medieval India, descended from Sanskrit, and spoken in what is now Maharashtra and other parts of India....
.

Shivaji and Marathas

Maratha clans


According to some sources (mostly elitist), most Marathas must belong to one of the 96 different clans (The "96 Kuli Marathas", but it's been forever debatable as there is no constructive evidence or social hierarchical structure that determines who is 96 Kuli & who is not). The list of 96 Maratha clans is different as per different historians. An authoritative listing was apparently first attempted in 1889 and a list finalised in 1956 by the Government of India.

Population

The Marathas originated as a social class of Marathi speakers (Indo-Aryans
Indo-Aryans

Indo-Aryan is an ethno-linguistic term referring to the wide collection of peoples united as native speakers of the Indo-Iranian languages of the family of Indo-European languages....
). They number some 40 million, about half the number of native Marathi speakers. Maratha people are the original people of Maharashtra pradesh. They belong to the Kshatriya (King /Warrior) class.

Historical prominence

India1760 1905
Different Maratha (also called as Rastriks or Maha-rathis or Mahrattas) rulers during Medieval period (before 12th century) include Satavahana
Satavahana

The Satavahanas also known as Andhras , were a dynasty which ruled from Junnar , Prathisthan in Maharashtra and Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh in Andhra Pradesh over Southern and Central India from around 230 BCE onward....
, Rashtrakuta
Rashtrakuta

The Rashtrakuta Dynasty was a Royal family Indian dynasty ruling large parts of southern, central and northern India between the sixth and the thirteenth centuries....
, Yadhav-Jadhavs. They re-united into historical prominence under the leadership of Chhatrapati Shivaji in the 17th century. Shivaji Maharaj, born into the Bhosale clan of Marathas
Maratha clan system

The Marathas is a collective term referring to an Indo-Aryans group of Hindu, Marathi-speaking castes of Kshatriya, warriors, commoner and peasants, hailing mostly from the Indian state of Maharashtra....
, secured an independent state by dint of lifelong struggle and thereby founded an empire, the remnants of which lasted until the independence of India in 1947. The state thus founded by Chhatrapati Shivaji attained its zenith under the tutelage of the Peshwa
Peshwa

The Peshwa were Brahmin Prime Ministers to the Maratha Chattrapatis , who began commanding Maratha armies and later became the hereditary rulers of the Maratha empire of central India from 1749 to 1818....
s in the 18th century, extending from the Indus
Indus River

File:Indian subcontinent CIA.pngThe Indus River is the longest river in Pakistan and the twenty-first largest river in the world, in terms of annual flow, on the Indian Subcontinent....
 in present-day Pakistan
Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
 to Orissa
Orissa

Orissa , is a states and territories of India located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It was established on 1 April 1936 as a province in British India, and consists, predominantly of Oriya language speakers....
 in the east and from the Punjab
Punjab region

Punjab , also Panjab , is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan. The "Five Rivers" are Beas River, Ravi River, Sutlej, Chenab and Jhelum River; all these are tributaries of the Indus river, Jhelum being the biggest one....
 to central Karnataka
Karnataka

Karnataka is a States and territories of India in the southern part of India. It was Unification of Karnataka on November 1, 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act....
 in the south
South India

South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the Union territories of India of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of area....
. The kingdom of Thanjavur
Thanjavur

Thanjavur , also known by its anglicised name Tanjore, is a municipality and the headquarters of the Thanjavur district in the Indian States and territories of India of Tamil Nadu....
 in present-day Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 States and territories of India of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai . Tamil Nadu lies in the southern most part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by Puducherry , Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh....
 was also ruled by a Maratha dynasty, albeit outside the ambit of the main Maratha Empire
Maratha Empire

The Maratha Empire or the Maratha Confederacy was a Hindu state located in present-day India. It existed from 1674 to 1818. At its peak, the empire's territories covered much of South Asia....
. At its peak, the Maratha Empire
Maratha Empire

The Maratha Empire or the Maratha Confederacy was a Hindu state located in present-day India. It existed from 1674 to 1818. At its peak, the empire's territories covered much of South Asia....
 established a protectorate over the mughal emperor and paramountcy over the numerous Rajput
Rajput

A Rajput is a member of one of the major Hindu Kshatriya groups of Indian subcontinent. The Rajputs trace their roots to Rajputana. They enjoy a reputation as formidable soldiers and it is common to find many of them serving in the Indian Armed Forces....
 chieftains of Gujarat
Gujarat

Gujarat is a States and territories of India in western India. Gujarat borders Pakistan to the north west and the state of Rajasthan to the north and northeast, Madhya Pradesh to the east, Maharashtra and the Union territory of Diu, Daman District, India, Dadra and Nagar Haveli to the south....
, Rajasthan
Rajasthan

Rajasthan is the largest States and territories of India of the Republic of India in terms of area. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with Pakistan....
, Central India and elsewhere. They had also managed to bring Punjab
Punjab region

Punjab , also Panjab , is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan. The "Five Rivers" are Beas River, Ravi River, Sutlej, Chenab and Jhelum River; all these are tributaries of the Indus river, Jhelum being the biggest one....
 under their sway and end Muslim rule there and keeping the field open for the Sikhs. This vast empire declined gradually after the third battle of Panipat
Third battle of Panipat

The Third Battle of Panipat took place on January 14, 1761 at Panipat , situated at about 80 miles north of Delhi. The battle pitted the France-supplied and trained artillery of the Marathas against the light cavalry of the Pashtun people led by Ahmad Shah Durrani, an ethnic Pashtun people, also known as 'Ahmad Shah Abdali'....
 (1761); by 1818, all of present-day India had fallen to the British East India Company
British East India Company

The East India Company was an early England joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the Indies, but that ended up trading with the Indian subcontinent and China....
.

The history of the states and dynasties comprising the Maratha Empire
Maratha Empire

The Maratha Empire or the Maratha Confederacy was a Hindu state located in present-day India. It existed from 1674 to 1818. At its peak, the empire's territories covered much of South Asia....
 constitutes a major portion of the history of late medieval India. While that extensive history is detailed elsewhere, it is noteworthy that the rise of the Marathas:
  • represented the revival of the political power of the Hindus in north India
    North India

    Northern India is a loosely defined region in the northern part of India. The exact meaning of the term varies by usage. The dominant geographical features of northern India are the Indo-Gangetic Plain and the Himalayas, which demarcate the region from Tibet and Central Asia....
     after many centuries of Muslim rule;
  • prevented the spread of the Mughal Empire
    Mughal Empire

    The Mughal Empire was a Muslim imperial power of the Indian subcontinent which began in 1526, ruled most of the Indian Subcontinent by the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and ended in the mid-19th century....
     and associated Islamic culture to south India
    South India

    South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the Union territories of India of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of area....
    ;
  • was the primary cause of the decline of the Mughal Empire
    Mughal Empire

    The Mughal Empire was a Muslim imperial power of the Indian subcontinent which began in 1526, ruled most of the Indian Subcontinent by the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and ended in the mid-19th century....
    ;
  • led to the dilution of the caste system as an overwhelming number of Brahmins too, fought along with them;
  • led to the modernisation of India's armed forces, as they introduced indigenously designed and manufactured muskets (known as Gardi muskets)
  • encouraged the development of the Marathi language and was seminal to the consolidation of a distinct Maharashtrian
    Maharashtrian

    Maharashtrian can refer to:*An ethno-linguistic group of people from Maharashtra, India, speaking Marathi language, see Marathi people...
     identity.


Maratha states


Since the Marathas ruled much of India in the period immediately preceding the consolidation of British rule in India, the Maratha states came to form the largest bloc of princely state
Princely state

For other uses, see Principality, Princely state#Other princely statesA Princely State was a nominally sovereign entity of British rule in India that was not directly administered by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule such as suzerainty or paramountcy....
s in the British Raj
British Raj

British Raj primarily refers to the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; it can also refer to the period of dominion, and even the region under the rule....
, if size be reckoned by territory and population. Prominent Maratha states included:
Raigad
*Kolhapur
Kolhapur

Kolhapur is a city situated in the south west corner of Maharashtra, India. The population of Kolhapur is around 419,000. The main language is Marathi....
  • Solapur
    Solapur

    Solapur is a city and a municipal corporation in South Western Maharashtra, India near the Karnataka border and is the administrative headquarters of Solapur District....
  • Gwalior
    Gwalior

    Gwalior ,, is a city in Madhya Pradesh in India. It lies 76 miles south of Agra and has a population of over 12 lakh . The Gwalior metropolitan area is the 46th most populated area in the country....
  • Indore
    Indore

    Indore .The family retained its possessions of royalty, which included having an elephant, Nishan, Danka and Gadi even after the advent of Holkars and also retained the right of performing the first puja of Dushera before the Holkar rulers....
  • Baroda
    Vadodara

    Vadodara , formerly Baroda , is the third most-populated city in the States and territories of India of Gujarat after Ahmedabad and Surat. It is one of four cities in the state with a population of over 1 million, the other being Rajkot and the two cities listed above....
  • Dewas
    Dewas

    Dewas is a town situated on the Malwa plateau in the West-central part of Indian state called Madhya Pradesh. It is the administrative center of the Dewas District, and was formerly the seat of two princely states during the British Raj....
     (Senior and Junior)
  • Dhar
    Dhar

    Dhar or the medieval historical town of Dhara Nagari is located in the Malwa region of western Madhya Pradesh states and territories of India in central India.It is the administrative headquarters of Dhar District....
  • Chhatarpur
    Chhatarpur

    Chhatarpur is a city and a municipality in Chhatarpur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Chhatarpur District....
  • Mudhol
    Mudhol

    Mudhol is a town in the Bagalkot District in the Northern part of the state of Karnataka, India. It is about 50km from the district headquarters of Bagalkot town on the left bank of the Ghataprabha River....
  • Sandur (princely state)
    Sandur (princely state)

    Before India's independence, Sandur was a princely state, the seat was at the town of Sanduru. The state was founded around 1700 CE by Shrimant Sidalji Ghorpade , a Maratha nobleman....
     in Bellary District
    Bellary district

    Bellary is a district in Karnataka state, India....
     of Karnataka
    Karnataka

    Karnataka is a States and territories of India in the southern part of India. It was Unification of Karnataka on November 1, 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act....
     India
  • Akkalkot
    Akkalkot

    Akkalkot is a taluka that lies at the border of Maharashtra and Karnataka.It lies in the district of Solapur District and is the administrative center of Akkalkot, a sub-division of that district.Majority of people speak kannada.Akkalkot is home to Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj.Also,many lingayat people visit Mallikarjun temple....
  • Phaltan
    Phaltan

    Phaltan is a city, a taluka and a municipal council in Satara district in the Indian States and territories of India of Maharashtra. The town is about 59 km north-east of the city of Satara....
  • Jath
    Jath

    Jath, also spelled Joth, was one of the non-salute princely states of British India, under the Bombay Presidency, and later the Deccan States Agency....
  • Jawhar
    Jawhar

    Jawhar is a city and a municipal council in Thane district in the Indian States and territories of India of Maharashtra. It is about 166 km from Mumbai and 80 km from the city of Nasik....
  • Sawantwadi
  • Satara
    Satara

    Satara is a town located in the Satara District of Maharashtra states and territories of India of India. The name is derived from the seven hills surrounding the town....
  • Marathwada
    Marathwada

    Marathwada is a region of India's Maharashtra states and territories of India, which corresponds to Maharashtra's Aurangabad Division....
  • Thanjavur
    Thanjavur

    Thanjavur , also known by its anglicised name Tanjore, is a municipality and the headquarters of the Thanjavur district in the Indian States and territories of India of Tamil Nadu....
    , and many others
  • Nashik
    Nashik

    Nashik or Nasik )...
    ,
  • Jalgaon
    Jalgaon

    Jalgaon is a city in western India, to the north of the Maharashtra state in Jalgaon District, which itself is located on the northern Deccan Plateau....
    ,
  • Vidarbha
    Vidarbha

    Vidarbha is the eastern region of Maharashtra state made up of Nagpur Division and Amravati Division. It occupies 31.6% of total area and holds 21.3% of total population of Maharashtra....


Prominent Maratha dynasties

  • Satavahana
    Satavahana

    The Satavahanas also known as Andhras , were a dynasty which ruled from Junnar , Prathisthan in Maharashtra and Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh in Andhra Pradesh over Southern and Central India from around 230 BCE onward....
    s of Pratishthan, present day Paithan near Aurangabad.
  • Moray's (Morč) of Mauryakhand,present day North Pakistan,areas of Afghanistan & Kashmir.Taluk Jawali(i.e from Wai,Mabaleshwar & down towards Raigad in Konkan)& (Vardhangad) Khatau taluk in Satara dist of Maharashtra.
  • Mohites of Talbid
    Talbid

    Talbid is a village near Karad,Satara District in Maharashtra....
     near Karad
    Karad

    Karad is a city and a municipal council in Satara district in the Indian States and territories of India of Maharashtra. It lies at the confluence of Koyna River and the Krishna River, popularly known as 'Preeti Sangam'....
  • Yadavas of Deogiri (Daulatabad)
  • Jadhavs of Sindkhed Raja
    Sindkhed Raja

    See...
    , Vidarbha
    Vidarbha

    Vidarbha is the eastern region of Maharashtra state made up of Nagpur Division and Amravati Division. It occupies 31.6% of total area and holds 21.3% of total population of Maharashtra....
    , Nashik
    Nashik

    Nashik or Nasik )...
  • Ghorpades of Ghorpade Raja, Mudhol
    Mudhol

    Mudhol is a town in the Bagalkot District in the Northern part of the state of Karnataka, India. It is about 50km from the district headquarters of Bagalkot town on the left bank of the Ghataprabha River....
  • Bhonsle
    Bhonsle

    The Bhosle or Bhosale were a prominent Maratha clan who served as rulers of several states in India .The most prominent member of the clan was Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha empire....
    s of Kolhapur
    Kolhapur

    Kolhapur is a city situated in the south west corner of Maharashtra, India. The population of Kolhapur is around 419,000. The main language is Marathi....
    , Satara
    Satara

    Satara is a town located in the Satara District of Maharashtra states and territories of India of India. The name is derived from the seven hills surrounding the town....
    , Nagpur
    Nagpur

    Nagpur is the largest city in central India and second capital of the States and territories of India of Maharashtra. It is headquarter of Nagpur district and Nagpur division and is third largest city by population of Maharashtra....
    , Sawantvadi
    Sawantvadi

    Sawantwadi is a Taluka place in Sindhudurg district in the Indian States and territories of India of Maharashtra. Sawantwadi has a municipal council, which is a local civic body....
     and Thanjavur
    Thanjavur

    Thanjavur , also known by its anglicised name Tanjore, is a municipality and the headquarters of the Thanjavur district in the Indian States and territories of India of Tamil Nadu....
  • Sindhias (Shinde) of Gwalior
    Gwalior

    Gwalior ,, is a city in Madhya Pradesh in India. It lies 76 miles south of Agra and has a population of over 12 lakh . The Gwalior metropolitan area is the 46th most populated area in the country....
    ,originally from Kanherkhed, shindes of ratnagiri (maharashtra) chiplun,daspatti,morvane.
  • Gaekwad
    Gaekwad

    The Gaekwad or Gaikwad was a Maratha dynasty that ruled the princely state of Vadodara in West India from the mid-eighteenth century until 1947....
    s (Gaikwad) of Baroda
    Vadodara

    Vadodara , formerly Baroda , is the third most-populated city in the States and territories of India of Gujarat after Ahmedabad and Surat. It is one of four cities in the state with a population of over 1 million, the other being Rajkot and the two cities listed above....
  • Pawars of Dewas
    Dewas

    Dewas is a town situated on the Malwa plateau in the West-central part of Indian state called Madhya Pradesh. It is the administrative center of the Dewas District, and was formerly the seat of two princely states during the British Raj....
    , Dhar
    Dhar

    Dhar or the medieval historical town of Dhara Nagari is located in the Malwa region of western Madhya Pradesh states and territories of India in central India.It is the administrative headquarters of Dhar District....
     and Chhatarpur
    Chhatarpur

    Chhatarpur is a city and a municipality in Chhatarpur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Chhatarpur District....
  • Rajeshirkes of konkan,Shringarpur
  • Dalvi
    Dalvi

    Dalvi may refer to:*Paramara Rajput-Maratha Deshmukh of nasik.*Sudhir Dalvi, an Indian actor.*Datta Dalvi, an Indian politician.*Jaywant Dalvi, an Indian writer....
    s of Palvani,Soveli
  • Bhoite
    Bhoite

    Bhoite is a surname found amongst the "96k"[Ninety-Six Clans] of the Maratha sub-caste in India.The Bhoite surname is mainly found in Maharashtra, but also appears in Indian states bordering Maharashtra....
    s of Tadawale Sammat Wagholi
    Tadawale Sammat Wagholi

    Tadawale Sammat Wagholi is a village in Koregaon taluka, Satara district, in the Indian province of Maharashtra.Tadawale Sammat Wagholi is Hill Station situated strategically near Wathar Station, Koregaon on the Lonand-Satara Highway Road....
    ,Wagholi
    Wagholi

    Wagholiis a village in Satara District,Maharashtra, India. This village is situated in the north Koregaon region near the large Pimpode market....
    ,Hingangaon
    Hingangaon

    Hingangaon is a village in Phaltan Tehsil, District Satara, Maharashtra. It is strategically situated in mountainous parts of the region & inner from approx....
  • Nimbalkar
    Nimbalkar

    Nimbalkar is one of the clans of Maratha supposed to be originated from Pawar Clan. Origin of their name is supposed to be arose due to their native village Nimbalak present in Phaltan tehsil,Satara district Maharashtra,India....
    , Gaikwad, Ranaware of Phaltan
    Phaltan

    Phaltan is a city, a taluka and a municipal council in Satara district in the Indian States and territories of India of Maharashtra. The town is about 59 km north-east of the city of Satara....
  • Shitole of Pune
    Pune

    Pune ,Pune is the administrative capital of Pune district and the 7th Metro city of India.Pune is known to have existed as a town since 937 AD....
    /punawadi
  • Kadam
    Kadam

    Kadam may refer to:* the Kadam school of Buddhism* the Kadam virus of the Flavivirus genus* the first Arya Kshatriya king of Hinduism who ruled Afghanistan...
  • Jagtap of Saswad,Pune
  • Dabhade
    Dabhade

    Dabhade is one of the prominent Maratha clan among 96k Kshatriya family hailing mostly in Maharashtra,India.Dabhades are known for their service and bravery in the erstwhile Maratha Empire covering major parts of India....
     of Talegaon
  • Gaikwad of Nimblak Phaltan
    Phaltan

    Phaltan is a city, a taluka and a municipal council in Satara district in the Indian States and territories of India of Maharashtra. The town is about 59 km north-east of the city of Satara....
     Satara
    Satara

    Satara is a town located in the Satara District of Maharashtra states and territories of India of India. The name is derived from the seven hills surrounding the town....
  • Gharge-Desai (Deshmukh) Shirol
    Gharge-Desai (Deshmukh) Shirol

    Gharge-Deshmukh ) was a Maratha dynasty and one of the oldest existing Maratha Sur-Deshmukhs of Nimsod in Satara District. The family is Agnivanshi Kshatriya ,one of the most ancient in India and traces its roots back to Mahabharata...
     and Nimsod decendents of king Yashowarden of Mahabharata
  • Mane
    Mane

    Mane can have the following meanings:*The mane is used to describe the line of hair along the spine of the neck, starting behind the ears and ending just above the withers....
    s of Mhaswad
    Mhaswad

    Mhaswad is a city and a municipal council in Satara district in the Indian States and territories of India of Maharashtra....
  • Nikam
  • Kate
    Kate

    Kate is a feminine given name. It is a short form of Katherine . It may refer to:People with the given name Kate:*Kate In meteorology:...
  • Dhamdhere of Talegaon Dhamdhere.
  • Jedhe
  • Harphale
  • Mahadik
  • Salunkhe
  • Sawant
  • Shelar
    Shelar

    Shelar is a census town in Thane district in the Indian States and territories of India of Maharashtra....
  • Bane
    Bané

    Ban? is a town in the Ban? Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso. As of 2005, the town has a population of 1,095....


Bilingual Marathas

The empire also resulted in the voluntary relocation of substantial numbers of Maratha and other Marathi-speaking people outside Maharashtra
Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a States and territories of India located on the western coast of India. Maharashtra is a part of Western India. It is India's List of states of India by area and List of states of India by population....
, and across a big part of India. Thus, there are today several small but significant communities descended from these emigrants living in the north, south and west of India. These communities tend often to speak the languages of those areas, although many do also speak Marathi in addition. Gujarati
Gujarati language

Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan languages, and part of the greater Indo-European languages language family. It is native to the Indian state of Gujarat, and is its chief language, as well as of the adjacent union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli....
, Hindi
Hindi

Standard Hindi, also known as High Hindi, Nagari Hindi or Literary Hindi is a Standard language register of Hindi. It is one of the 22 official languages of India, and is used, along with English language, for administration of the central government....
, Konkani
Konkani language

Konkani is an Indo-Aryan languages belonging to the Indo-European languages family of languages spoken in the Konkan coast of India. It has approximately 7.6 million speakers of its two individual languages, Konkani and Goan Konkani....
, Kannada, Telugu
Telugu language

Telugu or Telegu is one of the four classical languages of India. It is a South-Central Dravidian languages mostly spoken in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, where it is the official language....
 and Tamil
Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has Official language in India, Sri Lanka and Singapore....
 are some of the other languages thus spoken Zinjurke's of Shirur...

Presence in politics

Marathas have dominated the state politics of Maharashtra
Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a States and territories of India located on the western coast of India. Maharashtra is a part of Western India. It is India's List of states of India by area and List of states of India by population....
 since its inception in 1960. The very first Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a States and territories of India located on the western coast of India. Maharashtra is a part of Western India. It is India's List of states of India by area and List of states of India by population....
 was a maratha (Yashwantrao Chavan
Yashwantrao Chavan

Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan was the first Chief Minister of Maharashtra after the division of Bombay State, and subsequently Deputy Prime Minister of India....
). After that, Maharashtra
Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a States and territories of India located on the western coast of India. Maharashtra is a part of Western India. It is India's List of states of India by area and List of states of India by population....
 has witnessed heavy presence of Maratha community in the ministry, local municipal commissions, panchayats etc. The reason for the same is said to be the majority of the population in the state (around 40%) as per 1991 census.

Notable Marathas

List of Marathi people
List of Marathi people

This page is a list of Marathi people. The Marathi people are an Indo-Aryans ethnic group that inhabit the Maharashtra region and state of western India....
 - other Wikipedia page listing notable Marathis

Historical

  • Chhatrapati Shri Shivaji Maharaj
    Shivaji

    Shivaji Bhosle , commonly known as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj laid the foundations of the Maratha Empire. Shivaji was younger of the two sons of Shahaji and Jijabai....
     
  • Shahaji Raje
    Shahaji

    Shahaji Raje Bhosale was the eldest son of Maloji Raje Bhosale of Verul . He brought the house of Bhonsle into prominence. The princely states of Kolhapur, Satara and Thanjavur are Bhosale legacies....
    , father of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
  • Jijabai
    Jijabai

    Jijabai was the mother of Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire. She was a daughter of Lakhuji Jadhav, a prominent grandee of Sindkhed in the present-day Buldhana district of Maharashtra State....
    , mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
  • Sambhaji
    Sambhaji

    Sambhaji Raje Bhonsle was the eldest son of the Maratha Empire founder Shivaji, and succeeded him as the Chhatrapati or the High Protector of the Maratha Empire....
     Raje, son of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
  • Maharani Soyarabai - second wife of Maharaja Shivaji (sister of Sarsenapti Hambirrao Mohite from Talbid near Karad)
  • Sarsenapati(General) - Hambirrao Mohite from Talbid near Karad
  • Tarabai
    Tarabai

    Tarabai was a queen of the Maratha Empire in India. Her husband was Chhatrapati Rajaram, son of Shivaji the Great. Tarabai was the daughter of the famed Maratha general Hambirao Mohite....
    , Regent of Kolhapur, daughter of Sarsenapati Hambirrao Mohite
  • Umabai Dabhade - Won the Ahmedabad war against Mughals in 1732 (wife of Sarsenapati Khanderao Dabhade)
  • Serfoji II
    Serfoji II

    Serfoji II was the last ruler of the Maratha principality of Tanjore to exercise absolute sovereignty over his dominions. His Kinship, however, have managed to thrive as titular Maharajahs of Thanjavur to the present day....
    , Maharaja of Tanjavar
  • Shahu Maharaj, Chhatrapati of Kolhapur
  • Chandrarao Moray of Jawali(Satara dist), Subhanrao Moray Sarkar of Vardhangad(Tal - Khatau,Satara),Ranoji Moray-RaiBahadur of Karachi.
  • Khanderao Nimbalkar,Phaltan
  • Prataprao Gujar,first Sarsenapati of Shivaji's army.
  • Prataprao Gujar
    Prataprao Gujar

    Prataprao Bargujar was the third royal Sarnaubat of Shivaji's army, which was probably the most successful army in 17th century India. He was given the pseudonym of Prataprao by Shivaji in acknowledgement of his bravery in the war against Mirza raje Jaisingh....
    ,
  • Ranoji Birajdar
  • Ranoji Shinde
  • Ranoji Bhoite
    Ranoji Bhoite

    Ranoji Bhoite was the Extraordinary famous successor of Royal Bhoite's Maratha Clan. Little is known about his life, unlike several Maratha Chieftains who Contributed to expand Maratha territory In India....
  • Dhanaji Jadhav
    Dhanaji Jadhav

    Dhanaji Shambhusinha Jadhav , popularly known as Dhanaji Jadhav, was one of the great warriors of the Maratha Empire. His name became inseparable from the name of Santaji Ghorpade with whom he made terrifying campaigns against Mughal Empire army continuously from 1689 to 1696....
  • Santaji Ghorpade
    Santaji Ghorpade

    Santaji Mhaloji Ghorpade, popularly known as ?Santaji? or ?Santaji Ghorpade?, was one of the greatest warrior and the chief General of the Maratha Empire during Chhatrapati Rajaram?s regime....
  • Khanderao Dabhade - Sarsenapati (General) from Talegaon Dabhade
    Talegaon Dabhade

    'Talegaon Dabhade' is a city and a municipal council in Pune district in the Indian States and territories of India of Maharashtra....
  • Tanaji Malusare
    Tanaji Malusare

    Tanaji Malusare , also known as Sinha , was a renowned warrior and military leader in the army of Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire in 17th century India....
    , hero of the conquest of Kondhana
  • Shrimant Mahadaji Scindia shrinath Bahadur Gwalior
  • Kanhoji Angre
    Kanhoji Angre

    Kanhoji Angre or Conajee Angria or Sarkhel Angre was the first notable chief of the Maratha Navy in 18th century India. He fought successfully all his life against the Royal Navy, Netherlands and Portugal naval interests in the Indian Ocean during the eighteenth century, and hence was alleged by them to be a pirate....
    ,Navy Suprmo of Maratha.


Maratha Mawala
Mawala

Mawala's is exclusive terms refers to the Maratha Armies in King Shivaji reign.Mawala word supposed to be arise due to King Shivaji's Jagir was One of the region in Deccan platau....
's

Maratha Army from King Shivaji's period onwards having good mixture of All castes in Maharashtra but among them major population of Sardar's,Subhedars and other Martial posts was generally held by these Royal true 96k clans of Maratha.

Maratha Saints & Philosophers

Tukaram, Gadage Maharaj, Harshal Deshmukh

Speakers


Dada Dharmadhikari
Dada Dharmadhikari

Shankar Trimbak Dharmadhikari , better known throughout the world as Acharya Dada Dharmadhikari was an Indian freedom fighter, and a leader of social reform movements in India....
, Gokak V.K., Shivajirao Bhosale, Nirmalkumar Phadkule, Pandurang G. Patil, Ram Shewalkar
Ram Shewalkar

Ram Shewalkar is an orator and Marathi writer from Nagpur, India. Shewalker was born to a kirtankar. He taught Sanskrit in Vidarbha and Marathwada and made a modest name for himself as a fine orator in 1970s....
, Babasaheb Purandare
Babasaheb Purandare

Balwant Moreshwar Purandare is a historian from Maharashtra, who particularly specializes in the life of his idol Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj....

Corporate World

  • S Chowgule, of the Chowgule industries & Steamships.
  • Suhas Patil
    Suhas Patil

    Dr. Suhas S. Patil, born 1944 in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India, is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, venture capitalist and philanthropist. He founded the company Cirrus Logic a fabless semiconductor company....
    , a founder of Cirrus Logic’s predecessor company
  • Late Shantanurao Kirloskar, CEO of Kirloskar Group of Companies
  • Dinesh Keskar
    Dinesh Keskar

    Dr. Dinesh Keskar is President of Boeing India and VP of Boeing International Trading. In his role, he is responsible for marketing all types of aircraft, owned by Boeing, to customers worldwide....
    , senior vice-president, sales, commercial airplanes, Boeing
    Boeing

    The Boeing Company is a major aerospace and defense corporation, originally founded by William Edward Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997....


Political

  • Shrimati Pratibha Patil
    Pratibha Patil

    Pratibha Devisingh Patil is the current President of India, the List of Presidents of India and female president to hold the office. She was sworn in as President of India on July 25, 2007, succeeding Abdul Kalam....
    , First Women President of India
    President of India

    The President of India or Rashtrapati is the head of state and first citizen of India, as well as the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Military of India....
  • Yashwantrao Chavan
  • Sharad Pawar
    Sharad Pawar

    Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar , popularly known as Sharad Pawar, is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He is the president of the Nationalist Congress Party which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress....
    , Agriculture Minister of India.
  • Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, M.P. & Chairman, Standing Committe of Defence, Government of India
  • Vasant Dada Patil, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra
  • Ramrao Adik
    Ramrao Adik

    Ramrao Adik was a Maratha politician and a lawyer from Maharashtra. He was a member of the Indian National Congress and the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1984 to 1987....
    , former Deputy Chief Minister
    Deputy chief minister

    Deputy chief minister is an optional post in some states of India second to the Chief Minister. In general practice the position is given to a member of the coalition party when the government is formed with the support of various parties....
     of Maharashtra
  • Dr D.Y.Patil, Founder Chancellor of D.Y.Patil University
  • Shankarrao Chavan, former Home Minister of India
  • Madhavrao Scindia
  • Vilasrao Deshmukh
    Vilasrao Deshmukh

    Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh is a two-time Chief Minister of Maharashtra, from 1999 to 2003 and from 2004 to 2008. He is a member of the Indian National Congress and originally belongs to Latur district in the Marathwada region of the state of Maharashtra....
    , former Chief Minister of Maharashtra
  • Govindrao Adik
    Govindrao Adik

    Govindrao Adik is a former President of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee and a Member of Legislative Council in the Maharashtra government....
    , former Member of Parliament
    Member of Parliament

    A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
  • R. R. Patil, former Deputy Chief Minister
    Deputy chief minister

    Deputy chief minister is an optional post in some states of India second to the Chief Minister. In general practice the position is given to a member of the coalition party when the government is formed with the support of various parties....
     of Maharashtra
  • Narayan Rane
    Narayan Rane

    Narayan Rane is an Indian politician and a former Chief Minister of Maharashtra state. He was a member of Shiv Sena until July 2005 when he joined Indian National Congress party....
    , Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra
  • Ashok Chavan
    Ashok Chavan

    Ashok Shankarrao Chavan is the present Chief Minister of Maharashtra, replacing Vilasrao Deshmukh after the latter resigned following the 2008 Mumbai attacks....
    , Chief Minister of Maharashtra


Writers

  • Vishwas Patil
  • Shivaji Savant
  • Ananad Yadav
  • Shankar Patil
  • Ranjeet Desai
  • Baba Kadam
  • Ganesh Jadhav
  • Shrimant Kokate
  • B.Raghunath
  • Indrajit Bhalerao
  • Prithviraj Taur
  • Dr.A.H.Salunkhe

Artists

  • Smita Patil
    Smita Patil

    Smita Patil was a leading Indian actress from the 1970s to the 1980s in both Hindi and Marathi cinema.Along with actresses like Shabana Azmi, she was one of the potent quartet representing India's Parallel Cinema....
  • Shreyas Talpade
    Shreyas Talpade

    Shreyas Talpade is an award-winning Bollywood actor based in Mumbai....
  • Lalita Pawar
    Lalita Pawar

    'Lalita Pawar' was a prolific India actor, who later became famous as character actress, appearing in over 700 films in Bollywood and Marathi cinema, where she gave hits like, Netaji Palkar , made by Bhalji Pendharkar, New Hana Pictures? Sant Damaji, Navyug Chitrapat?s Amrit, written by VS Khandekar, and Chhaya Films? Gora Kumbh...
  • Dada Kondake]
  • Sulochana Chavan
  • Nirmiti Sawant
    Nirmiti Sawant

    Nirmiti Sawant is a Marathi actress, who acts in marathi cinemas and dramas. She became popular after her outstanding performance in Indian soap opera "Kumari Gangubai Nonmatric" along with Pandharinath Kamble....
  • Ritesh Deshmukh
  • Sayaji Shinde
    Sayaji Shinde

    Sayaji Shinde is a Marathi language film actor from India who is popular in Bollywood, Kollywood and Tollywood.He was born in a small village near Satara, Maharashtra....
  • Sapana Gaikwad
  • Priya Arun
    Priya Arun

    Priya Arun is an actress in the Marathi language film industry of India. She is the wife of veteran marathi actor Laxmikant Berde....
  • Sayali Bhagat
    Sayali Bhagat

    Sayali Bhagat is the winner of the Femina Miss India 2004 contest....
  • Vijay Kadam
  • Shivaji Satam
  • Vikas Kadam
  • Abhijit Sawant
  • Vidya Malavade(Chakde India)
  • Sagarika Ghatge
    Sagarika Ghatge

    Sagarika Ghatge is a Marathi speaking Indian actress who portrayed the role of Preeti Sabharwal, a member of the India women's national field hockey team, in the 2007 hit film, Chak De India. She was born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, and is daughter of Vijayendra Ghatge, an actor....
    (Priti Sabarval Chakde India)
  • Shobhana Samartha (Actress and actresses Nutan and Tanuja's mother)
  • Kuldip Pawar
  • Ramesh Bhatkar
  • Machhindra Kambli
  • Sanjay jog
  • Dr Kashinath Ghanekar
  • Dhumal
  • Raja Gosavi
  • Ranjana
    Ranjana

    Ranjana can stand for:* Ranjana script - an abugida writing system developed as a derivate of Brahmi in 11th century* Ranjana Deshmukh - a Marathi actress who dominated the Marathi silver screen in the 70s and 80s...
  • Ravindra Mahajani


Sports

Bandu Patil (January 1, 1936 – August 23, 1988), Olympic Gold medal Men's hockey 1964 - Tokyo K Jadhav (Olympic bronze medalist, India's first individual olympic medal winner)KHASHABA JADHAV

Cricket


  • Vinod Kambli
    Vinod Kambli

    Vinod Ganpat Kambli is a former Indian cricketer, who played for India national cricket team, Mumbai cricket team and Boland cricket team. A prodigious talent, Kambli never quite fulfilled his potential....
  • Sachin Tendulkar
    Sachin Tendulkar

    Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar , born April 24, 1973 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, is an Indian cricket team widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket....
  • Sandip Patil
  • Kiran More
    Kiran More

    Kiran Shankar More was the wicket-keeper for the Indian cricket team from 1984 to 1993. He was the Chairman of the Selection Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India till Dilip Vengsarkar took over the job in 2006....
  • Pravin Amre
    Pravin Amre

    Pravin Kalyan Amre , born in August 14, 1968, Mumbai, is an Indian cricketer.Amre represented Indian cricket team in 11 Test cricket matches scoring one 100 and three 50s with a batting average of 42.50....


Wrestlers

  • Khashaba Jadhav (Wrestling) - India
    India

    India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
    's first individual Olympic
    Olympic Games

    The Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event established for both summer and winter sports. There have been two generations of the Olympic Games; the first were the Ancient Olympic Games held at Olympia, Greece, Greece....
     medalist when he won the wrestling
    Wrestling

    Wrestling is part of the martial arts. A wrestling match consists of physical engagement between two people in which each wrestler strives to get an advantage over, or control of, the opponent....
     bronze medal
    Bronze medal

    A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St....
     at the 1952 Helsinki
    1952 Summer Olympics

    The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952....
     Games
  • Mamasaheb Mohol
  • Maruti Mane Hind Kesari
  • Harishchandra Birajdar Hind Kesari
  • Yuvaraj Chaugule Hind Kesari
  • Dhanaji Phadtare Maharashtra Kesari
  • Kaka Pawar
  • Ganapatrao Andalkar
  • Dadu Chaugule Hind Kesari
  • Vinod Chaugule Maharashtra Kesari
  • Amol Buchade Maharashtra Kesari
  • Vikas Jadhav


Armed forces


A special mention needs to be made of the Maratha Light Infantry regiment of the Indian Army, which represents the military qualities of the Marathas. One of the famous regiments of the Indian Army, the Maratha Light Infantry is also one of the oldest. Its First battalion, also known as the Jangi Paltan, was raised as far back in 1768 as part of the Bombay Sepoys. The Marathas came to special attention in the Great War (World War I) and have been awarded up to and about 2 Ashok Chakra, 10 Param Vishisht Seva Medals, 4 Maha Vir Chakra, 4 Kirti Chakra, 1 ACCL II, 14 Ati Vishisht Seva Medals, 34 Vir Chakra, 18 Shaurya Chakra, 4 ACCL III, 4 Yudh Seva Medals, 107 Sena Medals, 1 Shaurya Chakra & Bar, 23 Vishisht Seva Medals, 1 Padma Bushan, 1 Arjun Award and 3 Unit Citations.

Army


  • Naik Yashavantrao Ghadge
    Yeshwant Ghadge

    Yeshwant Ghadge Victoria Cross was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations forces....
    (recipient of Victoria cross
    Victoria Cross

    The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration which is, or has been, awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth of Nations countries, and previous British Empire territories....
    )
  • Second Lt Ram Raghoba Rane(Recipient of Paramvir Chakra)
  • Major-General Jagannathrao Bhosale
  • Major-General Hanmantrao M. Mohite (Former chief of Southern Command)
  • Lt-General S.S.Thorat
  • Pandurang Salunkhe(recipient of Mahavir Chakra)
  • Brig.Udaykumar Wamanrao Deshmukh.(A.V.S.M.)(son-in-law of Major General Jaganathrao Bhosale)
  • Major Ragobha Rane (Recipient of Paramvir Chakra)
  • Shaheed Major Manish Pitambare

Air force

  • Air Commodore
    Air Commodore

    Air Commodore is an Air Officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in countries which have a non-English air force-specific rank s...
     NK Shitoley, recipient of the DFC Distinguished Flying Cross
    Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)

    The Distinguished Flying Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force and other British Armed Forces, and formerly to officers of other Commonwealth of Nations countries, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy"....
  • Air Marshal
    Air Marshal

    Air Marshal is an air officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in countries which have a non-English air force-specific rank struc...
    , Yeshwant Rane
  • Air Vice Marshal, Mohanrao Desai


Sports

  • Khashaba Jadhav (Wrestling) - India
    India

    India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
    's first individual Olympic
    Olympic Games

    The Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event established for both summer and winter sports. There have been two generations of the Olympic Games; the first were the Ancient Olympic Games held at Olympia, Greece, Greece....
     medalist when he won the wrestling
    Wrestling

    Wrestling is part of the martial arts. A wrestling match consists of physical engagement between two people in which each wrestler strives to get an advantage over, or control of, the opponent....
     bronze medal
    Bronze medal

    A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St....
     at the 1952 Helsinki
    1952 Summer Olympics

    The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952....
     Games
  • Bandu Patil
    Bandu Patil

    Bandu Patil was an Indian Field hockey player....
     (Hockey) - 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Men's field Gold - was from the elite 5th Battalion of the Maratha Light Infantry
  • Tejaswini Sawant
    Tejaswini Sawant

    Tejaswini Sawant is an Indian shooter from the Maharashtra city of Kolhapur. In 2006, she won gold medals in Women's 10m Air Rifle singles and Women's 10m Air Rifle Pairs events at the Commonwealth Games at Melbourne....
      (Shooting)
  • Uday Pawar (Badminton)
  • Sujata Jain-Pawar (Badminton)


See also

  • Dhangar
    Dhangar

    The Dhangar caste is primarily located in the Indian States and territories of India of Maharashtra. The literal translation of the name Dhangar is "Who is wealthy"....
  • Maratha Empire
    Maratha Empire

    The Maratha Empire or the Maratha Confederacy was a Hindu state located in present-day India. It existed from 1674 to 1818. At its peak, the empire's territories covered much of South Asia....
  • Maratha clan system
    Maratha clan system

    The Marathas is a collective term referring to an Indo-Aryans group of Hindu, Marathi-speaking castes of Kshatriya, warriors, commoner and peasants, hailing mostly from the Indian state of Maharashtra....
  • Forward Castes
  • Shivaji
    Shivaji

    Shivaji Bhosle , commonly known as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj laid the foundations of the Maratha Empire. Shivaji was younger of the two sons of Shahaji and Jijabai....
  • Peshwa
    Peshwa

    The Peshwa were Brahmin Prime Ministers to the Maratha Chattrapatis , who began commanding Maratha armies and later became the hereditary rulers of the Maratha empire of central India from 1749 to 1818....
  • Kshatriya
    Kshatriya

    Kshatriya is one of the four varna in Hinduism in Hinduism. It constitutes the military and ruling order of the traditional Vedic-Hindu social system as outlined by the Vedas and the Laws of Manu....
  • List of Indian Princely States
    List of Indian Princely States

    Before the Partition of India in 1947, hundreds of princely state, also called Native States, existed in India which were not part of British India....
  • Kunbi
    Kunbi

    Kunbis, also known as Kunbi Marathas, are a Maratha sub-caste residing primarily in provinces of India such as Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka etc....


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